Posh - you are correct - that is the bottom line, eventually.PoshinDevon wrote: ↑Tue 07 Jul 2020 1:37 pmThe bottom line is they have to sort the system out to enable any card to be used for payment.
Running around trying different cards or borrowing a friends card is not the solution.
Appreciate that everyone wants to get the payment done and dusted but this does not put pressure on to resolve the problem.
Wonder if the authorities are fully aware of the issues and importantly have a time frame in mind to fix it!
Just for clarity - when my neighbour had a problem with his two UK cards the BRS informed me:
"The issue you have paying by credit card has been highlighted a number of times. The company behind the scenes who processes the payments on behalf of the TRNC government seems to have implemented a very tight criteria for the status of the cards that can be used to effect payments. It seems at the moment that if you are attempting to make the payment by a Credit or Debit card issued from a TRNC based bank, say as an example Creditwest, and the card has been specifically authorised for on-line purchases, then it is accepted. In some cases some international credit or debit cards seem to be accepted, and some do not, despite them being used widely in other parts of the world, without any apparent difficulty at all.
We have raised the issue already with the Immigration Department, but because the issue involves another financial company behind the scenes and the Ministry of Finance, it is not going to be a quick fix."
Remember that with the online system, when you have successfully taken your documents to the police station you must, quickly, pay for the health insurance online - before the Immigration department will approve your application and allow you to move to the next stage. This time period is estimated at about three weeks so it is essential that you find a card that works even it belongs to a friend - until such time as the other financial company involved solves this issue.
