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Old Sep 7, 2017, 6:36 am
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Originally Posted by VivoPerLei
+1 to all of that.

The e-visa scheme is actually an improvement. Used to be you had to queue in an interminable line when you got there to get the visa.
And you had to have a crisp new English £10 note - no promissory notes, no old-looking notes, no excessive folds, no dog-ears, no change, no 2 x £5 or multiples of £1, etc, etc.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:20 am
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Originally Posted by AlwaysonBA663
also BA Business Class got you fasttrack immigration which saves quite a bit of time at the airport
How many bucks did you pay for the business class ticket?
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:49 am
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Originally Posted by hungry
Seems mad though Turkey is not in EU

Swedes have EU passport
Brits have EU passport - Same !

So why one should have to pay to get in Turkey and not the other ??
The EU is not (yet??) a sovereign state, and so the passports of the constituent countries are not the same, especially when it comes to other sovereign states, of which Turkey is one. Turkey can charge foreigners whatever it likes to enter based on whatever arbitrary criteria it wants to use. Within the EU, sure, all citizens should be treated the same - but there are cases where this is not true - especially with regards to family immigration.

Provided that it has no laws of its own against the practice, a country could even do something that many people might regard as ridiculous, like charging male visitors a higher visa fee than females, despite both holding the same passport form the same country.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 11:57 am
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Originally Posted by hungry
Seems mad though Turkey is not in EU

Swedes have EU passport
Brits have EU passport - Same !
Give it time...
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 2:22 pm
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Well check the German requirements they don't even need a passport, just an ID... it's all about relationships between the governments
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Old Sep 12, 2017, 7:51 am
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Originally Posted by hungry
Seems mad though Turkey is not in EU

Swedes have EU passport
Brits have EU passport - Same !

So why one should have to pay to get in Turkey and not the other ??
Put simply the Swedes have a deal with Turkey while we don't. If it concerns you so much don't go.
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Old Sep 12, 2017, 9:33 am
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Originally Posted by hungry
Seems mad though Turkey is not in EU

Swedes have EU passport
Brits have EU passport - Same !

So why one should have to pay to get in Turkey and not the other ??
One shouldn't. And I suggest that if you put the argument as cogently to the immigration officers at Istabul, they will be shamed into letting you in for free.

Indonesia and Malaysia are both members of ASEAN. The UK operates very different admission rules for each country.
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Old Sep 12, 2017, 1:39 pm
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Will our Europe Multi Trip annual joint travel insurance policy likely cover Turkey?

I can't find the documents
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Old Sep 12, 2017, 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by hungry
Will our Europe Multi Trip annual joint travel insurance policy likely cover Turkey?

I can't find the documents

That would depend on who your policy is with!

Check your emails and bank / credit card statements - that might give you a clue.
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Old Sep 13, 2017, 12:49 pm
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Originally Posted by TheMadeTraveler
How many bucks did you pay for the business class ticket?
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Old Sep 13, 2017, 1:57 pm
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Originally Posted by hungry
Will our Europe Multi Trip annual joint travel insurance policy likely cover Turkey?

I can't find the documents

Most insurers class all countries around the Mediterranean as "Europe" (so Tukey, Israel, Egypt etc but don't insure you if you go to regions where you are advised not to by the FCO, which would include Syria and parts of Turkey such as the Syrian border.
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Old Sep 13, 2017, 6:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Worcester
Most insurers class all countries around the Mediterranean as "Europe" (so Tukey, Israel, Egypt etc but don't insure you if you go to regions where you are advised not to by the FCO, which would include Syria and parts of Turkey such as the Syrian border.
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Old Sep 13, 2017, 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Worcester
Most insurers class all countries around the Mediterranean as "Europe" (so Tukey, Israel, Egypt etc but don't insure you if you go to regions where you are advised not to by the FCO, which would include Syria and parts of Turkey such as the Syrian border.
Originally Posted by hungry
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It does not matter one jot what 'most insurers' class Turkey as.

All that matters is what YOUR insurer does.

You need to either (a) find out your existing policy says (have you even tried???) or (b) buy a new ones that does.
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