Visa Expiry - What Would Happen

[Scunner]

I believe I do understand the 90/180 day visa rules

This is a "what do you think would happen" question...

Say if you bought a visa on arrival today and therefore 180 days is up on October 20th. What would happen if you arrived at Dalaman on the 20th October? Number of days irrelevant (nowhere near 90 in the 180) - just arriving on the expiry date.

Cheers!

[Diverbaz 1]

I believe you have to have a 24 hour gap between the renewal. i.e you cannot go to Rhodes and come back on the same day any more, if you are renewing the visa.

[KKOB]

I assume you'd have to buy another because on the 21st you'd be there without a valid visa and the Pasaport Polis would pick this up when they scanned your passport.

[Marggie]

Who knows what would happen!  Officially you should be refused entry as you must be out of Turkey or leave on the 180th day and not apply for a further visa until the 181st day but people are reporting that they have been buying another visa on entry just as they did before.

What do you think would happen?

[Scunner]

What do you think would happen?

I think technically the visa hasn't expired till the next day and therefore a new visa cannot be issued.

But what I actually think would happen is you'd get a new visa and nobody would be that bothered  

[Scunner]

I assume you'd have to buy another because on the 21st you'd be there without a valid visa and the Pasaport Polis would pick this up when they scanned your passport.

Yep I am sure another visa is a must, it's just that the rules say you can't buy a visa while holding a current one - even if it expires hours later

[KKOB]

So, sit in arrivals 'til it turns midnight and then buy one ?

[Scunner]

Well yes I suppose if it was that close you could do that

So let's make that a little less practical - what would actually happen if your 180 days is up on 20th October and you arrived for a holiday on the 18th and bought a new visa?

[bewva]

The immigration don't know when you bought your visa. I think if you presented your passport to the visa guy he would just stick in another stamp, then the passport polis look for an unstamped visa and just stamp it.

[Scunner]

I think when they open up your passport and scan it, it must tell them when I bought my last visa.