Blank page needed for visa stamp!

[apollo]

http://www.antalyacentral.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1917:important-new-passport-rules-for-entry-to-turkey&catid=921:news&Itemid=101

Thanks for the info. It makes a lot of sense and brings the system inline with a lot of other countries.

[Marggie]

Does this rule apply to holders of Residency Permits?  I can see an argument for why they might want a clean page for a Visitor Visa to facilitate easier calculation of time spent in Turkey.  That said, there appears to be no consistency in the way the rules are being applied for the new 90/180 day Visa.

[amca]

Apollo
Thanks for the info. It makes a lot of sense and brings the system inline with a lot of other countries.
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I know this may read more aggressive than I mean it to be but  so far you are the only poster who has welcomed this change.
Which other countries employ the 'fresh page' system?

[Colwyn]

New Zealand has a system that enforces this. If you get a temporary work visa it is exactly the size of a passport page and you have to paste it in.

[Scunner]

Are all passports from all countries the same size then?

[nichola]

Judging by the passports I have seen people of many nationalities hold in line at airports all over the world passports do seem to be the same size and I can confirm that many countries do indeed have a visa that is the size of a passport page and is stuck into the passport and then stamped in and out...

[Scunner]

Yes I suppose they all do seem to be around the same size and also they must have to fit into those scanners they check them with. It just never occurred to me that it was anything more than coincidence  

Wait for Turkey to introduce the first 18" passport...

[Dutchie]

There are more countries with this rule (India, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, long term visa for Thailand) but they all use full page visa stickers.

[angieebabe]

And Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo all full page Visa's and if stamped on then you don't want to know what they would do with me.
In answer to another question , the way I read it this new rule does not include people with Residency, I think ..

[Scunner]

So that's it then - Turkey is aspiring to be like Congo and Angola.