S G K Health Insurance FIASCO - Urgent

[quackers]

I have emailed you shutterbug.

[March girl]

I have state pension and my cover is ok with Bagkur

[shutterbug]

According to the UK Consul, everything has been sorted and we should be able to start making premium pmts and carry on. HOWEVER, last week and this I keep getting the story that they can't get the payment screen up. when they do they will give me a letter for may bank. So, going down tomorrow with my insurance agent and a translator after we speak to Izmir again. Will keep you posted.

[quackers]

Can I ask why they will give you a letter for your bank. What is the letter for?.

[shutterbug]

For a direct debit. REstart premiums.

[Carolyn1957]

We pay ours monthly over the counter in the Ziraat bank. Adds a little excitement each month as we hand over the dosh and wait for it to be accepted and the receipt shoved into our sticky little mitts!

[quackers]

As I understand it you can only pay it at a Turkish Bank  . We pay ours at Yakif Bank.

[shutterbug]

Yes, that may be true. I used to give it tomy insurance agent and he took care of it. He did go to their bank as I recall now, but I do know people who have the direct debit paid to the Turkish bank...I think. ;-)

[phil1839]

You can also pay it at the PTT, I got fed up of the queues in Ziraat and was told that the PTT could do it so I paid last month at the Uzumlu PTT and it went through no problem. I just gave him one of my old receipts and he sorted it, just make sure you check the details on the receipt he gives you to make sure it went through ok. Phil

[shutterbug]

Well guess what? I am told that even though I was refused my october pmt, and told that I had no cover any longer because of the OAP pension from the UK, sent a letter telling me I had to have the letter from NHS in Nov to qualify, I am told today that they never cancelled my account and now I have to pay 989tl for missed payments which they would  not take + interest. I spent the entire day with the agt, went to the SGGK office. So, tomorrow I will call Willy and see what he says. If I have to pay it, I will sue the gov't to get it back. AND, I am not the only one. A whole bunch of us apparently. So watch this space!.