Turkish Living Forums - Residency queries

26th November 2005, 17:45	#1
malcolm lewington Mal	Residency queries Hi Everyone My husband and I are planning to move to Fethiye area around February time and wish to bring a container with household and personal items over by road. I have read lots of info regarding residency but nothing seems crystal clear and talking to the Turkish Embassy in London was useless. Do you need a Residence Visa and a Residence Permit and is there any way you can bring your goods into the country without a Residence Permit. The Embassy spoke about a system called "Temporary Import" and getting a letter from our Bank in Fethiye but is seemed very complicated. Is there any difficulty getting your goods through Customs? If any member has experienced such a move and can offer any help and guidance it would be appreciated. Thanks Jenny & Malcolm

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26th November 2005, 18:10	#2
immac Senior Member Has-Been	Re: Residency queries Presumably you do not intend taking the stuff out again - so "Temporary Import" is no good to you. You would also have to set aside whatever Customs thought the goods were worth (hence the bank involvement) and could not get to that money until you take the goods out of Turkey. You have to have a Residence Permit to get stuff through Customs. I don't think there is any other way to bring large loads of household items into the country. Once you have your Permit, there is no problem getting stuff in - but there will be some fees to pay. Ian Last edited by immac : 26th November 2005 at 18:12.

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26th November 2005, 18:11

canim

Senior Member

Re: Residency queries

I found this in another thread ...
I've highlighted what will be apllicable to you ..

Quote:

Originally quoted by Mustafa

RESIDENCE IN TURKEY

(a) Residency Permits are obtained AFTER arrival in Turkey. Formal application must be made to the police authorities of the province in which you reside, or to the Aliens department of the Police in Ankara, if no fixed abode in Turkey is intended. HOWEVER, well BEFORE your departure from the UK, you should contact the Turkish Embassy in London for information on requirements for residency and for information about importation of your household goods or car. Please access the website www.turkey.org/consularservices/forms/. for further details.

(b) A RESIDENCE PERMIT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY BEFORE YOU CAN CLEAR ANY PERSONAL GOODS/CAR FROM TURKISH CUSTOMS. THEREFORE AN APPLICATION FOR A RESIDENCE PERMIT MUST BE MADE in Turkey within one month from the date of your arrival to Turkey.
You dont need a residence permit to bring your car here. But wether you have one or not you can not keep it here for more then 6 months. Also you dont need residence to clear personal effects through customs

(d) Please note that recent changes in Turkish legislation relating to the calculation of residence permit fees for foreigners living in Turkey, has resulted in huge increases, based on 50 million TL for the first month and 30 million for each subsequent month. For example, a 2 year, permit currently costs 740.000.000 TL plus a booklet fee of 65.000.000 TL, and a five year permit 1.820.000.000 TL, roughly equivalent to £335 and £785 respectively. Actual present cost is 450 tl per year and 67 tl for the blue Ikamet book.

The Embassy has written to the Turkish authorities asking for a review, with a view to reducing these fees.

26th November 2005, 19:52	#4
lorraine Non Active Member	Re: Residency queries Temporary import, forget it, unless you are going to be leaving Turkey and taking it all back out. I know that our friends did obtain a permit from the london embassy approx £100 each they only purchased one to ensure their container arrived and they were able to accept receipt, they later went on to obtain a 5year residency permit, (which can also be done in a day once in Turkey). Also do not forget the tax that will be payable on electrical goods, this sometimes works out cheaper to sell in the UK and then purchase in Turkey. (Bandrol tax) There are 2 articles in "The Fethiye Time" by reader that have moved to Fethiye and shared their experiences. click the link below. Importing experience

30th November 2005, 16:21	#5
lewismark DreamHome	Re: Residency queries I shipped all our personal items over on a tourist visa , that way i didnt get charged the tax as it was deemed the goods would be leaveing the country again at some point. i did have to pay 50€ tax on what they had valued the goods at, but i didnt mind that as i had a computer and other electrical goods which would of been subject to a higher tax demand as they would of been deemed as staying in the country if i shipped them over on a residents permit.

30th November 2005, 17:14	#6
bryn No Active Member	Re: Residency queries Mark so when the authorities catch up with you and present you with a large fine and tax bill plus the threat of deportation you wont have anything to complain about but its best to advise others of methodology that stays within the laws here.

30th November 2005, 17:17	#7
merlin Non Active Member	Re: Residency queries I quite agree Bryn. The penalties are severe. Merv!

30th November 2005, 20:02	#8
malcolm lewington Mal	Re: Residency queries Re: Residency Thanks to all of you who have replied to our queries and for passing on valuable information. Hopefully, as we are not taking any electrical items apart from our home computer, we will not be charged much - we hope! We'll let you know if we encounter any problems. Thanks Jenny & Malcolm

20th December 2005, 13:25

lewismark

DreamHome

Re: Residency queries

Quote:

Originally Posted by bryn

Mark so when the authorities catch up with you and present you with a large fine and tax bill plus the threat of deportation you wont have anything to complain about but its best to advise others of methodology that stays within the laws here.

The method i used to ship my goods over on a Tourist visa was recommended to me by the customs control in Istanbul, and Mersin, It was they that translated my list into Turkish for the customs to read what i had in my crate so how i i advise against the advice i had from the people that matter.

I went to the police to check what i did was legal and they said "we dont have a problem, if there was a problem you would of found out at customs control"

20th December 2005, 14:40	#10
holidayworld Who Can We Can.	Re: Residency queries If you are bringing a large shipment of good's into Turkey you will need Residence Permit, that is with cargo i.e. ship if you are bringing them by land I would advise you do it with an Import company but again with that way I would think again you would need a Residence Permit but that way I'm not 100% sure. I came over over 2 year's ago in a Large van which was made into a camper van and bought all on my electrical good's over which was a lot I was thinking I would have to pay well over a few £1000's to get them in but I was just asked if my van was a camper van and had a cooker and TV so I said yes and they just said OK drive on if they had looked at my van and seen what was inside I think they would have had a field day. We alway's tell customers if they are bringing good's in to Turkey then they will need a Residence Permit which so far every customer who has had good's in a container has had to get before there good's could be collected from custom's. You never know what you can get away with untill you try, but in the end it could cost you.