Foreigners in TRNC given 30 days period to renew residence and work permit

The TRNC Immigration Office of the Ministry of Interior has announced that foreigners whose legal permissions have expired are given an additional 30 days starting from Thursday, September, 10 to complete their residence and work permit procedures. 
 
In a statement made by the Immigration Department, with the temporary arrangement made in the Residence Permits and Visas Regulation in line with the decision of the Ministry of Interior, within the scope of combating the Covid-19 epidemic infectious disease, people who were in the TRNC before 13 March 2020 with legal leave, It has been reported that no penalty will be imposed if they apply for a residence permit or work permit within 30 days (between 10 September - 10 October 2020). 

The statement reads, 

With the amendment made in the Regulation on Residence Permits and Visas in order to ensure registration, foreigners whose resident permit will expire on September 9, 2020, have additional 30 days to complete the residence and work permit procedures due to the Covid-19 epidemic increasing its effect worldwide, time has been granted.

In this context, foreigners who have not been penalized before 13 March 2020 and who are on legal leave in our country are required to submit their residence or work permit applications within this period in order to stay in the TRNC between 10 September - 10 October 2020, It was said.