Post by angryumpire on Jul 2, 2009 7:56:24 GMT 2
Don’t Overstay Your Turkish Tourist Visa
For temporary visits to Turkey the Turkish immigration authority issues visitor visas or tourist visas.
For UK passport holders this visa entitles the person to stay within Turkey for 90 days (not 3 months as some people think).
The 90 days run from the date of entry as stamped on the visa sticker and includes weekends and bank holidays / religious holidays.
So, if you entered Turkey on say 1 July you will need to add 89 days - remember the date of entry is your first day – to calculate your last day.
In this case you would need to leave by 28 September either returning on a new visa the same day or at some time in the future.
Watch Out - Be Accurate!
If you over stay your visa period, even by one day, penalties are levied on a sliding scale.
An over stay of between 1 and 15 days - There is no restriction on re-entering Turkey but you will have to pay the appropriate visa fines and will need to obtain his/her new visa from a Turkish Consulate. eg. Greece or UK, and it takes a full day with no appointment facility available, you just have to queue up.
For an over stay of 16 days or more – Not only will a person have to pay the fines for over staying but they would also need to leave Turkey and would be refused entry to Turkey for 3 months
For an over stay of 3 months - In addition to the fines the person would have to leave Turkey and would be refused entry to Turkey for 6 months.
For greater periods as above with fines but double the refusal of entry times – 6 months over, 12 months out of Turkey etc.
BE WARNED
For temporary visits to Turkey the Turkish immigration authority issues visitor visas or tourist visas.
For UK passport holders this visa entitles the person to stay within Turkey for 90 days (not 3 months as some people think).
The 90 days run from the date of entry as stamped on the visa sticker and includes weekends and bank holidays / religious holidays.
So, if you entered Turkey on say 1 July you will need to add 89 days - remember the date of entry is your first day – to calculate your last day.
In this case you would need to leave by 28 September either returning on a new visa the same day or at some time in the future.
Watch Out - Be Accurate!
If you over stay your visa period, even by one day, penalties are levied on a sliding scale.
An over stay of between 1 and 15 days - There is no restriction on re-entering Turkey but you will have to pay the appropriate visa fines and will need to obtain his/her new visa from a Turkish Consulate. eg. Greece or UK, and it takes a full day with no appointment facility available, you just have to queue up.
For an over stay of 16 days or more – Not only will a person have to pay the fines for over staying but they would also need to leave Turkey and would be refused entry to Turkey for 3 months
For an over stay of 3 months - In addition to the fines the person would have to leave Turkey and would be refused entry to Turkey for 6 months.
For greater periods as above with fines but double the refusal of entry times – 6 months over, 12 months out of Turkey etc.
BE WARNED
