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.

[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

[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).

[walesrob]

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).

Yves, I've got Elsa's Schengen Visa here with me now, and its says:

Estados Schengen
Valid from: 11-07-06 to 10-01-07
Type: C
Numero De Entradas: Multi
Duration of Stay: 90 Days

Now, maybe this is where the confusion lies; you are correct the Visa is ok for 90 days at each trip. But is valid for 6 months, meaning you could make as many trips as you like, as long as each trip stays within 90 day limit - is that what you are referring to?

I remember when we applied for the Visa, we asked for a 6 month multi-entry visa, and we were told, no problem, and we got it.

We used the visa twice; August and October, and whats more annoying neither UK or Spanish Immigration actually looked at it. IN fact, on our return flight back to the UK, they took her passport away at Alicante to get a photocopy of her UK ILR Visa, they weren't interested in the Schengen Visa, even though we pointed it out to them.

I did some googling yesterday, and it seems not all countries in Schengen pact offer 6 monthly validity on their Schengen visas.

http://www.theschengenoffice.com/spain_embassy.html

[A_flyer]

May be Rob.

As I said Schengen standard tourist visa can't go over 90 days, meaning following the common Schengen countries criteria. But over this duration, each country can apply its specific rules (as far as they are not against Schengen generic rules: I.E. this visa must allow you to travel within Schengen states). It's may be what was your case, even if in reality they wrote 90 days to stick to Schengen standard 90 duration (it's like having 2 times Schengen Visa at the same time...).

[scotsfiancee]

they took her passport away at Alicante to get a photocopy of her UK ILR Visa, they weren't interested in the Schengen Visa, even though we pointed it out to them.

That's right, they did that to me in alicante as well. But i never got thru to any immigration control until i was back in UK and then they stamped my passport.

If you're flying with Ryanair they have this Advance Passenger Information due to Security & Immigration Restrictions in Spain

Travelling to Spain (including the Canaries and Balearic Islands) from the UK, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Malta and Morocco you must provide Advance Passenger Information which Ryanair are then required to forward to the Spanish authorities before flight departure.

If you do not provide them with the required passenger information you will not be accepted for travel at Check-In.

Im not sure if this apply to some airlines.

[walesrob]

Im not sure if this apply to some airlines.

I think it applies to all travellers to Spain?

I know BMIBaby, ThomsonFly and FlyBe will not allow on-line checkin for all Spanish flights because of this new restriction of providing API at check-in.

[scotsfiancee]

I think it applies to all travellers to Spain?

Yes it applies to all travelers to spain, this are the passenger information required
including:

Full Name (as they appear on the passport)
Date of birth
Nationality
Passport or Travel document number
Type of Document
Issuing State

But no use for me as they have no Philippines on the selected countries, so i phoned them and they do it manually for us. and it cost £1/min

[walesrob]

But no use for me as they have no Philippines in the countries you can select so i phoned them and they do it manually for us. and it cost £1/min

I don't understand.....so you book your flight, then provide API at check-in where does £1 a minute come into this? I can only assume that only Ryanair impose this? I know for sure TFly and BMI don't ask for this information when booking, only at check-in.

Ryanair are well known for imposing sometimes petty charges for this, that and everything else, so it doesn't surprise me. A look at Skytrax shows Ryanair for what they are - sneaky, slippery, ripoff merchants.

http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/ryan.htm

Just in case Ryanair want to sue me, I would like to say what a wonderful airline they are, nice modern aircraft and nice cabin crew, and your boss Michael is a colourful character. There, you can't say I'm biased.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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/