do i need to get a visa for a holiday in europe?

[anngrimes78@msn]

hi guys,
we're planning to go for a holiday in spain or paris with my family this year but im not sure if i will be allowed to go out of UK with my current visa? (spouse visa/leave to remain)

[aromulus]

hi guys,
we're planning to go for a holiday in spain or paris with my family this year but im not sure if i will be allowed to go out of UK with my current visa? (spouse visa/leave to remain)

Yes Ann.

You do need to apply for a Schengen Visa for the country you intend to go to.

I suggest you use the search facility, as the appropriate answer has been posted many times in the past.
Click this link.. http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....=schengen+visa

All the best

Dom & Jet

[A_flyer]

hi guys,
we're planning to go for a holiday in spain or paris with my family this year but im not sure if i will be allowed to go out of UK with my current visa? (spouse visa/leave to remain)

An UK visa is for UK only... it will be useful to go back to UK after the travel.
For all other countries (outside the ones where a Filipino do not it), you need a visa to enter it. That's the case for all western countries.

The need of the visa is linked to your citizenship and not the country of residence (this just ease the process).

As I suppose you're holding a Filipino citizenship and a Filipino passport, for Spain and France you need a Schengen visa (use the search function in the forum and you will find all the info you need).

Here is a good "visa calculator" (the best I know) to know if you need one: http://www.nwa.com/services/timatic.html

[john sergison]

it is correct about schengen visa for europe.

but cyprus is in europe and as long as you are married to british citizen you do not require a visa for philippina asawa.

i have this on typed paper issued to me from the cyprus honary commisioner in manchester.

last year it was a requirment to have one , and it was issued free but dont need one now.

why dont the rest of them make it simple too

john

[johncar54]

My wife has permanent Residencia in Spain (so can visit and live in any Schengen Area country) but she cannot go to UK or even shopping in Gibraltar unless we go first to British Embassy in Madrid, pay 150 euros and she attends an interview.

So don't feel so bad about needing a Schengen Area visa. I would expect that it would be quite a straightforward application.

[A_flyer]

My wife has permanent Residencia in Spain (so can visit and live in any Schengen Area country) but she cannot go to UK or even shopping in Gibraltar unless we go first to British Embassy in Madrid, pay 150 euros and she attends an interview.

So don't feel so bad about needing a Schengen Area visa. I would expect that it would be quite a straightforward application.

You know that your wife can have for free an EEA family permit to travel to UK?
I am a British citizen. Can my family members apply for an EEA family permit to join me in the UK?
Although the UK is also a member of the EEA, the information in this guidance does not, in general, relate to British citizens and their family members.
If a British citizen is living in another EEA country, their non-EEA family members can apply for an EEA family permit to join them on their return to the UK. This is subject to the following conditions:

• The British citizen is residing in an EEA Member State as a worker or self-employed person or was doing so before returning to the UK.
• If the family member of the British citizen is their spouse or civil partner, they are living together in the EEA country or they entered into the marriage or civil partnership and were living together in that EEA country before returning to the UK.
• The family member is lawfully resident in the EEA country where the British citizen is working.

Read here: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoap...snationals#Q13

[johncar54]

Yves

Quote:-

The British citizen is residing in an EEA Member State as a worker or self-employed person or was doing so before returning to the UK.



I retired from working in UK to live in Spain. The provison you quote does not include people in my category.

I know because I made an appointment with British Embassy in Madrid for an interview, booked and paid for the flights from Malaga and the accommodation. It was only when I called to question what they wanted to know about my 'work record' that I discovered it was required that I must have worked in Spain.

The embassy in effect said tough when I explained I had paid for flights etc and would not accommodate us on the day we had booked.

It maybe they have changed the wording in their info since I made an official complaint about being mislead.

[cyprusboy]

it is correct about schengen visa for europe.

but cyprus is in europe and as long as you are married to british citizen you do not require a visa for philippina asawa.

i have this on typed paper issued to me from the cyprus honary commisioner in manchester.

last year it was a requirment to have one , and it was issued free but dont need one now.

why dont the rest of them make it simple too

john

Hi John Sergison
This is Roy with Vicky in Cyprus.
I have been trying to contact you for the last couple of weeks. Is it possible to text me or e-mail me on roystewart16athotmaildotcom so that I can call you asap.
I hope that I am not breaking the forum rules by replying to John in this way. If I have I apologise to the members.

[pennybarry]

hi guys,
we're planning to go for a holiday in spain or paris with my family this year but im not sure if i will be allowed to go out of UK with my current visa? (spouse visa/leave to remain)

Yes you need to obtain visa as UK is not a part of Schengen states (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Visa). I got mine when I was still in Pinas. I paid travel insurance, travel tax, visa fee, but ticket was free