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If you would like to reside in Turkey longer than the normal period allowed to tourists, you will need a residence visa. All documents for a residence visa must be submitted to the Turkish Consulate General at least eight weeks before the intended date of departure (Nationals of European Union countries and nationals of Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and USA may be issued a one year resident visa in a week depending on their circumstances). Please note that
applications must be referred to the relevant Turkish
authorities for their approval. Therefore, applicants
are advised to contact the Consulate to find out the
outcome in due course. For visa application forms and more information, please have a look at www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/en/visa.htm
Household items can be brought to Turkey through a system called "temporary import" provided that the validity of the residence permit is not less than one year. In this case, you pay a deposit and take it back when you return to your own country or submit a bank guarantee letter which should be obtained either from a Turkish bank or a well-known foreign bank ensuring that all customs duties will be paid if the goods are not taken out of Turkey at the end of the period of residency during the first five years. You do not need to extend the guarantee letter for the period starting from the completion of the first five years following the importation of goods. For further information please visit the web page of Undersecretaries of Customs. A banderole fee is collected only once by Customs administrations on behalf of TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) for color television, black-white television, radio, video, television satellite receivers, combined devices to be brought from abroad for non-commercial importation purposes and all kinds of devices for receiving broadcasting signals. The amount of banderole fees are set by Council of Ministers Decree annually. Lots of reliable Turkish carriage/freight/shipping companies are available to move your items to Turkey from any point in the world. Please visit our web pages to see the lists of such companies. On the other hand, you don’t need to bring your household items to Turkey. You can find thousands of good choices ranging from local authentic ones to international style furniture and domestic appliances, produced at the highest standards and at very reasonable prices in Turkey. Please visit our previous page for links to some of the biggest furniture and durable manufacturers in Turkey.
You can bring your pets to Turkey as long as you carry the live animals’ health/vaccination certificates with you. Veterinary health certificate must be issued not more than 10 days before departure. Rabies vaccination must be given the animal not more than 6 months ago and not less than 15 days before departure. None of the documents need to be legalised by either Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalization Department or Turkish Consulate General, provided that you accompany your pets. However, there is a legal limitation on the number of pets to be brought to Turkey. A person can bring 1 cat or 1 dog or 1 bird or 10 aquarium fishes at most. If you like to bring more pets, then you are advised to have somebody to accompany you during your travel to Turkey. Please have a look at www.thy.com.tr/en/services/pets.htm for other relevant information. Moreover, for further information, you can contact the Office of the Financial Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in London through
Address: Turkish Embassy,
If you are a tourist-visa holder, then you can bring your car to Turkey for a maximum period of 6 months a year. If you are a resident permit holder you cannot bring your car to Turkey unless you have a work permit and a job in Turkey. In that case, you need to submit a letter from your employer ensuring that all customs duties will be paid if the car is not taken out of Turkey once your employment in Turkey terminates. For further information, you can contact either Under secretariat of Customs in Turkey or the Office of the Financial Counselor at the Turksih Embassy in London through
Under secretariat
of Customs On the other hand, you can buy a car in Turkey and have it registered in your own name provided that you have a resident permit. In this case, according to the regulations, you are supposed to have your car insured. In addition, you are also supposed to hold an appropriate driving license. You can gather a driving license that will allow you to drive in Turkey if you register to an authorized Driving Course and pass all examinations. Alternatively, in case you want your UK driving license to be valid in Turkey, you first need to
Next, you are required to present
the relevant documents to officers at the local
Transport Registrar (Trafik Tescil Mudurlugu) which
is at local police headquarters.
There are no restrictions on the amount of money (either YTL or any foreign exchange) you can bring to Turkey. (Foreign Exchange Regime)
The Turkish legislation states that one may take up to $ 5,000 or its equivalent of foreign currency notes out of the country. Non-residents- provided that they have declared it on their arrival- and residents those present a document that they purchase foreign exchange from the banks and special finance institutions within the framework of the regulations of invisible transactions, may freely take abroad foreign currency notes whose value is exceeding $ 5,000. Otherwise, they can transfer foreign exchange whose value is exceeding $5,000 only through banks and private finance institutions. Please note that if a person breaches the above rule and this is detected/proven by authorities (either in Turkey or abroad):
Moreover
whether the source of the money was legal/in line
with the anti-money laundering rules is of great importance
to the relevant authorities. In case a money laundering
action had taken place, the penalties are to be much
severe.
Travelers can bring any jewellery, which is of non-commercial nature, crafted with precious metals and the gems, and worth of USD 15.000 or less. If you would like to bring jewellery worth of more than $ 15.000 to Turkey, you are supposed to declare it to the Turkish customs authorities just prior to your entry to Turkey. In this case, you are allowed to bring abroad jewellery worth of up to that declared value. Moreover, if you certify that you have purchased your jewellery in Turkey, then you are allowed to bring it abroad, regardless of what its value is.
If you reside in Turkey, your social insurance scheme (UK) can cover your health insurance expenditures in Turkey. Please contact the relevant organization in UK for the details. Please note that Turkish health insurers provide very cheap insurance policies and cover diagnosis/treatment of lots of diseases. They are in connection with very good private hospitals, scanning centers, and medical laboratories. No waiting lists and instant diagnosis and treatment are in question. You can buy private health insurance policies at reasonable costs. Health insurance products are usually, yearly renewable. Private companies offer in patient and out patient health services in private hospitals. There are travel assistance products, contract lengths are less than one year. They offer health services during the tourists' journey in Turkey. Furthermore, prices of pharmaceutical products are very cheap in Turkey. If you work in Turkey, you are covered by the State health (social) insurance schemes which will let you utilise all covered health services.
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