Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: bev on April 21, 2008, 00:14:13 AM
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we plan to spend 6 months UK 6 months Turkey, problem is we need a phone line so I can log on to the internet, to get a phone line I need to have a residence permit. (I know I can ask a local turkish friend but feel cheeky asking)
If we applied for a residence permit for a year to enable us to get a phone line would this cause problems when we came back to UK to work for 6 months.
If we drove over could we bring a car over once a year for 6 months?
(we would make a holiday out of our drive over)
Thanks
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Yes you need your visa to get a get a phone line but there is no guarantee it will be installed without delay, depends on the exchange situation at the time. I assume you have property here to install the phone line so providing the rental gets paid there would not be a problem if you did not use the phone for six months. Your other alternative would be a wireless laptop.
With regards to the car NO you cant do that ....it is a once only six month entry and changing to a private number plate won't work as they log the chassis/engine details in your passport. You would have to change your car every time you went back to the UK. :)
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I do not think that a 'Visa' is sufficient to get a phone line; a residence permit is required!.
Pete
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Familiarity slip.... Residents Visa/Permit or to be precise Yabancilara Mahsus Ikamet Tezkeresi.
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You can bring the car in for 2 x 6 month periods can't you ? Provided of course, that you take it out for 6 months in between.
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Hi,
Hi thanks for that, I know I can use a laptop, but want to use it in the apartment.
Dont think I will be changing a car every year!
Norma
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remember that you would need to set up a direct debit to pay for the line rental for the time you are not here.
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on the car front I was under the impession that you could bring the car in for six months then yopu had to take the car out for a minium of six months after which you could bring it back for another six months etc, etc.
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As I understand it you can only bring the same car in twice
for a 6 month period with a 6 month break in between
We have a phone line and internet connection but it is in
a turkish friends name
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correct. The car can come in for 6 months (180 days in a calendar year) and then must stay out for 6 months before coming in again. But that only works if you are on a tourist visa, doesnt work if you have a residence.
If you have had a residence for say 3 months, then you bring the car in then the car can only stay for 3 months and then must be out untill you are back on a tourist visa again.
Best way is for the non owner of the car to get a residence and the owner of the car come in on a tourist visa, but then after 3 months you would need to do a border jump and you cant jump the border with a car on your passport unless you drive it across.
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Hi Bev
Why don't you look into getting an internet "dongle" package with your mobile phone company over here or see if they do a similar thing in Turkey. You pay the provider a monthly fee and plug the "dongle" into your laptop which gives you an instant phone connection.
I know you can get a contract here in UK with 3 which is £10 a month (and other providers have similar packages) allowing you to use internet on your laptop when on the move. I imagine though that using it in Turkey would cost you more. The alternative is to see if they do a similar monthly "dongle" package in Turkey or find out what the "roaming" rates are to use a UK "dongle" abroad.
Hope this makes sense!
Julie :)
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So does the dongle cost £10 a month plus the amount of time spent online or just the £10??
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Thanks what i would like to know to. I think if you use in uk providing you don't excede your download limit thats what you pay, but I would imagine if you use in Turkey the charge from say vidophone via teleturk would make it not viable .I am sure there's someone on here with the answer
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Originally posted by martins
think if you use in uk providing you don't excede your download limit thats what you pay, but I would imagine if you use in Turkey the charge from say vidophone via teleturk would make it not viable .I am sure there's someone on here with the answer
Took our laptop out with vodaphone UK last trip. We had been quoted £5 for 1mb roaming usage in Turkey. The fact was it was too slow to be of any use, and we reverted back to using it in the bars. The bill when it came in showed it as £7.50 per 24 hour period, not as we had been quoted.
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If you have a car which as I understand can stay for six months on tourist visa you are able to leave the country by taking and paying day rate at dalaman customs car compound.is this true and has anyone experienced this. As this would allow the tourist visa to be renewed by either flying out or by catching boat.
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The car can only be kept in the country for 6 months then it has to be taken out of the country for 6 months.
WW
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yes WW I understand that however the tourist visa only last 3 months, therefore one needs to find away around getting passport stamped without having to take car out.