Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Residency in Turkey, Visas, Work Permit Questions => Topic started by: jsp51 on May 19, 2015, 15:42:20 PM
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Does anybody know if anyone in Fethiye is helping with/completing online application forms and how much they are charging for this service.
This would be a helpful service so as people do not make a wasted journey to Mugla if the form is not filled in correctly.
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Try Yakup Yilmaz who is a lovely guy and runs his business with his English wife Lynda in their shop in Fethiye. Just up the one way street and in the lane opposite the Mulberry Tree Restaurant. Lynda's shop is called Hippy Chick. Can thoroghly recommend Yakup he is an Official Translator and also does a lot of work for ex-pats for Residency etc., ;D He has helped us so much in the past and his charges are so minimal, last time when he told us the charge, we gave him double as he had been so helpful.
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I believe the guidelines say we can courier our applications, which, if a passport is enclosed, might be a wise idea. While on the subject, does anyone know the correct application form for someone who rents rather than owns and, therefore, does not have immoveable property? None of the designated forms seem to apply to me!
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You send a copy of your passport ıf renewıng and take orıgınal ıf you have an appoıntment to attend a meetıng ın Mugla.
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my friend has just done this but you do need someone who speaks turkish
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seen a post on facebook re renewal of rp. if you have a blue book you don't need to go to mugla but if you have a blue book and renewed your passport within the residency period then you have to. have an appointment for mugla. surprised no one has commented on this development as they seem to change the goalposts day by day. any comments out there?
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just started our residency renewal this morning. reckon by the time we are finished including going to mugla will be in excess of 1000 Turkish lira for 1 year!!!!!!!
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https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/ This link takes you directly to the English version of the online application form. If you then click on either application option it gives details of what is required. Basically if you already have a valid RP and nothing has changed you apply for an extension, you do not have to go to Mugla just post your documents (originl passport is NOT to be sent). If anything has changed, i.e. passport or your RP has expired, you must use the "first time" option and also make appointment to go to Mugla with your documents.
Trotsky - use whichever option applies to you and you choose which category you come under while completing the form.
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1000 lira for a year, so £250 or thereabouts. £21 per month. I don't think so bad, I am sure it is a lot more for a Turkish person to stay in the UK for a month or a year, assuming, of course, he or she can get a visa to enter in the first place.
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Has anyone applied to renew their residency on line, and how did you get on with uploading a photo?
seems complicated to the basic computer user.
Cheers for any replies, Dave
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if you think back lissa it was just over 500 lira for a 4 year residency so 1000 lira for a 1 year residency imo IS expensive.
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Is it really 1000tl?
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Unless its changed recently you'll pay the equivalent of $80 (or $85?) in lira plus 55tl for your card. 300tl give or take depending on the exchange rate for one year.
JF
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if you can get it for that amount I would be interested how? ignore john f. we are actually paying interpreter to make sure it is done right. emergency. apologies.
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Assuming you hold a U.K. passport: $30 for the first month and $5 per month, for the remaining months - add on your card fee of 55tl and it works out around 293tl at today's rates.
Obviously, if your Turkish isn't sufficient to cope with the process then you will need a translator, or a friend who speaks Turkish.
Those figures are as of last month in Istanbul, so a bit cheaper than my guesstimate of 300tl.
JF
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Don't forget compulsory health insurance, whether you need it or not you have to have it. this added an extra 2000tl to my bill.
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You're right, but the costs of that are pretty variable according to age, sex and medical history. I know of folks getting acceptable (as in proper) policies for round about the 1,000tl mark but others paying over 3,000tl.
Yellali have an online calculator for Groupama (http://www.yellali.com/partners/groupama_offer), who are not the cheapest by any stretch, but it'll give folks a benchmark when shopping around.
JF
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another point which may or not be relevant if you have renewed your passport within your residency period then you HAVE to go to mugla which has happened to us and adds to the cost.
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Sorry, just replying to a post that said the cost was 1000 lira. JohnF has posted the true costs of this
Permit, and as has been said, insurance costs are dependent on age so not possible so give a definitive answer here. Still stand by my original comment that is is possibily still cheaper than for Turks to go to the UK. If they can get a visa.
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Two year multi entry visa to the UK is about $500 for a Turk. No one I know has been refused a visa, in fact a few have ten year visas for visiting the UK - $1150 at today's prices.
A bit more expensive, but not by a huge margin
JF
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John, Engin Selcuk the owner of the Istanbul restaurant in Kaya was refused a visa to visit the UK last year. He had no problems getting a visa in the past. We wrote a supporting letter when he reapplied and he was granted a visa.
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It happens Don, I don't disagree. I have heard (and read on forums) of folks being refused who, on the surface appear to be good candidates, but despite multiple applications have not been successful.
All I'm saying is that no-one I know personally (e.g. friends, friends partners etc) has been refused. One particular person surprised me a bit when I found out he had a 10 year visa, he hasn't 50tl to his name and doesn't own property or a business, but still got the visa - incidentally, it wasn't his first 10 year visa either. What also concerned me was the statement that he was coming to visit us next time he was over!
Going back a few years, there was a particular consular officer in Istanbul who (allegedly) had a reputation of being the worst person to see for the interview. He was (allegedly) a bit of a drinker and (allegedly) a bit of a Turkophobe. He was (allegedly) often heard when out drinking in the company of other consular workers boasting about his refusal rate. In those days (allegedly) it was very much down to one person and if he didn't like you, or the look of you, then you'd no chance... allegedly! His name was well known within the ex pat community and the great irony is that he wasn't born in Britain, he was originally from Dublin!
JF
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Been told that when you go to Mugla to obtain your residency, as you have to go if classed as a new application, you will be asked for a copy of your entry visa that was emailed to you. If not give, you are fined. Also just for info, a taxi from the otogar in Mugla to the office should cost around 10 lira.
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just slightly off subject. has anyone travelled back from the uk with a letter from mugla stating that their residency was ongoing? going to face this problem? when returning next month.
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How can you be fined for not having a copy of a visa e mail if you buy one at the airport instead of online.
Even if you got an online one you will have a stamp in your passport.
To many rumors
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My friend was asked at the office in Mugla for a copy of the email sent to her. She was told she would be fined if she could not produce this.This is not rumour., this is what she was told. You would have an entry stamp in your passport whether you purchase a visa online or at the airport. I do not know, but are they still using the old stamps in passports if you buy at Dalaman? If so, presumably a copy of this would suffice.
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My wife finally received her new one year residency card today,exactly 6 weeks to the day that it was sent off to Mugla.Last year with Fethiye passport police handling the application it took exactly 3 weeks to arrive.
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How can you be fined for not having a copy of a visa e mail if you buy one at the airport instead of online.
She was told she would be fined if she could not produce this.This is not rumour.
It's something as a tourist you wouldn't think about, but as far as I'm aware you need to be able to produce ID when asked by the Polis. For a foreign visitor it means passport showing your entry stamp, and I suppose the logical extension of this could be considered to be a copy of your Evisa.
A few years ago, my other half and two of her colleagues were asked for ID by the Polis and because one of them didn't have it on her they took her home in order for her to produce her Ikamet. Petty, jobsworthy, creepy sleazeballs is how they described the Polis, but apparently they were within their rights to demand ID and if unable to produce it you could be detained until your identity and right to be in the country is verified.
JF
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We did Mr WB and Little Miss WB's renewals online yesterday, with Yakup's help.
He asked if we wanted to get our rental agreement notarised as the majority that aren't are being rejected by Mugla - which, of course, adds to the process. (We decided to do so.)
He also advised us that some of the noters insist on the landlord being present with the tapu before they will do this, so if anyone else is in a similar situation be warned!
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We had a email a few days ago, saying my wifes RC was ready, so went to pick it up at PTT Fethiye
No sign of the Wifes, but mine was there, We went back home, a hour later the postman arrived
she signed a form to say she had seen the postman, and she had got to pick the residency, at the PTT Fethiye
AWW well this is TURKEY, it might be there when we get there, Who Knows. LOL.
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Been trying to access the online form his month...September...and instead of the form loading all I get is a calendar with all the dates crossed out and in red. I am wondering if anyone out there is able to open a fresh form? Or are there issues/problems. Any help much appreciated...
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Have you tried https://e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr/
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Yep...been trying for days and days now and the form doesn't load. Instead after selecting province it goes straight to a seemingly fully booked calendar. Do let us know if you are able to chess application form. Perhaps it is because we are doing this from the UK?Z. But that would be fairly mad. But then again....
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Just a thought - have you tried a different browser? Or even a different PC/laptop.
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I had to wait nearly three months to get a date to go
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Tried the ikamet site on iPads as well as Chrome and Firefox browsers on a laptop.
But still after SELECTING the FIRST APPLICATION button and MUGLA as our Province,the next thing to appear, we understand, should be the e-form itself. But instead a non responsive calendar appears
If anyone has a minute we would be interested and grateful to know what appears for you?
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Don't worry, it's not you or your browser.
The furthest ahead you can book is three months - as it stands, all appointment slots appear to be full. Not just for Mugla but other areas.
Try accessing it just after midnight, Turkish time, to see if the very last slot is available (16th December). If it is, great, if not then it suggests they've gone into meltdown mode due to (I suspect) the high number of foreigners wanting processed.
JF
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Friend just told me that she received a face book message that anyone who is waiting for their new card should go to the main post office as they have a backlog
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that's quite right jackstee. went in on Monday, showed my wifes old rp and he produced about 30 from underneath the counter. unfortunately ours wasn't there. worth a trip to the ptt at the otogar.