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A residence-permit applicant with no social-insurance right owes a Health Fund premium

Rule record · last verified 22 September 2026

In force. Start date not confirmed in this record.

Rule

A foreigner applying for any type of TRNC residence permit who has no social-insurance right to public health services must pay a premium under the Health Fund Law (Sağlık Fonu Yasası), scaled to the length of the permit requested or intended.[1]

Exceptions

  • The exact Health Fund Law citation (number/year) remains unlocated after three independent search channels (the Gazette index, mevzuat.gov.ct.tr, and the Ministry of Health's own current Laws listing) — Article 15(8) of the Residence Permits and Visas Regulation names it only as 'Sağlık Fonu Yasası'.
  • Exact premium amounts and the Ministry's approved-private-insurer list were not found in any source and are not stated by this Rule.
  • A Ministry-accepted private health insurance policy WAS a recognised statutory alternative to this premium from 2020-02-11 until, at latest, 2021-05-12 (A.E.350/2021) — it is NOT currently recognised as an alternative. A reader encountering the older alternative in secondary material should not rely on it.

Where this rule comes from

Instrument
Residence Permits and Visas Regulation under Chapter 105 Aliens and Immigration Law, consolidated text dated 19 February 2026, Article 15(8)
Authority
Council of Ministers, TRNC
Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 22 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

History of this rule

  • — Published following Founder approval — a high-reach finding applying to essentially every residence-permit application NCR tracks, hence marked consequential for legal-review priority. (version 1, First published)

Sources for this rule

Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.

  1. [1]
    Residence Permits and Visas Regulation under Chapter 105 Aliens and Immigration Law, consolidated text dated 19 February 2026

    Central Legislation Office, TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · 19 February 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/health-fund-premium-scaled-to-permit-length

Identifier health-fund-premium-scaled-to-permit-length · Open data · challenge this rule