visa

[tribalelder]

Neither of which apply in my case Fortunately :)Your passport is not much use if you do not have a valid visa stamp in it which in my case It would have expired and I would not yet have the Residency visa:(

[Dizzy Jan]

Can I ask a question people talk about a Residence Permit and a Residence Visa are the the same? different? Please enlighten me.

[Scunner]

Same.

[starman™]

different.
residence visa you get from the consulate and it gets stamped in your passport. Biggest con the consulate has going because once you have it, you have 30 days to apply for a residence permit once in Turkey and fork out loads of money again.

Residence permit is the little blue book with all your details otherwise known as an ikamet tezkeresi.

[starman™]

quote:Originally posted by Ovacikpeedoff

Starman sorry to disagree but when we appiled for residency they insisted on a copy of the Tapu. I remember it well because I had to o back to the house to get it.

We processed nearly 3500 residence permits in 2009, out of 3500 (three thousand five hundred) maybe 2 of them was with a tapu and none with a rental lease.

[Old Daffodil]

Why did the Muhtar insist on proof of address and the tapu when we applied then? He never charged us for his services.

Also I would like to mention that I was told that once you have residency if you change address or marry,divorce or die the authorities want to be notified . Probably there are fines incurred if you do not tell them.

[Julesp]

Just been on the Meis trip today with friends who were doing the visa run, they were given the usual 90 day visa and told they can go back to renew as usual in 90 days time, I have residency so didnt get a stamp personally

[amca]

quote:Originally posted by Julesp

Just been on the Meis trip today with friends who were doing the visa run, they were given the usual 90 day visa and told they can go back to renew as usual in 90 days time, I have residency so didnt get a stamp personally

This could prompt another 30+ pages of posts!

[Julesp]

quote:Originally posted by amca

quote:Originally posted by Julesp

Just been on the Meis trip today with friends who were doing the visa run, they were given the usual 90 day visa and told they can go back to renew as usual in 90 days time, I have residency so didnt get a stamp personally

This could prompt another 30+ pages of posts!

I know!! Thats why I posted it, It is all true though:D

But when friends asked on the way over the boat captain originally said they wouldnt be able to do again without the 90 day away rule. But when he handed passports back at the end of the trip he looked at the visas and just said Its Ok for you to come back in 90 days, so looks like no one knows whats going on!

[starman™]

quote:Originally posted by Daffodil

Why did the Muhtar insist on proof of address and the tapu when we applied then? He never charged us for his services.

Also I would like to mention that I was told that once you have residency if you change address or marry,divorce or die the authorities want to be notified . Probably there are fines incurred if you do not tell them.

Correct, you do have to change your status within 15 days. Fine is neither here nor there though. You may have to go the muhtar route in Fethiye but most provinces, the muhtar doesnt want to know about the foreigners living in the area and they do not take any registrations from them. This is how it works in Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Kocaeli, Samsun, Sakarya, Ankara, Antalya and Tekirdag which are all the provinces we have done residence permits in.