Who is this service for?
- You want to bring your family together inside Türkiye: spouse, minor children.
- You hold a kimlik (temporary protection card) and your family is in another province or outside the register.
- You hold a valid residence permit and want family residence for your spouse or children.
- You have been asked for a notarised invitation to submit to another country's consulate.
- Your family is registered in another province and you want to know what is required before anyone travels.
- Your file was refused before and you want to know whether the reason was a missing document or a route that never fitted your situation.
What we do
- We ask the two questions that decide everything: reunification inside Türkiye or to another country? And what does each party hold?
- We establish which authority will receive the file before any step, because that authority decides the form of certification and translation required.
- We review both parties on paper: type of residence permit or kimlik, civil registry record, the relationship and what proves it.
- We check each party's passport validity and the term of their permit or kimlik before you prepare a single document.
- We establish the applicable route and tell you exactly what it requires — and what it does not.
- We prepare the documents: civil registry extract, marriage or birth record, sworn translation and certification.
- We arrange the notarised invitation when the route requires one.
- We book the necessary appointments, accompany you and interpret where needed, and follow the file until a decision is issued.
And what we do not do
- We do not issue visas and we do not promise them. The visa decision belongs to the consulate of the destination country alone, and no office can influence it.
- We do not interfere with the Turkish authority's decision and we promise no guaranteed outcome.
- We do not give legal counsel and we do not draft court pleadings; if your file needs a lawyer we tell you so and refer you to one.
- If your situation does not allow the route you want right now, we tell you so directly before you pay anything.
- We do not ask for your bank card details or the password to any account of yours, and we do not take payment into a personal account.
- We do not alter information in a document and we do not obtain a document outside its official channel, whatever the reason or the urgency.
- We do not undertake to obtain an earlier appointment for an extra amount; the appointment follows the receiving authority's calendar, not our wishes.
Documents required for the family reunification invitation
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Why do we ask about both parties together? Because the route is decided by the two of you, not by one: the same request follows one path when both parties are inside Türkiye and an entirely different one when one of them is abroad. And why do we ask which authority receives it? Because that is what decides the form of certification and translation; the very same document is accepted in one form and returned in another. Answering these questions saves you weeks on the wrong route.
How the procedure runs for the family reunification invitation
We establish the route
Inside Türkiye or to another country? And what does each party hold? These two answers decide the route and the document list — nothing before them.
our partWhatsApp or at the office
We review the situation on paper
Type of residence permit or kimlik, civil registry record, passport validity, what proves the relationship. This is where the gaps that stop a file later become visible, and knowing them now is cheaper.
our part
Preparing the documents
Civil registry extract, marriage or birth record, sworn translation and certification in the form the receiving authority requires — not in a general form that suits every authority, because no such form exists.
your part
The invitation or the application
If the route requires a notarised invitation, we arrange it at the notary. If it is an application to the migration office, we complete it and book the appointment.
the authority’s part
Following through to the decision
We follow the state of the file and tell you of any development. When the decision is issued we explain what it means and what the next step is.
the authority’s part
Cost: we separate what is paid to others from our fee
Paid to others
Official fees
Office fees, the notary, sworn translation and certification — paid to those who charge them, and varying by route and number of documents. These amounts do not pass through us and we give you the receipt.
Paid to us
Our fee
For establishing the route, reviewing both parties' situation, preparing the documents and coordinating translation and certification, booking appointments, and following through to the decision. We tell you the full amount before we begin.
The first consultation is free whether you continue with us or not. If it turns out your route does not need us, or is not possible right now, you learn that without paying anything.
What usually stops a file
What stops family reunification files is usually not refusal but starting on the wrong route. These are the most common reasons:
The wrong route from the start“Family reunification” is one name for several routes. Someone who starts on a route that does not fit their situation prepares correct documents for the wrong authority, and loses both the time and the fee.
The relationship is not proven by an acceptable documentA Syrian document is not read as it stands: it needs certification and sworn translation, and sometimes a recent civil registry extract. An out-of-date document is refused at the appointment.
The certification is incomplete even though the document is genuineSyria is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so there is no single stamp that stands in for the rest; certification runs through a chain of authorities that ends with sworn translation in Türkiye. One missing link stops a file whose document is perfectly sound. We check the chain your authority asks for before you pay any certification fee.
The name is written differently across documentsA single letter of difference between the passport, the registry extract and the marriage record makes the office treat them as documents of different people.
One party's residence status does not allow it nowAn expired permit, a record registered in another province, or irregular entry all affect whether the file is accepted. We review this with you before any step.
The record is in one province and the appointment in anotherA kimlik holder needs permission from the migration authority to leave the province they are registered in. Travelling to an appointment in another province without it puts you in difficulty before you even reach the appointment. We tell you from the start whether your file is a travel-permission question or a registry question.
A step that ends the status the file was built onLeaving for a third country ends temporary protection, and time spent on a kimlik is not added to the total of residence years and opens no path to citizenship. A family that builds its route on the kimlik and then has one member travel finds the ground it stood on gone. We read this with you before you move, not after.
The conditions and periods on these routes change by decision of the authorities and differ by nationality and type of residence permit; we verify them when we study your case and do not publish figures that may be out of date.
Questions people ask about the family reunification invitation
What does family reunification mean exactly?
It is not one procedure but a popular name for several routes. The first question: inside Türkiye or to another country? Inside Türkiye the route changes according to what you hold and what your family holds. Send us both parties' situation and we will tell you which route applies to you.
Can you bring my family from outside Türkiye?
We prepare what can be prepared from here: the documents, translation and certification, and the notarised invitation if the route requires one. The visa or entry decision belongs to the consulate of the country concerned alone, and no office can influence it — if anyone promises you otherwise, ask them how.
My spouse is outside Türkiye — can we start while they are away?
Part of the work starts in their absence: preparing the documents, translating and certifying them, and reviewing both parties' situation. But signing before the office, or anything requiring a document certified by the Turkish consulate in their country, needs them. We tell you from the start which step requires their presence.
My family holds a kimlik in another province — what is needed?
This is a different route from family residence, and it concerns the registry and the province each party is registered in. Note one practical point: leaving the province you are registered in requires permission from the migration authority, which is a separate matter from the registry itself. Send us photographs of both parties' kimlik and we will explain what is possible in your situation and what is not.
Our marriage record is Syrian — is it enough as it stands?
Usually it is not accepted as it stands. Syria is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so instead of an apostille stamp a certification running through a chain of authorities is required, followed by sworn translation in Türkiye. The shape of that chain is decided by whoever will receive the document, which is why we ask about them first and only then tell you exactly what is needed — rather than have you pay for a certification the reader of the document will not accept.
We are married religiously but not officially registered — can we start?
The route begins from an officially registered marriage. If yours is not registered, the first step is registering it, and that is a procedure in its own right with its own papers and its own authority. We tell you which of the two applies before you prepare a single document, because preparing reunification documents before registration is work that has to be done again from the beginning.
Our application was refused before — should we apply again?
We read the decision first, because the answer differs sharply depending on what it says: a missing document is one thing, a route that never fitted your situation is another entirely. In the first case the gap is filled and the application is resubmitted; in the second, reapplying on the same route repeats the same result. We will not sell you a resubmission we know will not pass, and if the way forward is judicial we refer you to a lawyer.
How long does it take?
We do not give a figure we cannot keep. The duration follows the route, the receiving authority and its appointments, and a large part of it is not in our hands. What we do tell you: which step is in our hands and how long it takes, and which step follows the office.
Official reference
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