Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Residency in Turkey, Visas, Work Permit Questions => Topic started by: karaokemark on March 27, 2013, 16:27:49 PM
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Some freinds of ours today went to do their residency in Fethiye, they came in January 2nd to Dalaman which meant this week was the last 2 weeks of the 90 days to apply.
They were told they have both overstayed by 50 days, when they came in in October and paid £10 for a visa they should have counted 90 days from then and not from when they came back and had a stamp in ther book Jan. 2nd.
The Police accepted it was a genuine error and only fined them 110tl each and still processed their residency applications.
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That's a good tip Mark and I'm sure could catch out a lot of people, I certainly wouldn't of thought of that.
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Is it not they should have counted 180 days from October and only stayed in Turkey 90 of those days?
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What date did they enter Turkey in October and how long did they stay and have they been in Turkey continuously since 2 January.
Just interested as some people are saying the passport police are not adhering to the 90/180 days and that you can still buy "back to back" visas.
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I am confused.
Is their current tourist visa more than 180 days old?
Have they stayed in Turkey for more than 90 days?
From what I read in OP, the answer to both questions is 'No'.
I am confused .
The police appear to be saying that the 90 days have to be consecutive from the first date of entry / visa purchase. Therefore, your days of residence in Turkey include days in which you may not actually be in Turkey !
I am confused ...... so what's new?
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if they arrived on 2nd Jan then that is 84 days up to today so unless their Oct trip was less than 6 days then yes they would have been over.
Goodness knows where the 50 day extra figure came from unless they were here a long time in Oct.
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Agree with Jim, some people should carry a calendar and calculator, they entered in October so common sense should tell them 90/180 started then.
110Tl each, not bad, it is Turkey and you expect to be fined, ?
I have never ever been fined as much in my life as there in Turkey, I now have a contingency fund for just that (for those with a sense of humour bypass it is a joke, except for being fined) ;) ;D
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Here's the useful counter for future use
http://www.bodrumbulletin.com/community/calculators/turkish-tourist-visa-calculator
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if they arrived on 2nd Jan then that is 84 days up to today so unless their Oct trip was less than 6 days then yes they would have been over.
Goodness knows where the 50 day extra figure came from unless they were here a long time in Oct.
I am no longer confused !
The people concerned seem to have been unaware of the hundreds of CBF pages devoted to 90/180 days and widespread discussion throughout the Brit community.
Hard to imagine but, obviously, possible.
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They came to live here in October went back to the UK for Christmas, they are not members of the forum, so had not read all the posts. They know they were lucky to get away with a fine, the post was just to inform people.
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if they arrived on 2nd Jan then that is 84 days up to today so unless their Oct trip was less than 6 days then yes they would have been over.
Goodness knows where the 50 day extra figure came from unless they were here a long time in Oct.
They may have been here 50 days in October. ;)
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As Mark said, they arrived in October and stayed till Christmas, if you assume mid October to say, 20th December, that's approx 55 days, then from 2 January till 27th March is 84 days, a total of 139 days, that's a bit above the 90 days you are allowed.
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Some freinds of ours today went to do their residency in Fethiye, they came in January 2nd to Dalaman which meant this week was the last 2 weeks of the 90 days to apply.
They were told they have both overstayed by 50 days, when they came in in October and paid £10 for a visa they should have counted 90 days from then and not from when they came back and had a stamp in ther book Jan. 2nd.
The Police accepted it was a genuine error and only fined them 110tl each and still processed their residency applications.
Just spoken to my neighbour when they came in october they paid for a visa, when they returned on the 3rd January they only had 7 days left on the visa, which would not give them time to get residency, so they bought another visa each. The passport police in Fethiye told them they should not have been given another visa while the other one was current.
I know many people who are coming three or four times this year I wonder how this will affect them.
Mark
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For anybody else who finds themselves in a similar situation, it would not have mattered that they only had seven days left on their Visa, as long as their application for residency was lodged with the Passport Police there would not have been a problem.