Türkiye Mavi Kart
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See if you're a match →The Mavi Kart is for former Turkish citizens, and some of their descendants, who lost Turkish citizenship after becoming citizens elsewhere. It generally requires proving the prior Turkish citizenship link and can restore many citizen-like rights without making the person a Turkish citizen again.
- Type
- Special status card for former Turkish citizens
- Family or origin fit
- Former Turkish citizens and some qualifying descendants
- Core records
- Former Turkish citizenship, identity, and family-link documents
- Why it helps
- It preserves many practical rights in Türkiye without citizenship
Summary
Mavi Kart is a special status document issued by Türkiye (Turkey) for people who were Turkish citizens by birth and later left Turkish citizenship with official permission. Certain descendants can also benefit from this status.
Mavi Kart is not full Turkish citizenship. It preserves many practical rights in Türkiye, while excluding rights such as voting, standing for election, and some public-service roles.
Eligibility
- The original right-holder was a Turkish citizen by birth.
- Turkish citizenship was lost through an official permitted exit, not through every possible type of citizenship loss.
- The applicant is either the former citizen or a qualifying descendant.
- The applicant can document identity, foreign citizenship, and the Turkish family connection.
What This Route Allows
If approved, this route gives you Mavi Kart status for former Turkish citizens by birth and qualifying descendants. It preserves many practical rights in Türkiye, but it is not full Turkish citizenship and does not include voting, standing for election, or some public-service roles.
What This Route Is Not
This is not a guarantee of approval. Immigration authorities can still review documents, admissibility, background, funds, and whether the facts match the pathway rules.
Next Steps
- Confirm whether the relevant person was Turkish by birth.
- Look for the official permission-to-renounce or citizenship-exit record.
- Collect birth and marriage records proving the family chain to the eligible former Turkish citizen.
- Apply through a Turkish mission abroad or the relevant civil-registration office in Türkiye.
- Once issued, keep civil-status changes updated in the Mavi Kart register when required.