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How to get your Turkish tax number (vergi kimlik)

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There has been a lot of activity about this lately as Intasure have been contacting their clients concerning their tax number. All property owners will have been issued a tax number from the Bodrum or Milas tax office. Many of you will not have made a note as the solicitor may have held back this number only to charge you for retrieving it later as they never miss a trick to make more money. Luckily there is an online service to retrieve you number at the government website : https://intvd.gib.gov.tr/internetvd/index.jsp?page=IVD_VKNO This is the page you will be faced with: You need to add: surname      (in capital letters) forename       (in capital letters)  father forename  (in capital letters) Then select Yutdışı    (the last on the list) then add your year of birth (ie 1959) (note, there is a chance they will have used a Turkish i which is ı if you have an i in your name. See note below if you do not know how to do this. It took me several attem

New online visa application for Turkey - e Visa

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A simple process at this address: https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/ What is e-Visa? Go E-Visa is an endorsement that allows the bearer to enter Turkey. It replaces “sticker”- and “stamp-type” visas formerly issued at the border crossing. Applicants obtain their visa electronically after entering required information and making payment by credit card. After successful application, e-Visa is e-mailed to the applicant. Applicants must print out their e-Visa, show it to airport officials and customs officers and carry it with them at all times during the travel. E-Visa is only valid for tourism or trade purposes. For other purposes such as work or study, an application through our Embassies or Consulates must be submitted. Turkish authorities can deny entrance of a holder of e-Visa to Turkey in certain cases. Holders of visas issued by Turkish embassies or consulates are subject to the same procedure too, thus can be denied entrance. What do I