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Residence Visa
and Permit
If you wish to be resident in Turkey
for longer than
the normal period allowed to tourists, you will need a residence
visa.
You should contact the Turkish Consulate in the
UK to learn which documents are currently required to obtain a
residence visa. These must be submitted to the Turkish Consulate General
at least eight weeks before the intended date of departure
(Nationals of European Union countries and those of
Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and
the USA may be issued a one year residence visa
within a week,
in exceptional circumstances).
After obtaining the residence visa, you are required to register
with the local police within a month of
your arrival in
Turkey, in order to obtain a residence permit. If you wish to extend
your permit for a further period, you should apply to the same
police headquarters before the permit expires.
Can you bring your household or office items to
Turkey?
Household items can be brought to Turkey through
a system called "temporary import",
provided that
the residence permit is valid for at
least one year. In this case, you pay a deposit and take
the items back with
you when you return to your own country.
There are many reliable
Turkish carriage/freight companies which can
move your belongings to Turkey from any point
in the world. Please contact the Association for Turkish
Transporters at info@und.org.tr for more information.
It is worth noting, however,
that a wide variety of household and office furniture and equipment
is available at very reasonable prices in Turkey. (Please see
Decoration and Furnishing)
Can you bring your pets to Turkey?
You can bring your pets to Turkey as long as you
carry their health/vaccination certificates with you.
You should remember, however, that your pets will be subject to
quarantine on their return to the UK.
However, there is a legal limitation on the
number of pets which can be brought into Turkey.
Government regulations state: "One person can bring 1 cat, 1 dog, 1
poultry animal and 10 aquarium animals (fishes) at most." If you
do need to bring more pets, then you
can increase your
quota by having somebody accompany
you during your journey to Turkey.
Can you bring your car to Turkey?
If you are a tourist visa holder, then you can
bring your car into Turkey for a maximum period of 6 months. If you
are a residence visa holder and wish to bring your car, then you
are treated as importing a car and have to pay customs tax.
How much money can you bring to Turkey?
As a foreign national,
you can bring in up
to 5000 US dollars in cash or the
equivalent amount in any other foreign
currency. Furthermore,
if you declare the amount to customs authorities just prior to your
entry into Turkey, you are allowed to take
cash up to the declared amount
out on your return.
You are also
free to transfer any amount of
Turkish Lira or foreign currency abroad through banks in Turkey.
How much jewellery can you bring
in and out of Turkey?
Travellers can bring in
jewellery made from
precious metals and gems up to the value of
15.000 US dollars or less, as
long as it is for non-commercial
purposes.
If you would like to bring in jewellery
worth more than $15.000, you must declare it to the Turkish customs
authorities just prior to your entry into
Turkey. In this case, you are allowed to bring
in jewellery worth up to the declared
value.
You are allowed to take any
amount of jewellery out of Turkey, regardless of its value, as long
as you have certification to prove that it was purchased in Turkey.
Can you live on your pension if you reside
in Turkey?
A Turkish pensioner receives
an average pension equivalent to approximately one sixth of the average pension in
the UK. Therefore,
your UK pension should be ample
for your everyday needs in Turkey.
Does your social insurance scheme cover your health
expenditure in Turkey?
If you reside in Turkey, your social insurance
scheme in the UK can cover your health insurance expenditure in Turkey.
Please contact the relevant organisation in the UK for the details.
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