Turkey triples Australians visa fee.
Jul 16th, 2012, 09:54 PM
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Turkey triples Australians visa fee.
It appears Australians have been singled out for a tripling of the visa fee . This has now jumped to $120 double and should be an excellent deterrent to tourists, many of whom will no doubt go instead to Greece where no visas are required.
Jul 17th, 2012, 04:30 AM
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Australians singled themselves out by charging Turks $120 for an Australian visa. You get what you give.
I agree with lincasanova that if you don't like the Turkish visa fee you should be talking to the Australian government.
I agree with lincasanova that if you don't like the Turkish visa fee you should be talking to the Australian government.
Jul 17th, 2012, 03:46 PM
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This is a deliberate money grab. In recent years Australian tourists to Turkey have multiplide , mainly due to the Gallipoli attendances.
Best to travel to nearby Greece which is also a much safer destination.
Best to travel to nearby Greece which is also a much safer destination.
Jul 17th, 2012, 10:57 PM
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Most people have NO IDEA of what others go through to go to THEIR country.
The USA and many countries are following suit.. even CHARGES people approximately $15-$18 for every visa information phone call. The person tending my Albanian student on the phone didn't even know the answer to her question He could not understand WHICH type of visa she would need for her upcoming seminar/workshop stay.
Both phone calls, and still no answer, and it cost her close to 35E.
The USA and many countries are following suit.. even CHARGES people approximately $15-$18 for every visa information phone call. The person tending my Albanian student on the phone didn't even know the answer to her question He could not understand WHICH type of visa she would need for her upcoming seminar/workshop stay.
Both phone calls, and still no answer, and it cost her close to 35E.
Jul 17th, 2012, 11:14 PM
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For citizens of a country that requires visas from almost the entire world to whinge about other countries' visas is a bloody cheek.
And a further demonstration of how wise we were to expel all our whingers to Australia fifty years ago.
And a further demonstration of how wise we were to expel all our whingers to Australia fifty years ago.
Jul 18th, 2012, 02:24 AM
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<how wise we were to expel all our whingers to Australia fifty years ago>
Not all of them it seems.
Used to work with the son of the quintessential whingeing Pom. He came out with his parents, who soon hated it here and packed up the family and went back - only to decide they'd made a big mistake - so they came out again, and ended up living happily ever after. And, with the benefit of superior cultural and physical conditioning, he turned out to be not a bad bloke.
The Turkey/ Greece thing appears to be a consequence of our making a distinction between EU and non EU countries -
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/tourist.htm
(making it easier for whingers in EU appendages to come and see what they're missing out on)
Not all of them it seems.
Used to work with the son of the quintessential whingeing Pom. He came out with his parents, who soon hated it here and packed up the family and went back - only to decide they'd made a big mistake - so they came out again, and ended up living happily ever after. And, with the benefit of superior cultural and physical conditioning, he turned out to be not a bad bloke.
The Turkey/ Greece thing appears to be a consequence of our making a distinction between EU and non EU countries -
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/tourist.htm
(making it easier for whingers in EU appendages to come and see what they're missing out on)
Jul 18th, 2012, 03:49 PM
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Bum biting spiders are the least of our worries but they do produce the same symptoms as whingeing Poms. Our much lamented old mate would have felt duty bound to have a go at both us and the Turks.
