Spouse visa and visits abroad

[John Green]

If a person gets a spouse visa, then wants during the 30 months to FLR to visit outside the UK, how easy is this?

So she has the UK short term settlement information inside her passport. This allows her the SAME rights as a UK citizen to travel abroad, does it? So, for example, she can as easily go to EU member countries without having to get a visa as I can. Conversely, if she needs to travel outside of Europe, she needs to get EXACTLY the same travel documents (like a visa) as her UK sponsor?

In other words, is it the case that once she gets the spouse visa her travel documentation required to go abroad is precisely the same as that of her UK sponsor? Or is it the case that because she is only here on the spouse visa, she would need to supply more in the way of travel documentation?

This query would also apply to the stage after she gets FLR.

Cheers.

[ohara]

So she has the UK short term settlement information inside her passport. This allows her the SAME rights as a UK citizen to travel abroad, does it? So, for example, she can as easily go to EU member countries without having to get a visa as I can.

No, a UK visa won't give your spouse visa-free access to other countries they would normally require a visa for. Even if she had ILR, it wouldn't make a difference. Only by becoming a British citizen would she enjoy the mostly visa-free travel that British passport holders do.

[Casa]

Whatever entry visas are required now, will remain a requirement until she is granted British citizenship.

She will be assessed on her current nationality.

[John Green]

Appreciated. As a Moldovan citizen, she is entitled to visa-free travel within the Schengen Zone. However, she cannot visit here, Ireland and a few other countries outside the Zone in Europe without getting a visa. So this limitation will always apply to her, even after she gets ILR? Unless she applies for the UK passport (giving her dual nationality)?

[KatieWills]

She will only have the same travel rights as a UK citizen if and when she becomes one and holds a UK passport.

[Casa]

Appreciated. As a Moldovan citizen, she is entitled to visa-free travel within the Schengen Zone. However, she cannot visit here, Ireland and a few other countries outside the Zone in Europe without getting a visa. So this limitation will always apply to her, even after she gets ILR? Unless she applies for the UK passport (giving her dual nationality)?

She will need to qualify and be granted British citizenship before she is entitled to apply for a British passport. They are completely different processes.

[CR001]

Appreciated. As a Moldovan citizen, she is entitled to visa-free travel within the Schengen Zone. However, she cannot visit here, Ireland and a few other countries outside the Zone in Europe without getting a visa. So this limitation will always apply to her, even after she gets ILR? Unless she applies for the UK passport (giving her dual nationality)?

She will need to qualify and be granted British citizenship before she is entitled to apply for a British passport. They are completely different processes.

This is starting to feel like de ja vu!!

[John Green]

Sorry, a short time after I posted that message, I tried to delete or edit it. But it would not let me. There seems to be a time limit within which this is possible.