Form AN - absences - visiting multiple countries in one trip

Hello,

I am now filling the AN form, the section where I need to fill all my absences from the UK, detailing countries and dates. My question is as follows: say I went abroad and visited several countries. I started and ended my journey in the same country abroad. Do I need to record this as one trip, or several trips? Does it make any difference if the countries I went to are members of the EU or not? Two specific cases I have are:

Case1
D1: Leave UK for France (Lion) via Eurotunnel. On the same day drive from France to Belgium.
D2: Stay in Belgium
D3: Drive back to Lion and take the train back to the UK from there. Arrive in the UK

Case2
D1: Fly from the UK to Croatia (Dubrovnik). Drive from Croatia to Montenegro
D2 - D6: stay in Montenegro
D7: Drive back from Montenegro to Croatia
D8 - D15: Stay in Croatia
D16: Fly back form Croatia (Split) to the UK

Thanks in advance

It might matter as you had your passport stamped when entering Montenegro from Croatia and vice verse so I would list both of those countries.

One trip. Its the absence from the UK the HO is interested in. Not your itinerary.

also to add: if space in the application form is an issue, you can mention the official ISO country codes to list multiple countries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 ... e_elements

check your passport, and mention the countries which has been stamped.

i made the same trip with my eu passport but didn't get any stamp from the countries however i put the date i was away from the uk as a total on one country. you think that should be ok or do i need to declare all in one column or whatsoever.