Turkey residency Permit massive reduction for the UK expats

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
04/04/2011 22:25

THOUSANDS of British expats in Turkey were today given the possible best news – the residency permit cost has been slashed to just £50 a year and will be effective from today (Friday April 1).



The good news was confirmed yesterday (Thurs Mar 31) by British Embassy officials.



The costs of a residency are now:

one-year is now 120TL (about £50 or 80 US dollars);

two years is now 210TL (140 US dollars)

three years is now 300TL (200 US dollars)

four years is now 390TL (260 US dollars)

five years is now 480TL (320 US dollars)



This means that a five-year residency can bought for about £195 (at today's rate) – a massive price reduction on the previous £370 ( 925lira ) being asked for a one year permit. The cost of a new blue permit book is still 149TL.

this is good news for expats in Turkey wonder if it will come to NC, it used to cost each person 4625 lira for a 5 year permit a rip off so its good news all round





Robert

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
04/04/2011 22:42

As an Irish Citizen the Residency permit is free, great if you are Irish, good on them.



Robert

pollymarples


Joined: 08/08/2010
Posts: 1778

Message Posted:
04/04/2011 22:47

Turkey today - TRNC tomorrow - ha ha ha ho ho ho he he he yeh how likely is that?

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
04/04/2011 22:56

Australian and Irish passport holders pay for 90 day entry visa whilst Kiwis are exempt but not sure about residency fees, do they discriminate between different Countries? A TR Government link would help but does the date of the announcement got anything to do with it?



Richard

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
05/04/2011 06:26

well thats it then - all off to Turkey - same as the trnc, but no probs getting yer deeds...............

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
05/04/2011 07:12

A perfect day to become effective Msg 1 .

April 1st HA HA .

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
05/04/2011 08:04

nope its true but there is a sting in the tail the government will be reviewing it again next year which means more then likely it will go back up again

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
05/04/2011 08:14

No it's not April fool, it started on the 1st of April and what a savings you will make, but they are going to bring in the 90/180 visa, but with residency permit so cheap you do not have to go every 3 months to the Greek islands to renew your visa. this will bring down the Greek ship owners who rely on the expats going to renew their visas every 3 months, a lot of UK expats have now renewed their residency permits and they are paying the new fees, win win situation for both Turkey and expats.





Robert