Quote Originally Posted by Jentobeharrison View Post
I am a Philippines passport holder but I am married to a british citizen. I hold a residence permit card for UK that has permit type of “Spouse/Partner leave to remain” and I am a bit confused as I applied for a Schengen visa last year in Spain. This year, my husband and I are planning to go Czech Republic or Italy, I have read that I do not need visa for Czech Republic, is it true?

For Italy I have read that I do not need a visa if on my residence card, the permit type is "Residence Card of a Family Member of an EEA National” I am unsure if it is the same as what my permit type is (“Spouse/Partner leave to remain”), can you please clarify? And also if it is possible to know all the Schengen countries that we can go and I do not need to apply for visa?
Hiya Jen,

The Czech Republic is indeed part of the Schegen area so like Spain you need to apply for a Schengen visa to visit and as you have done this before then you know the procedure.

All Schengen countries require a visa to enter but once you enter initial country of your application then you can travel to any others under the validity of your visa and just to note my wife applied for her 4th schengen last month with the French Embassy and after initial 6 month validity on previous ones she has now been issued with one valid for 2 years, people have posted here that the French are the best for issuing longer visa especially if they see that you have used previous visa correctly and they don't necessarily have to be previously issued by the French Embassy.

The residence card of a family member of an EEA National is not the same as the spouse/partner leave to remain but basically is for a British Citizen who has lived with their family member ie: spouse in another european country then exercised their rights after a certain time to be able to settle in the UK.

Hope that clarifies things...