I want to take my wife on holiday to spain or egypt what visa does she need ?

[chippy]

Hi all i wish to take my wife to the canaries or egypt later this year but what visa do i need to get for her ? she already has her ILR visa for here in uk so hopefully that might make it better when applying.
I will be so glad when she gets her british citizenship next year and english passport to save all this agro of applying for visas.


thanks

[walesrob]

Hi all i wish to take my wife to the canaries or egypt later this year but what visa do i need to get for her ? she already has her ILR visa for here in uk so hopefully that might make it better when applying.
I will be so glad when she gets her british citizenship next year and english passport to save all this agro of applying for visas.


thanks

If she has ILR, she will still have her Filipino passport, so she will need a visa. For the Canaries, she will need to apply to Spanish Embassy in UK, London or Manchester for a Schengen Visa.

For Egypt, try the relevant Embassy website.

[sam_althea]

schengen visa...don't worry it wont cost anything and it takes a day or two...believe me

[chippy]

Thanks guys i think manchester is much closer to me but how many days will the visa cover and do we tell them the days we wish to go ?

[walesrob]

Thanks guys i think manchester is much closer to me but how many days will the visa cover and do we tell them the days we wish to go ?

I think theres an option of 30, 60, 90 days or a 6 month multi-entry Visa.

http://www.maec.es/subwebs/Consulado...hod_visas.aspx

[A_flyer]

Tourist visas do not exceed 90 days. Long stay ones (over 3 months) are for other purpose (study, work or retire).

[walesrob]

Tourist visas do not exceed 90 days. Long stay ones (over 3 months) are for other purpose (study, work or retire).

Elsa had a 6 month multi-entry Schengen Visa from the Spanish Embassy last year. We only went to Spain twice during that time.

[A_flyer]

Elsa had a 6 month multi-entry Schengen Visa from the Spanish Embassy last year. We only went to Spain twice during that time.

Rob, Schengen visas are only tourist 3 months in all Schengen countries. Over 3 months, it's a National visa (meaning obeying to national country rules and not (only) generic Schengen rules).

[scotsfiancee]

If you're from scotland you can apply in spanish consulate in Edinburgh, it could take upto 2-3 weeks to process.
Visa Section Opening Hours: MONDAY to FRIDAY 9:00 am to 12:00. All applications have to be made in person and No appointment required.
In my case, they only gave me a 1 month visa which is very annoying eventhough i asked for a multiple entry.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF SPAIN
63 North Castle Street - Edinburgh EH2 3LJ
Tel: 0131 – 220 1843 Fax: 0131 226 4568
Visa Information Line: 09065 - 508970
e-mail: cog.edimburgo@mae.es

These are the files they sent to me with all information as they won't discussed any further on the telephone.

Schengen visa info

Schengen visa form

[scotsfiancee]

To be honest I didn't know bout API until The day before we travel to spain, we tried to Fill up the API via their web and it came up that there is no Philippines (nationality) in the selected countries so i phoned their internet support and it cost £1/min.

Yeah i don't mind flying with Ryanair. They have the cheapest deal at the moment.

But hubby doesn't want to fly with them no more

[stuartfarm]

This is a handy link - basically shows you all the place you can take your filipino wife without requiring a visa ( excludes South East Asia of course )

http://www.delta.com/planning_reserv...tion/index.jsp


Sri Lanka
Maldives
Peru
Brazil
Fiji
Eygpt (Sharm El Sheik)
St.Lucia
S.Africa
Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
Chile
Mauritius
Cayman Islands
Bermuda
Argentina
Nicaragua
Cape Verde Islands
Cook Islands
Seychelles

[A_flyer]

This is a handy link - basically shows you all the place you can take your filipino wife without requiring a visa ( excludes South East Asia of course )

http://www.delta.com/planning_reserv...tion/index.jsp

This "visa calculator" is more complete (more options) and always kept accurate: http://www.nwa.com/services/timatic.html

That's the best I ever found.

[andypaul]

What a handy page nice one Stuart Farm i had to look up such things country by country a few years back and took ages.

[eula mackay]

unfortunately, it seems a filipino passport holder needs a visa to enter:

st. lucia http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/faq/do_i_n...#Require_Visas

egypt
http://www.egyptianconsulate.co.uk/visas.html

dominican republic
http://www.dominicanembassy.org.uk/Touristvisa.html

[eula mackay]

oooppsss...dominican republic you can get in with a tourist card if you are a resident of the uk

[eula mackay]

and visa for mauritius as well
http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/passpo...8f049a68521ca/