Sectors

BEST MAB supports foreign personnel across the operations that keep energy and maritime projects moving in Turkey: open-sea and land drilling, shipyard crews, sea drilling and land drilling, Turkish-flag and foreign-flag vessels, and cargo ships.

The assignment — not a single form — decides the route. A short technical visit may fit a work-permit exemption or an assembly visa. A longer posting under a Turkish employer is usually a long-term work permit. We look at nationality, role, duration, and the project calendar before the file starts.

Where we work

Drilling and petroleumLand rigs and offshore drillships. Rotational crews on wells and drillships, with the permit chosen from nationality, role, and hitch length. Offshore operationsPlatforms, drillships, and open-sea campaigns, including Black Sea gas work and foreign specialists who cannot miss a rotation. Shipyards, flagged vessels, and cargo shipsYards, Turkish-flag and foreign-flag ships, and port calls — from a short repair visit to longer employment ashore.

Short stay or long employment

Installation, maintenance, commissioning, and other defined short assignments are often an assembly visa or a work-permit exemption. An AMS / Assembly Visa is the entry route for machine and equipment assembly, installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair, and technical service. It is not a long-term work permit. If the same person will be employed for months under a Turkish employer, plan the long-term permit, including extensions. If the activity itself qualifies for a statutory exemption, E-Exemption may run with or after entry.

Long-term work permitEmployment under a Turkish employer, including extensions so the posting does not break between hitches. E-ExemptionShort, defined technical work — assembly, maintenance, installation — where a work-permit exemption applies. AMS / Assembly VisaEntry for assembly, commissioning, repair, and technical service on a defined short assignment. Reviewed with any exemption needed after arrival.

Tell us the vessel, rig, or yard, the role, and how long the person will be in Turkey. We will map the file to the route that matches the work.