Hi all,
How are we all doing? Nesrin has a new date for her second holiday visa attempt this coming week and I am so nervous again. We have made sure that the two points we were refused on have been rectified and made sure we have enough information and documents to support our new visa application. I decided that my mum would be sole sponsor for her trip can anyone tell me do I need anymore information for her for this interview maybe there is something I have overlooked, thanks in advance

Hi all,
I would love to build up a conversation with my fiancee and really be able to understand what she is also replying can someone give me a small example of an everyday example please I will write it in a typical conversation exercise in English. I can say hello, how are you, what have you been doing today and so forth but want that little bit more any examples here would be great, thanks in advance. Please add your conversations every one welcome

Rich Hi Nes
Nes Hi Rich
Rich How are you today?
Nes I am fine Rich how are you?
Rich I am fine also Nes thanks
Nes How was your day today?
Rich It was okay thanks how about yours?
Nes Not too bad or I had bad day
Rich oh dear never mind maybe tommorow better

Hello,
I am not sure I passed on this information before and maybe alot of people have used this website before, it is a cheaper way to phone your loved one or relative from the United Kingdom to Turkey just by using an access number first, there is no catch and I have been using it to telephone Nesrin for cheaper calls. It works by using an access number which is found on the website http://www.telediscount.co.uk/index2.php for instance to call Turkey from the U.K. it costs just 5p minute that is all no hidden charges all you pay is exactly this. I hope some members may find it useful if you cannot use the website here is how it works.

To phone Turkey from United Kingdom:

To a landline in Turkey first use access number
0844 566 43 43 and then your number you are calling example 0090 212 for Istanbul then number (5p minute)

To a mobile in Turkey first use access number 0911 501 25 25 and then your number 0090 5 then number (15p minute).

Please use the correct area code here are some useful codes.

Ankara 0090 312 then number
Istanbul (Asian side) 0090 216 then number
Istanbul (European side) 0090 212 then number
Izmir 0090 232 then number

Hi,
I was looking at the different types of visa and fees you have to pay before you can travel from Turkey. The standard visa for 6 months travel costs 180.00 New Turkish Lira and is not refunded if you are refused then if you have to apply again you pay them another 180.00 Lira, what if you are very unlucky and you are refused a number of times this can be quite costly. I imagine the failed refusal visa payment is collected by the consulate and used to pay for all the illegal immigrants the U.K. have, where else would they get their coffers of money. I think if a person has applied for a visitors visa and gets refused surely there is a limit to how many times they lose their money does anyone know?

Hi all,
I am very disheartened about everything to do with travel and consulate, today I tried to amend my flight for my fiancee to travel to the U.K. for a holiday, she has to re-apply for her new visa and this first refusal holiday visa is non-refundable so she has to pay the consulate again her fee for a second visa. I telephoned my airline booking and they told me that if I cancel her flight which was booked in advance I would lose £130.00 of a flight that was priced at £183.00 so that means you only get £50.00 back the other couple of pound is for admin. I was offered an upgrade which they quoted me another £128.00 just to change date of flight plus a £35.00 fee on top for flight amendment. I am now faced with a dilemma do I cancel the already booked flight and lose the £130.00 and then have to book another one? or do I gamble and pay another £128.00 + £35.00 fee for a new flight with the problem of my fiancee still maybe not gaining her visitor visa. I have now lost all faith with the goverment and all services including British Airways along with the consulate. This has put also a huge strain on our relationship. I wanted to write this on the forum to emphasise the problems faced when trying to do things by the book. United Kingdom receive 660 new migrants a week coming into this country and yet I cannot get my girlfriend a visitors visa to visit my family for ten days holiday, really this is getting me so angry. I am afraid you have to take the once 'Great' Britian out and call it free for all Britian!

Hi,
Firstly I would like to thank all members on this forum for all the help and advice they gave to me and Nesrin it does mean such alot, I feel like this forum is the place to be when of course questions and advice on this very subject might just help someone else who may be going through the same scenario. I have an update today on this subject and hope that we can succeed this time. I have had good feedback off my local M.P. who I contacted last week with regard to their help and advice, they are now processing a letter for us and we also have enough other documents to prove our relationship should they need this. Thanks to Christine and Deli_kizin for the M.P. advice and cpupilot a very good idea about the flight I have looked into this aswell. Thanks SunFlowerSeed and ahalliwell each post I read and it is good to get your support. I hope that I missed nobody out here, we will just make sure now this week that we get everything correct and I told Nesrin to make sure her account status was properley accounted this is very important and I do pray we will succeed this time, we have new date for her trip so we just hope her interview goes without a hitch. I will keep you posted thanks all
Is that enough flowers?