visa

[Scunner]

Beats the recent "90 days in, banned for 5 years" policy  

[BM06]

[loz]

The British Embassy site has information, again it is only verbal, so could be interesting to watch "their space"

http://ukinturkey.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-turkey/visitors-who-overstay

[stoop]

So the passport stamp still shows 90 days but you must not use more than those days within 180 days from that stamp.

If you arrive after 170 days with only 10 days left on your visa but have not stayed more than 80 days then you would be allowed in but would need to purchase another 90 day visa if you want to stay longer than 10 days.

So when does the 180 days start for the second visa? After the original one runs out in 10 days or immediately?

I can see some big arguments at passport control.

[Diverbaz 1]

So the British Embassy join in the scaremongering on their site. Why didn't they just say something "enquiries have been made to the Turkish Government we await a reply to clarify the position" instead of putting hearsay on the web site.

Oh! and they heard it from a policeman, must be right then:(

[stoop]

An article that explains it well:

http://talkaboutturkey.blogspot.com/2010/07/turkish-visa-changes-could-mean-extra.html

[Colwyn]

quote:Originally posted by stoop

I can see some big arguments at passport control.

I had a bit of an argument the last time I came through Dalaman with an old 90 day visa - that is if you can have an argument conducted entirely through shoulder shrugging and finger pointing. Having had a week in Istanbul in May I did not need another visa for our June holiday. The passport control guy went through my passport four times and couldn't find a new stamp. So he gave it back to me shaking his head and pointing back to the Visa point. I handed it back pointing at the May visa. He peered at it closely and then at me, and then, finally, and reluctantly, put a stamp on it.

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by stoop

An article that explains it well:

http://talkaboutturkey.blogspot.com/2010/07/turkish-visa-changes-could-mean-extra.html

No, that's an article that makes assumptions and guesses like the rest of us.

[BM06]

So the UK embassy web site, has only been told orally,and are awaiting conformation of a law that effects UK citizens on holiday in Turkey, it really does take the biscuit, as scunner said this should be confirmed or denied in a matter of mins,its either law or its not.

[Diverbaz 1]

 

quote:An article that explains it well
http://talkaboutturkey.blogspot.com/2010/07/turkish-visa-changes-could-mean-extra.html

And the official source was, oh!! it's a copy of what is in Fethiye Times, again must be right:(