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Passport fees

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Fees are payable by credit card or in cash.  Credit card payments will be charged in Sterling regardless of the country of issue.  Cash payments will be accepted in Turkish Lira only and charged at the Consular rate of exchange applicable on the day of application.

Consular Rate: £1 = YTL2.60
Consular fees are subject to change
 
The Consular Premium element of the passport has increased by £0.50 for all passports.  The new fees for passports applied for overseas will be as follows:
 
 
Cost
 
Average time taken to complete
 
1. Passport services:
 
 
 
a) Issuing a Biometric passport of 32 pages, which includes replacing an expired passport, issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable, where the applicant is 16 or over 
TL 325 (£124.50)
Fee 14A (a)
10 days
 
b) Issuing a Biometric passport of 32 pages, which includes replacing an expired passport, issuing a new passport of full validity when an original passport of restricted validity is unavailable, where the applicant is under 16 
TL 210 (£79.50)
Fee 14B (b)
10 days
 
c) Issuing a Biometric passport of 48 pages (Jumbo), which includes replacing an expired and/or full passport with full validity, where the applicant is 16 and over.

TL 395 (£150.50)
Fee 15

10 days
 
d) Temporary Passport 
 
TL235(£89)
Fee 17
10 days
 
e) Issue of Emergency passport
TL 180 (£69)
Fee 16 (1)
1 day
2. Letter of introduction to facilitate the issue of a visa for certain countries
 
TL165 (£63)
Fee 21  
 same day
3. Marriage formalities:
 
 
 
a) Notice of marriage
 
TL165 (£63)
Fee 29
same day
 
b) Certificate of No Impediment
 
TL165(£63)
Fee 32 
same day
 
c) Declaration (Affidavit)
 
TL140 (£53)
Fee 5
same day
 
d) Transmission of Marriage Documents
 
TL 95(£36)
Fee 36
same day
 
4. Births and deaths:
 
 
 
a) Registration
 
TL255(£98)
Fee 35
15 days
 
b) Certified copy of the certificate 
TL165(£63)
Fee 37
15 days
 
British Embassy Ankara does not keep its own registers of births and deaths but can accept applications for forwarding to British Consulate-General in Istanbul.
 
 
 
5. Notarial:
 
 
 
a) Preparing certificates not otherwise provided for not in standard form per 100 words in English
 
TL120 (£45)
Fee 3(b)(i)
same day
 
b) Oaths, affirmations and declarations
 
TL140(£55)
Fee 5 
same day
 
c) Legalising signatures
 
TL 75 (£28)
Fee 1(i)
same day
 
d) Uniting documents
 
YTL 55(£21)
Fee 9
same day
 
e) Translating a document
 
TL120(£45)
Fee 12(b)
2 days
 
f) Car sales (Transfer of ownership)
 
TL95(£36)
Fee 3(a)
same day
 
g) Certifying copies of original documents
 
TL 65(£25)
Fee 8(c)
same day
 
h) Callout fee outside business hours
 
TL335(£128)
Fee 45(b)
 
 
 
 
6. Registration of British Community & unrepresented Commonwealth citizens
 
No fee
 
 
 
7. General Assistance:
 
 
 
Provide hand-out leaflets on the following:
- Local marriage formalities
- Local passport and visa regulations
- Investment in Turkey
- List of local Lawyers
- Medical information: hospitals, doctors, dentists
- Travel advice
- List of local schools and universities
- Registration of overseas electors
 
 
 same day
General information leaflets: 
- Get It Right Before You Go
- Checklist for Travellers
- Do's and Don'ts in Turkey
- Death Overseas
 
 
 
If you would like a copy of any of the above please ask at the Consular Reception.
 
 
 
 
 
This leaflet has been prepared by the British Embassy in Ankara for the convenience of enquirers.  Although all care has been taken in it's production, neither Her Majesty's Government nor any Consular Official in the British Embassy in Ankara take any responsibility for it's precise accuracy or for the consequences of any action taken in accordance with it's contents.

British Embassy
Ankara
9 June 2009




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