One note of update regarding e-Devlet, the e-government online system that is useful for obtaining all kinds of documents in Turkey:
All the information I found online indicated that you must have a Turkish mobile phone number to receive two-step verification texts in order to set up the e-Devlet account. I was bracing for a huge hassle because registering and maintaining a Turkish mobile phone number while based abroad can be costly and troublesome; however, I am happy to report that other countriesâ mobile phone numbers are now accepted by e-Devlet.
I was able to go to the Turkish Embassy in my country of residence, apply for and receive my e-Devlet password, and use my US mobile phone number to receive the verification text.
I then used the e-Devlet app on my phone (the interface of which can be set to English, and the content of which is ~mostly~ in English) to pull my criminal record check from Turkey with the consular officer watching in less than five minutes!!!
Folks, the contrast with obtaining the US FBI criminal record check while abroad could not be starker. Going to the mall to print the FBI-regulation fingerprint cards on card stock; numerous phone calls to identify the correct police station to perform the fingerprinting; traveling to a part of town I didnât belong; being directed at the police station to sit next to handcuffed criminals on a bench; fingers stained, pressed, and rolled for close to a half hour; the fees for the DHL and FBI, and the weeks of waiting⌠Turkey saves its citizens all of this hassle.
No country is perfect, and Iâm sure I will discover things about Turkey that are less than ideal, but at least in this aspect, Turkey is highly-functioning, efficient, and vastly outpacing the USA and probably many Western European countries (Portugal? )
not really. Itâs quite cheap and easy actually.
But good to know about e-devlet, thanks.
FYI many other places do still require a TR number, e.g. sahibinden etc.
I suspect you are confusing the âmobile phoneâ (i.e. the telephonic device) with the âmobile phone numberâ (i.e. the subscriber identity module within a device).
You can easily obtain the latter in TR, insert it into your device of choice, then leave TR with both never having to register anything else.
No, forget about the actual phone, itâs irrelevant to this scenario
All you do is purchase a TR sim-card, insert it into any phone of your liking, and then use it outside TR in perpetual roaming. No issues at all.
SIM-card itself does not require any registration in TR, all that 45k nonsense is about the telephone device.
Yes, what I meant was, if you go back to TR, it wonât work in TR. If you leave TR again after going back to TR, would expect the SIM card to still work outside TR.
No, again, the sim-card would continue to work anyplace. Even if placed into your non-TR phone it would work in TR for 120 days every time you enter. And if you stay in one stay for more than 120 days, well.. could you bring a spare phone with you maybe?
yes, that is one of the points
But a bigger point is that the 120-day clock only refers to the telephone device (i.e. your Nokia, blackberry etc. device), not to the sim-card. The TR sim-card is TR-registered by definition.
120-day clock restarts in every calendar year btw. Especially if your phone has dual-sim or e-sim as some of new devices have, then you can practically use your phone 240 or maybe even 360 days a year.
Anyways, TR Sim Card (+90 phone number) is not related to what device you insert into, as tommigun explained. I suggest you get a prepaid sim card (Turkcell has a great one) and itâll cost less than a dollar/month to maintain it, when you do not any data/calling minutes and choose not to buy any tariffs.
I guess it depends on the type of the dependant..
I have so far found only one resource called sikayetvar where people post some stories of waiting for many years (like 5+) while residing in the country and facing all sorts of difficulties because of their foreigner status.
Not sure if posting a complaint on that website would achieve anything, not tried.
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saying nothing can be done other than to wait.
