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Student residence permit: one year at a time

Rule record · last verified 17 September 2026

In force since 24 August 2026.

Rule

A residence permit granted to a foreign student pursuing associate, bachelor's, master's or doctoral study at a higher-education institution in the TRNC is granted for a maximum of one year at a time, renewed according to the length of study.[1]

Practical implication

A student residence permit must be renewed at least once a year, rather than covering an entire two-year study block in one grant, for as long as this amendment remains in force.

Applies to

Who:
Students

Where this rule comes from

Instrument
A.E.784/2026, amending Articles 2-10, 12-14, 20, 25 and 28 of the Residence Permits and Visas Regulation (within Official Gazette No. 154 of 24 August 2026), Article 12, replacing Article 13(3)
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 17 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Lineage

Regulatory events

History of this rule

  • — First published from the primary text of A.E.784/2026, following a source investigation that read the instrument in full. (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]
    A.E.784/2026, amending Articles 2-10, 12-14, 20, 25 and 28 of the Residence Permits and Visas Regulation (within Official Gazette No. 154 of 24 August 2026)

    Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 24 August 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 17 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/residence-student-permit-one-year-cap

Identifier residence-student-permit-one-year-cap · Open data · challenge this rule