Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Residency in Turkey, Visas, Work Permit Questions => Topic started by: Ian on June 07, 2013, 08:57:06 AM
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According to the latest May 2013 Newsletter from The British Consul in Turkey.
Visa desks at airports scheduled to close in 3-4 months - we will see.....
See Page 7 of this link - confusion to rein again???
http://issuu.com/ukinturkey/docs/ukinturkey_newsletter_may_2013 (http://issuu.com/ukinturkey/docs/ukinturkey_newsletter_may_2013)
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It was always on the cards I guess.
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That's assuming then that everyone visiting Turkey has internet access.
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That's assuming then that everyone visiting Turkey has internet access.
I think you can also get them at the airport as there will be stations available to pay and print. I think it said that in the news letter anyway.
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I wonder if they'll tell every passport control officer about it, or just 9 out of every 10 like normal.
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I think you can also get them at the airport as there will be stations available to pay and print. I think it said that in the news letter anyway.
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Yes - they will probably decide they need a Visa Desk to cope with the confusion just like the last Visa Desks but this one will be called The Yeni Visa Desk and charge £10 + £5 fine for being stupid - that would be a good move to make people feel good as they arrive :-)
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Hi,
We have the stamp visa from April and will be returning in August, so the visa should be valid...we hope! Has anybody had any problems, if they have returned on a visa stamp?
We also have a friend coming out with us, but not too sure if they should apply online for the e-visa, or if the visa stamps will still be available at the beginning of August.
Any thoughts appreciated....
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I have just printed my E Visa. No problems but don't know why they need your parents names and also the payment is quoted as 20 USD. Hope it is recognised as valid when I enter Turkey.
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I have just realised that 20 USD converts to £13. Oh well I suppose it was worth spending an extra £3 to avoid the visa queue.
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Why is it dollars anyway? A tiny percentage of people visiting Turkey are American. Why not Euro or Pounds, or even Lira :o
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Why is it dollars anyway? A tiny percentage of people visiting Turkey are American. Why not Euro or Pounds, or even Lira :o
Probably because they see $ as a more stable place to have their money. Or maybe they buy all their oil with the funds they get from us tourists - saves them having to convert it again ;)
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Why is it dollars anyway? A tiny percentage of people visiting Turkey are American. Why not Euro or Pounds, or even Lira :o
Suspect its to boost their dollar reserves - as you quite rightly state, its a small percentage of overall visitors that will bring dollars. The lira has lost a lot of ground against the dollar in the past few years, maybe they think there's something to be gained by increasing their reserves.
On the other hand, it may just be that no major payment processor outside the US is willing to deal with them...
JF
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Why is it dollars anyway? A tiny percentage of people visiting Turkey are American. Why not Euro or Pounds, or even Lira :o
I have NEVER seen any "tiny" Americans, anywhere .
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I don't see the point of paying £3.00 each, you still have to queue for the Customs then you can rush downstairs and stand at the luggage carousel and wait for your luggage with all the other people who arrive to stand with you and who saved £3.00 each by getting their visa upstairs, and Sod's law they will get their luggage and be out of the airport before you are.
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You'll see the point when it is the only way to do it :)
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Yes, but until then I will pay at the desk..... Then have a stroll down to the duty free for some booze...Sorry Scunner, should not have mentioned the "B" word. ;D :P :-X
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Me too, I'll happily queue.
The B word is fine, I plan to start my month from next Monday - awaiting a few more sponsors hopefully :)
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It won't make it any quicker for me.
I had my visa the other day but as usual I joined the queue with captain slow as the passport officer. There were people who went and got their visas and joined other queues who got through well before me. Happens every time.
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bewva that will be me stood behind you then :)
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And me - in May last year we got to passport control second, behind one guy, and within seconds all the queues were long. Great stuff. Then I heard the man in front of me..."no, 90...in 180...now count yourself...these are your rules, your rules not mine..."
Wrong again :(
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Just a thought.
If your in Turkey and comming to the end of your 90/180.
What is to stop you getting a new one online to start on your last/first day and then just going down to passport police. ?
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The passport police :)
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So, in June, the article said that E-Visas would become compulsory in 3-4 months - has this happened? We are due to fly out in a couple of weeks, should I buy our visas before we arrive in Turkey, or are they still available at the usual desk? :)
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Sounds and smells, like bull****e to me, we arrived 02.00 hours on the 1st of September, and paid the requisite sum of £10.oo each for new visas, even though we still had time existing on the ones we had bought on 12th April. No problems whatsoever. "If you believe all you read, you will eat all you see". (Old Scottish proverb). Enjoy your holiday. ;) 8)
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Thanks Gordon :) . Such intelligence for a 9 year old (foul language though for a child :) :) :) )
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I am trying all ways to be able to (hopefully) have the time I want to spend in Turkey in 2014 without having to go down the residency route, on the 180/90 day visa this is not going to be possible...Now does anyone know if it would be "all above aboard" to purchase an e'visa online say two months before I actually want to go have some time in Turkey say two months on that visa let that one expire and then purchase another one online so I can again have say the last two months of the season....
Many thanks for any help with this :)
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Hi Karen, before they changed the way they are calculating the 90/180 days in October, I thought this would be possible. However, as they now calculate the 180 days from the date you depart it will not be possible. You must have a valid visa but the start and end dates seem to be irrelevant as it is now a rolling 180 days.
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Ah for goodness sake I thought I had come up with the perfect solution this morning now you can purchase a visa online, it would not have been possible to do before the online visa became available... would you mind explaining the 180 rolling days part to me Marggie as you have been brilliant explaining it all to me so far :) thank you...
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Yes that would help me too - it is becoming very confusing. Many thanks.
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Hi Karen and Yakamoz, I will try and explain.
Here goes:
For the purposes of this hypothetical example, I have calculated as if this is your very first Visa.
You enter Turkey on 1 April 2014 on a 90/180 day visa - valid until 27 September 2014.
On your first visit you stay 21 days.
You come in again on 28 August and stay 28 days.
No problem here you have been in Turkey for a total of 49 days prior to your date of departure.
You enter Turkey again on 1 October on a new 90/180 day visa and stay for 90 days departing on 29 December 2014.
Here is where your problem will arise. Passport control will count back 180 days from 29 December 2014 which takes you back to 3 July 2014.
You have been in Turkey for 90 days on this visit and 28 days from 28 August, a total of 118 days in the last 180. Therefore you have exceeded the 90 dayrule by 28 days.
Hope this has helped. Here is also a brilliant link from Kalkan News which I think explains things clearly
http://kalkan.turkishlocalnews.com/portal/component/content/article/67-residency-and-visas/319528-obtaining-a-visa-to-enter-turkey-as-a-visitor?directory=53
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Bless you Marggie for taking the time to do this, I have had a look and I think I am getting it, so what I am going to have to do is roughly work out when my trips may be and then count backwards....though I still think it is going to have to be the residency route eventually...
Thank you Marggie :)
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Thanks Marggie for all your time and trouble. Will now try to work this out for the dates we have been in Turkey this year. We normally come twice a year for 6 weeks (6 weeks May to July and the other six ending just as the 180 days run out). We only pay £10 visas once (on first entry).
thanks again. Have a good Christmas.
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We used 1 eVisa yesterday (as mine was still current) as we flew via Istanbul and just in case there were queues or we were late when we landed at 5am as we only had just over an hour before our connection to DLM.
All very easy to buy/print etc, but on top of the £12.24 converted rate, HSBC MasterCard charged £0.36 for a foreign transaction fee.
Not sure if that is a % or set fee.