美国和土耳其暂停旅行签证
经过理查德·德·安布罗西奥(Richard D'Ambrosio)/
在美国和土耳其暂停向两国公民签发旅行签证之后,本周旅行者和旅行社本周正试图探索对土耳其的旅行文件要求的混乱。
10月8日,星期日,土耳其政府宣布将暂停所有签证服务给美国公民。
美国大使馆在其网站上说:“根据政府的宣布,这包括在边境哨所发行实体'贴纸'签证以及在线土耳其电子签证(E-VISA)。”大使馆指示“美国计划前往土耳其的公民,并且对该法规有疑问,应与土耳其最接近的大使馆或领事馆联系,或土耳其外交部。”
旅行签证的中止似乎是由于两国之间正在进行的外交纠纷而引起的,这些国家在上周在美国领事馆雇员被捕后加剧。
混乱本周作为土耳其的旅行者在线统治,那些计划尽快去那里的人共享信息。旅游市场报告没有任何帖子证实,但这是TripAdvisor的样本:beplay客服
10月9日星期一到达,纽约市的一张海报说:“几个小时前,刚刚用美国护照进入该国而没有发生任何事件。移民官只看了几周前我被授予的E-Visa,这并没有评论这种情况。”
但另一个海报自称住在夏威夷ed on Monday, Oct. 9: “I arrived today to Istanbul from Hawaii and already had my e-Visa in hand. Nevertheless, they did send me away from the control desk and to an office where I was questioned briefly and then released to get back in line for passport control. I checked online and the e-Visa site does say U.S. citizens are not permitted Visas at this time [for another friend who will have to cancel her trip].”
A U.K. citizen in North Carolina wrote: “I have been reading all of the comments and am looking forward to my trip to Turkey. My boyfriend has already bought his plane ticket and I am supposed to buy mine this week. We both have dual citizenship. Our plan was to travel with our U.S. passports since that is where we currently live, but the visa situation has changed that. We leave mid-November to visit Turkey. If I am reading everything correctly, I should be okay by applying for a e-Visa using my U.K. passport right?”
Others were concerned about the impact on Turkey’s economy from a disruption to U.S. travelers arriving in the country. A poster from Haverhill, Mass., said: “This is disturbing news, having read it this morning in the newspaper. I hope they resolve it soon; lost U.S. tourism dollars in Turkey I'm sure will affect the local economy. I was just saying how I would like to return to Istanbul, but it is a risky destination now due to politics, and the chance of losing money laid out for a vacation.”