Health Insurance For Foreigners

Health insurance for foreigners is required for those who plan on living in Turkey. It is not needed for the first 90 days but after that, you must apply for residency, which is one of the most important requirements.

Most of the time, the only reason foreigners even apply for health insurance is for residential reasons. We here at Adıgün, follow the process for you and help you with anything you need.

Foreigners must first visit the closest social security center. This is quite an easy process which gets foreigners the health insurance they need.

There are a few documents you must have with you, which are:

• Residential permission document
• Undertaking document
• A document that proves that they do not receive health insurance benefits from whichever country they come from.

In Turkey, when it comes to insurance policies, it it split into two. The first of them is on foot treatment.

Health insurance for on foot treatment covers;

• Doctor's appointments
• Medical tests
• Prescriptions
• Physical therapy

The second is called laid treatment. Health insurance for laid treatment covers;

• Operations
• Costs that arise if you need to rest at a hospital
• Chemotherapy
• Radiotherapy
• Dialysis
• Artificial limb costs

These isnurance plans usually last 1 year. If they would like to add more time, they would have to call the insurance company that provides them with health insurance to renew their contract.

Foreigners can apply for GSS(Turkey's own version of health insurance) if they have been constantly living in Turkey for atleast 1 year. That means they would need a document stating that they have had insurance from an insurance company for 1 year. Then, there is another requirement, which is not having any health insurance from the country they came from, which is also required to have a document. After these two conditions are met, foreigners may apply for GSS.

You can contact us for any translation needs that you may require when your foreign documents are here. We can translate and notarize them in the same day for a very good price.

If the spouse of a foreigner is Turkish, then the Social Security Board will research the Turkish spouse and see if they have health insurance coverage. If they do, then the spouse will not have to apply for any kind of foreign health insurance. But if the Turkish spouse is not covered, then the foreign spouse must apply for foreign health insurance. This is not mandatory for the Turkish spouse, only for the foreigner.

The answer is quite simple. Wouldn't you want your whole process to go as smoothly as possible? We provide high quality translation while also being fast and low- cost. We also have the authority to notarize your documents, which can only be done by sworn translators, which we have many of.

If you ever need any help with your foreign residency documents, don't hesitate to call us at any time. We're here 24/7 every day of the week and can help you all around the world. You can contact our offices by phone or e-mail. We also have WhatsApp and Telegram.