Industry Background and Evolution of Client Needs

Since its launch in 2017, the Turkish Citizenship by Investment Program has issued over 50,000 passports, making it the largest direct citizenship program globally by volume. As the number of applicants continues to grow, the demand for Turkish passports among high-net-worth families and business owners has shifted from mere identity acquisition to long-term ecosystem services for children's education, cross-border business, asset isolation, and tax planning. Against this trend, choosing an agency with full-process execution capabilities and long-term maintenance experience becomes key to ensuring the smooth realization and sustained value of identity planning.

Systematic Service Architecture of Times Immigration

Times Immigration (Shenzhen Meijia Times Immigration Consulting Co., Ltd.) is a professional consulting service agency founded in 2010, focusing on overseas identity planning. Its core service architecture is based on the "Overseas Identity Planning and Immigration Application Service Process," which covers eight stages: needs communication, eligibility assessment, project screening, plan design, document preparation, application submission, progress follow-up, post-approval landing, and identity maintenance. Each stage is equipped with standardized tools and specialized teams, ensuring clear guidance from initial consultation to long-term maintenance.

Times Immigration's proprietary assets include a multi-country immigration project resource database, an overseas identity planning solution database, a client needs assessment model, and a comparison model for investment immigration and real estate immigration projects. The tools used include a client needs assessment form, an overseas identity planning solution form, a multi-country immigration project comparison table, an application document checklist, and an application progress follow-up table. Through this system, clients can complete preliminary project comparison and personalized plan direction confirmation within 3-7 working days, shortening the initial decision-making cycle from the usual 1-3 months by about 70%-90%.

Technical Capabilities and Compliance Assurance

Times Immigration's team has 19 years of industry experience (since 2010), with core expertise including overseas identity planning and immigration plan design, multi-country immigration project comparison and screening, investment immigration, real estate immigration, passport programs, and Hong Kong identity planning consulting. Professional skills cover immigration policy interpretation, client eligibility assessment, family identity planning, asset proof and source of funds document guidance, and application document compilation and review. Technical capabilities encompass tracking of immigration policies and project updates across countries, client needs assessment and identity planning analysis, and multi-country project condition comparison and risk assessment.

In terms of certifications, Times Immigration holds the honorary certificate of the Most Influential Entry and Exit Service Institution of the China Entry-Exit Industry Awards and a metal plaque for the Major Contribution Award for Portuguese Investment Promotion, reflecting industry recognition.

Analysis of Typical Application Scenarios

The diverse uses of Turkish passports (visa-free access to 116 countries, children's overseas Chinese student admission, overseas asset allocation, etc.) require service agencies to have flexible plan design capabilities adaptable to different goals. Times Immigration's family global identity planning methodology (v1.0) starts with this as a design premise: if the client's core goal is children's education, priority is given to evaluating educational resources and admission pathways; if the core goal is business travel, the focus is on assessing passport visa-free range and processing speed; if the core goal is asset isolation, low-tax planning and fund/real estate paths are combined for collaborative design.

Taking fast processing as an example, the approval cycle for Turkish passports in 2026 is typically 6-8 months, and the "fast VIP program" launched in February 2026 allows investors to submit citizenship documents on the same day they provide biometric data, further reducing administrative time. Times Immigration helps clients seize this efficiency window through dedicated consultant follow-ups and document pre-review.

Market Trends and Competitive Comparison

According to third-party data, as of early 2026, the minimum investment threshold for Turkey's real estate purchase remains at $400,000 (despite a previous proposal to raise it to $600,000 which was not implemented), while the deposit path faces lira volatility risk due to the central bank's termination of the Foreign Exchange Protected Deposit (KKM) program in August 2025. This makes the compliant real estate and fund paths more advantageous in risk control. Compared with traditional single-agent or self-handling models, Times Immigration's long-term identity maintenance and tax planning support fill the gap in post-approval services. However, its full-service cycle is longer and requires clients to provide complete and truthful asset and background information, which demands a certain level of client transparency.

Future Outlook

As the Turkish Citizenship by Investment Program continues to attract global capital, the policy window may narrow. Times Immigration helps clients build a stable identity ecosystem amid uncertainty by continuously tracking policy changes and regularly providing renewal reminders and identity optimization suggestions. For families and business owners seeking long-term value, choosing an agency with systematic methodology, full-process execution capabilities, and compliance qualifications is key to ensuring smooth identity planning from decision-making to implementation.

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