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for work permit is not duly effectuated in accordance with the
procedures and principles or incomplete documents have not been
submitted to the Ministry within fifteen days, the application for
the work permit will be rejected.
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Article 13:
In the former wording of subparagraph 3 of Article 13,
which was stipulating evaluation for granting or renewing work
permits, professions and jobs, which are deemed to be unsuitable for
the foreign citizens, should be reported to the Ministry periodically
every four weeks by the Turkish Employment Organization/Job
Centre on the basis of province. In the current Regulation, it is
regulated that within four weeks following the application, the
Turkish Employment Organization will scrutinize and check the
unemployment records in order to determine whether there are
a jobseeker Turkish persons in the territory with the equivalent
qualification for the role in question.
Furthermore, it is also stated in subparagraph 4 of Article 13 that
the Ministry will determine the criteria for evaluation.
Subparagraph 5 of Article 13 is abrogated.
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Article 26:
In the former wording of Article 26, the Ministry was
entitled to extend or restrict the validity area of work permits for
a definite term by taking into consideration of the data entered
on the basis of province, administrative district or geographical
region. In the current Regulation, it is regulated that the Ministry
is entitled to make amendments only on the basis of province or
geographical region. The phrase of “administrative district” is
removed from the article.
It is inserted in article 26 that the work permit will be valid only
for the same employer who sponsored the work permit and address
indicated on the certificate and any request for the foreign citizen
to enable work in another branch, registered in the trade registry
of the same sponsor company, will be evaluated by the Ministry.
Moreover it is also stated that if the request by the foreign citizen
is approved by the Ministry, the necessary amendments will be
made and the relevant authorities will be informed about such
change. Also, it is stipulated that in the case of any change in the