Can my wife travel to Europe with me for a break and come back to the UK on a short stay visa?
My wife has a 6-month visa and I want to take her to Europe for a week holiday. She's been here 2 weeks so has 5 months left before she has to leave the UK. Will she get back in the UK or has she got to stay in the UK?
Best Answer
An answer has been posted by our long time user Gayot Fow on his blog:
Six-month visas, of any form, are uniformly ‘multiple entry’. It means the holder can come and go at any time during the visa’s start/end dates as much as they want and as often as they want. So the answer here is ‘yes’, that’s fine, your wife can visit Europe and people do this all the time. There is nothing special about it per se.
But take note that the person must undergo a landing interview every time they enter the UK; if the travel pattern raises suspicion (like drug trafficking or human trafficking or some gambit to avoid customs duty), then the Immigration Officer (IO) will start to get worried. When an IO gets worried, it’s time for YOU to be even more worried.
But otherwise a box-standard visit to the continent is not a big deal.
CC BY-SA 3.0. Unchanged.
Pictures about "Can my wife travel to Europe with me for a break and come back to the UK on a short stay visa?"
Can my wife travel with me to Europe?
Under EU rules, you have the right to travel together with your core family members (non-EU spouse, children, dependent parents or dependent grandparents) to an EU country other than the one you are a national of.Can I travel to Europe with a spouse visa?
What is a European Spouse Schengen Visa? A kind of short term (Type C) visa allowing you access to the Schengen area for up to 90 days within a 180-day period as the spouse of an E.U. citizen.Can EU family member travel to Europe without visa after Brexit?
EU , EEA and Swiss citizens can travel to the UK for holidays or short trips without needing a visa. In other cases, find out if you need to apply for a visa to enter the UK . You can cross the UK border using a valid passport which should be valid for the whole time you are in the UK .How long I can stay outside UK on spouse visa?
The Spouse Visa is granted for an initial period of 33 months if you have applied from outside the UK or 30 months if you have applied to switch to this visa from inside the UK. You can also apply for an extension of your Spouse Visa if you wish to stay in the UK after this time.Can I travel to Europe with UK biometric residence permit?
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Pixabay, Deeana Arts, Flo Dahm, C H