RV storage in EU or Turkey

Well I guess you'd have to read the rest of that blog for answers, you don't give much here for us to hang our hat on. But, have a look at http://www.axa-schengen.com/en/schengen-countries for the list of Schengen countries. Being in the EU has nothing to do with Schengen, the 90 in 180 deal. You will note that neither London nor Turkey are in the Schengen area so they are not bound by Schengen rules. London is in the EU, BTW, and Turkey is not.

You've got unrelated notions hooked together. The 90/180 business has to do with Schengen Agreement nations of which Turkey isn't a part. A wild guess is that the customs lot usage has to do with vat avoidance (if Turkey has such a thing). Years ago we had to do something half similar with boats but I can't remember if it had to do with the EEC, the EU, or what, but it was some kind of a multi-nation obstacle. I don't see how the UK has anything to do with it since all they have in common with Turkey, I think, are military agreements. EDIT: Read Nigel's reply a couple of times - - it makes better sense.

They actually are related in my thinking but sorry, I guess I was being to concise - yes - there are 3 issues there - I buy a campervan in the UK - that's not an issue. Issue #1 is leaving a UK registered campervan in Turkey and leaving Turkey for X months, and #2 is leaving it in an EU country like Greece and leaving EU for X months, and #3 is the Schengen visa issue. I have a UK/EU passport and a Cdn passport and my companion has only a Cdn passport. So - trying how to maximize the touring and stay inside the rules. I have a sailboat and several years ago needed to stay in Costa Rica for more than the 3 months than CR Customs permitted. They have a bonding process - you put the boat into a marina that does bonds and you can stay on the boat or leave the country, you just can't move it until you and it leaves the country. Wondering if there's some kind of process like that in Turkey. It must be easy for UK vehicles in EU countries because lots of Brit's leave UK registered vehicles in Spain, etc. Then the issue becomes getting an MOT.

It is always nice when the entire question is asked. None of us here, as far as I know, is an immigration professional nor immigration lawyer. For a complex problem like this I suggest speaking with one rather than random yet well meaning amateurs like you have here. You can obviously remain in the EU as long as you like as long as there are no restrictions on your UK passport. Your companion is the issue. He has to comply with Schengen whilst within the Schengen area, has to obtain entry into the UK, and both of you have to obtain entry into Turkey, and so does your vehicle. So everything you do on the trip will be governed by the restrictions on him. I'd suggest the best way to find out if you could leave the RV in a customs lock up would be to ask the Turkish Customs. Nobody here will help you skirt the laws. My big questions are, I note that you appear to be Mexican residents, and how does that impact the journey, and why on earth would you want to get a right-hand drive RV in the UK to drive around Turkey and Europe. I assume you want to drive around Europe, you have left that thread covered, too. What does the sailboat have to do with it? Are you planning to tow it behind the RV?

The boat has nothing to do with anything - it's just an example of a customs situation. Too big to tow anyway - 50 ft long, 14 ft wide, 42000 pounds and 65 ft high - never get a road permit for it. Mexico has nothing to do with anything - I have a residence here and in Canada and live here in the winter and there when/if there's summer and travel the rest. The reason for the UK registered vehicle (prefer LHD but not all that many in the UK) is that everywhere in the EU countries you need to be an officially registered resident to get vehicle insurance. Not the situation in the UK - I can use my friends UK address for everything. There are no restrictions on my UK/EU passport (I was born there) so I wonder if I married my companion would that get her around the 90-180 Schengen visa issue?

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave ......"

For richer, for poorer, for in and out of Schengen...

Jeff, wasn't it your post a few weeks ago about the auto club question and the 6 months in an RV? I thought you said there that you both had EU passports?

Friends change. Perfectly normal.

Passports - yeh well - we had hopes - but she was born in 1944 in what had been SE Germany to German parents, and after 1945 that area became SW Poland but in 1944 when she was born that area was a Russian military occupied war zone - no birth certs recorded - and baptism certs not acceptable. The quest is ongoing but outcome is uncertain. One possibility is that she could qualify for a spouse visa to the Schengen area, if she was a spouse.