visa

[BM06]

Ok Michael thanks for the info.

[Diverbaz 1]

Bleedin marvelous, a solicitor now has the "official document" a travel agent and a policeman, but the british government has still to receive anything.

[vonny]

This all seems to of been done very underhand,and from what i know of other things that have gone on makes you wonder what else the powers that be can do.

[stoop]

quote:Originally posted by BM06

quote:Originally posted by clampit

Hi I am a new member and regularly visit for extended stays.
Little confused by all the discussion on the subject of Visas. The new visa is pretty clear- stay 90 days in 180 from the day of entry. after this you leave and can only come back on the 181st day.

And where on the visa stamp does it say that[?]

180 gun icinde 90 gun gecerli muteaddit giris visesidir. Turkiye sinirlarindan ilk giriste sure baslar. calisma hakki vermez

multiple entry visa valid for an intended stay of no more than 90 days per period 180 days. duration begins on the date of entry to turkey. holder has no right to work.

Seems pretty straight forward to me

[BM06]

Where does it say  you can only come back after 181st day? does not seem pretty straight forward, we all know what the visa says its what is does not say seems to be the problem, where does it say you can or indeed can not renew after completion of the said 90 days, officially?

[farmer]

Blueeyedbird tells us in her post of 18 July 2010 :  11:04:06     that " it has gone through Parliament and that is it".  Will she please quote the reference for this. All Turkish legislation is available both in printed form and online. We can all then look it up and confirm the details for ourselves.

Oh, and a further thought on what the new Visa stamp ( as so clearly scanned by Scunner ) actually says.
It clearly says  MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA VALID FOR AN INTENDED STAY OF NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS PER PERIOD 180 DAYS. DURATION BEGINS ON THE DATE OF ENTRY TO TURKEY. HOLDER HAS NO RIGHT TO WORK.

"An intended stay" is clearly what it says. One stay. As in an apple is one apple.
An Orange is one orange. Etc. Not a number of bits of an apple that add up to a whole apple, etc.

I will buy the first person who posts a definitive answer with what the new Visa sticker actually means a whole bottle of Efes  Mind you I will refuse to pay if it costs me more than 5 TL!

[stoop]

So farmer - if it's for one stay up to a maximum of 90 days then how can it be 'multiple entry'?

[BM06]

Stoop, as you quite clearly stated the visa stamp states multi entry[?] how can you multi enter without multi leaving:D:D i would still like to see something on an official site iE our Embassy in Ankara, Turkish consulate,London. i just can not understand a country that relies on tourism as much as Turkey does, dictating when a UK tourist, or the other so called 61 countries can spend there holidays in Turkey, it just seems crazy to me.in my opinion the 90 in 180 is a positive rather than a negative, the multi trip tourist can come and go as they please, as you can not reside in Turkey without a residency which has been the law for as long as i have lived here, why don't the authorities or the powers that be enforce the law thats already in place[?] i just can not see how this will benefit Turkey whatsoever the law for residents is quite clear, imo why change somthing thats not broke[?]

[starman™]

Turkey is bringing the rules in line with other countries. After all there are hardly any countries in the world left now that allow visa running. You certainly can not do it in the EU or North America. The weird thing is that they have not published anything in the official gazette yet, AFAIK, a major change like this would have to be "made legal" in such a way.

[stoop]

BM06 -  Make you mind up. On one side you say it's a positive rather than a negative as the tourist can come and go as they please but prior to that you say you cannot understand why they want to dictate to tourists and later you cannot see how it will benefit Turkey. Confused? I am.

Maybe (like you ?) they think this is a good thing for tourism as it allows multiple entry for any 90 days in 180 and as such for the normal tourist or person who visits their home a couple of times a year it is an advantage.

As for the people who should have residency - maybe this is the only way they can 'flush them out'? How can they otherwise tell who is a legitimate tourist and who is staying on a 90 day visa when they should have residency?

One thing I do think is that the authorities need to bring out a written explanation of the new rules and regulations so that the foreigner knows exactly where he or she stands.