Do you need to apply and pay for Temp Residency if you are over 60?

japeal



Joined: 12/09/2008
Posts: 1052

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 16:53

Been told by a local TC who went to immigration office to ask for me, says he has been told if you are over 60 you do not need to have temp residency, you can stay in TRNC as long as you like, and your visa should be stamped but no days should be put on it.

He says immigration will charge you if go and APPLY but you do not need to as the manager or whoever he was when you go into Immigration Main Door and go though doors on the left then to office on the left says if you are over 60 you do not need to apply.

This was then confirmed by someone over 60 who said that too many people apply and pay needlessly.

Is this all true?

Will be 60 when I need to re do my temp residency in April, if do not need to pay again for 2 years will save some tl.

Happy Hussar


Joined: 01/10/2008
Posts: 318

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 18:13

Here we go again! I wonder how many different answers we get this time?

japeal



Joined: 12/09/2008
Posts: 1052

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 18:24

Happy, only loking for confirmation what I have been told via immigration is right, tried asking why they do not tell applicants over 60 and kept getting told if people want to pay for stamp then they can.

ozankoys


Joined: 20/06/2008
Posts: 905

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 19:11

There was a long thread on this subject a couple of weeks ago, I think people have got a bit bored with it! To put it in a nutshell nobody seems to be able to confirm this it appears to be hearsay but maybe I am wrong...............

magalan


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 227

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 20:03

Japeal, check this thread

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/73430.asp



You'll probably be just as confused after reading it as you were before!!

Giles


Joined: 16/08/2011
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 20:06

Their are NO facts in the TRNC..........

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 20:12

YES! YES! YES! no difference however old you are. Just have to live with it won't we!!!!

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 20:40

No visa no driving licence

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
21/10/2011 21:19

Cocklebay;



you're taking the mick now!

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 08:19

newscoop, why am I taking the mick! There are no concessions for anybody, regardless of age!!! So I say again we have to live with it! Such is life in the KKTC.

Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 11:47

There are facts, even though they may change from day to day, but in this instance,regardless of age, if you are a non TRNC Citizen and you wish to stay beyond your 'Tourist visa stamp date' you must go and get residency. Simple as that. Nothing to do with age - only to do with residency laws. And go to the top to find out. Don't even believe me, or BRS(!) but go to immigration or talk to a lawyer who knows about it. If you do not get the correct visa for your stay, you will be fined when you try to leave - it was catch up on you and it is just not worth it.

Of course, if you wish to pop ouyt of the country every three months (or whatever the duration of your visa) for a holiday and come back, that is a different matter. But of course, you certainly can't get a driving licence, or possibly not even a mobile phone account and if you have a mobile you won't get roaming etc, etc etc.

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 16:33

Thankyou!, Thankyou! At last a sensible response, but Marion I fear that the RUMOUR machine will continue to trundle along! Perhaps an interview with the relelevant Government Department could verify Residency criteria etc!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 17:16

It's simple. NO "Valid" Temp Residency Stamp= No Valid Residency..at any age .......

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 17:25

RUMOURS ARE CARRIED BY HATERS, SPREAD BY FOOLS AND ACCEPTED BY THE GULLIBLE. Got it now newscoop!?

Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 18:13

Yes, Cocklebay, sadly rumours like the poor will always be with us. But one does not have to give them houseroom. That is how they are spread.

And if it helps give my words any credibility, I have spoken to Immigration (but then there are those who will say 'ah but they tell a different story to others in immigration'. Ye,s but whatever the story, disobey residency and pay in another way!

So let none of us be haters, fools or gullible. best walk in the light of truth! Or as the Good Book says 'test the prophets'

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 18:35

RUMOURS, FOOLS, GULLIBLE.



Cocklebay.



Remind me again, just how long have you been here?



How many times have you seen the 'procedure' change?



Marion; you should know better than to encourage the ignorati.

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
22/10/2011 21:13

Message 16 good old newscoop 7 years, but this is not England, learn to live with the nuances of the KKTC, we have a good life here and know full well that things change overnight!!!, so be it, if we could'nt cope with it off we would go!!! Perhaps the word Cocklebay is causing you more grief than the KKTC. Mmm its a thought is is it not!!!!

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
23/10/2011 11:23

As always, if you know the right people anything can be done here. A 60+ year old friend of mine (via his TC neighbour) sorted all this out last year. He was told you do not have to have residency after 60 years old and he now has a letter from the Chief of Police in case he has any problems. However, Deniz1 is also right in that if you do not have residency you cannot get a TRNC driving licence. Luckily for my friend he already has a 10 year licence so no problem for him.

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
23/10/2011 14:46

I was going to get a ten licence solely for that reason but i cant now only three years allowed.

stellasstar1



Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 1519

Message Posted:
24/10/2011 16:44

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but what authority does the Chief of Police have over the Immigration Dept. One is employed by the army and the other by the government. I still wouldn't risk it, even if I did have a letter from the Chief of Police.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
24/10/2011 17:22

mum is 84 she stillhas to pay