Social Security For Foreign Workers

SOCIAL SECURITY FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYEES

It has been ruled in Article 22 titled as "Notification and social security obligation" of the Law No. 6735 on International Labour Force:

Employers who employ foreigners and foreigners with indefinite or independent work permit are obliged to notify the Ministry within fifteen days of the commencement and termination of work within the scope of work permit or work permit exemption, and the circumstances that require the cancellation of the work permit or work permit exemption,

Foreigners who obtain work permits or work permit exemptions and employers who employ foreigners will fulfill their obligations arising from social security legislation within the legal period in accordance with the provisions of the Law No. 5510 on Social Security and General Health Insurance,

Social security agreements to which Türkiye is a party are reserved.

Provisions are included in Article 25 titled as "Starting to work" of the Implementation Regulation on Law of International Labour Force:

For work permit applications made domestically, the foreigner is obliged to start working by fulfilling his/her obligations within the scope of the relevant legislation within one month from the start date of the work permit,

For applications made from abroad, the foreigner must start working within one month from the date of entry into the Türkiye and in any case within six months from the start date of the work permit by fulfilling his obligations within the scope of the relevant legislation,

If the date of notification of the work permit to the employer and the start date of the work permit are different, the notifications made to the Social Security Institution within one month from the date of notification of the work permit to the employer will be deemed to have been made in due time,

In addition; in accordance with paragraph 3/e of Article 11 titled as "The beginning of insurance and notification obligation" of the Regulation on Social Insurance Transactions: foreigners who are considered insured within the scope of subparagraph (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4 of the Law No. 5510; notifications made to the Social Security Institution within 30 days from the start date of the permit in the work permit document or within 30 days from the date of notification of the work permit document to the employer if the date of notification of the work permit document to the employer and the date of the work permit are different, will be deemed to be made in due time.

In accordance with the above-mentioned legislation provisions;

For work permit applications made domestically, the foreigner must start working by fulfilling his/her social security obligations within one month from the start date of the work permit.

For applications made from abroad, it is obligatory for the foreigner to start working by fulfilling social security obligations within one month from the date of entry into the Türkiye.

In accordance with Article 12/2 of Law No. 6735; Foreigners who are granted a work permit based on the application made from abroad are obliged to come to Türkiye within six months from the date the validity of the work permit starts. The work permit of foreigners who do not come to Türkiye within this period will be cancelled.

If the date of notification of the work permit to the employer and the start date of the work permit are different, the notifications made to the Social Security Institution within one month from the date of notification of the work permit to the employer will be deemed to have been made on time.

SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENTS

Provided that they have a valid work permit, foreigners who are nationals of countries with which an international social security agreement has been concluded on the basis of reciprocity, who are sent to Türkiye by their employers in the contracting country or who come to Türkiye for a job from those who work on their own behalf and account, are exempt from social security obligations in Türkiye for the periods stipulated in the Conventions.