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[walesrob]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yogurts &#064; Mar 24 2006, 10&#58;08 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>


There is one question thou i like to ask any member is, my wife is on a 2 year settlement visa can she travel to other countries now or is she only able to travel back and forth to philippines ? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img]
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The 2 year settlement visa only covers UK. She is free to travel elsewhere subject of course to other countries allowing visa-free stay for Filipinos - for example, Hong Kong allow 14 days. If she wants to travel to Europe, she will need to apply for a Schengen Visa, but this does cover ALL mainland Europe countries.

During the 2 year Settlement Visa period, she will be allowed to travel out of the UK for a maximum period of 3 or 6 months at a time (can someone else confirm this - I&#39;m sure its 6)

HTH

[ginapeterb]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(walesrob &#064; Mar 24 2006, 10&#58;45 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
The 2 year settlement visa only covers UK. She is free to travel elsewhere subject of course to other countries allowing visa-free stay for Filipinos - for example, Hong Kong allow 14 days. If she wants to travel to Europe, she will need to apply for a Schengen Visa, but this does cover ALL mainland Europe countries.

During the 2 year Settlement Visa period, she will be allowed to travel out of the UK for a maximum period of 3 or 6 months at a time (can someone else confirm this - I&#39;m sure its 6)

HTH
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Thats partially correct Rob, not much in it, she can only be absent from UK for a total of 90 during the 2 year period prior to applying for Indefinate leave to remain.

Just to let you know also Rob, got G&#39;s passport back this afternoon, after I pulled a sneaky and parked outside the embassy and nipped in quick, picked up passport and did a quicker runner out to the car and b......rd off.