I’m an Iraqi citizen and have been living in Turkey for the past eight years as a student. Now that my student visa is soon going to expire, I’m considering buying property and applying for citizenship. But I have a few traffic offenses on my record in Turkey and not sure if it will affect the process?
Criminal record is not a required document for the application for Turkish citizenship by investment. If the applicant has already been living in Turkey for a long time, then the application authority may request this document. However, criminal records related to traffic offenses are not considered an obstacle to obtaining citizenship.
There is no requirement to submit criminal records for CBI applications and there is no specific criteria for persons with criminal records within the relevant laws. Traffic offences in general should not be an obstacle, however, it shall be noted that the Ministry of Internal Affairs render its own security checks during CBI processing will notice the records and has wide discretion for issuing approval.
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