Can My Girlfriend Go To Other Countries?

[wylos]

my (thai)girlfriend has 6 month visitor visa for the Uk(she is here now).if i had the oppurtunity to take her on holiday too another country i woudnt want her to miss out.

so the question is ....what countries outside uk can she travel too(if any)?

ive heard of schemgen??,but is that the only way.

any info would be great.

thanks in advance.

[londonthai]

nowhere else than nothern ireland or republic of Ireland (but that by boat not by the air on your way out, on your way in can be by air).

the uk is not part of the shengen agreement - so you have to apply for a shengen visa, same with all other countries

[Mahout Angrit]

so the question is ....what countries outside uk can she travel too(if any)?

She can go to South Africa without a visa

[the scouser]

With a UK visa, the only country in which the visa has any validity is the UK. For any other country your g/f will need a separate visa, including the Republic of Ireland. A Schengen visa will get her access to the Schengen area or, alternatively, as Mahout Angrit alluded to, there are various places which don't require Thai citizens to have a visa.

Perhaps a little side trip to Bermuda......

Scouse.

[sjaak327]

You could go to Russia, Thai citizens can stay visa free for 30 days.

[vinny]

For countries that Thais can go without visas, see Q: Thai citizen - what countries can visit without visa before travel or you can search the IATA database which is publicly available on a number of websites. Click here or here or here or here to go to such websites.

[Naam]

my (thai)girlfriend has 6 month visitor visa for the Uk(she is here now).if i had the oppurtunity to take her on holiday too another country i woudnt want her to miss out.

so the question is ....what countries outside uk can she travel too(if any)?

ive heard of schemgen??,but is that the only way.

any info would be great.

thanks in advance.

having a UK visa in her passport it shouldn't be a problem to get a Schengen visa from any of the continental european embassies or consulates in UK.

[vinny]

Unfortunately, in principle, applicants for a visa should apply in the country where they normally reside. Her visa applications in the UK may therefore be rejected on the basis that she is a visitor to the UK. However, there is no harm in asking the relevant Consulate or Embassy.

[hiromj]

Malaysia. 30 days with no visa.

[londonthai]

your g/f will need a separate visa, including the Republic of Ireland.

on the ferry to Ireland nobody checks passports, same if you are crossing from nothern ireland.

on your way back you can even travel by plain - there is no emmigration at least at Heathrow

[mrtoad]

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

[the scouser]

your g/f will need a separate visa, including the Republic of Ireland.

on the ferry to Ireland nobody checks passports, same if you are crossing from nothern ireland.

on your way back you can even travel by plain - there is no emmigration at least at Heathrow

That there is no passport check does not absolve a Thai citizen from holding a visa. If they enter without one, they are in Ireland illegally. Additionally, the British and Irish authorities mount spot checks and if you need a visa but don't have one, you may be refused entry.

Scouse.

[wylos]

thanks for the replies guys......some intresting places available,she wants to see snow,maybe russia then,thats got snow aint it.

i was thinking more of a euro flex,oh well....looks like its bonny old scotland.

[john b good]

thanks for the replies guys......some intresting places available,she wants to see snow,maybe russia then,thats got snow aint it.

i was thinking more of a euro flex,oh well....looks like its bonny old scotland.

Yep Russia has got heaps of snow, BUT, I suggest that you double check whether she does / does not need a visa.

I spent a couple of years in Russia and would be surprised if she doesn't need a visa. Cost nothing to check it out.

Edited October 28, 2007 by john b good

[vinny]

See also Thai-Russia Visa exemption.

[BEDBANDIT]

you can take her to Turkey , and the northan republic of Cyprus , ive took my GF twice and she loves it ( cyprus) good food , gambling in the casoins and cheap fights and accomadation , 2 week hol for under 300 quid.

[chinadarling]

thanks for the replies guys......some intresting places available,she wants to see snow,maybe russia then,thats got snow aint it.

i was thinking more of a euro flex,oh well....looks like its bonny old scotland.

Shengen visa is not that hard try it - some countries are eaiser to give it out. Finland I think was the easiest, but then you need to go to finland first to avoid rejection in the future.

[teacher]

your g/f will need a separate visa, including the Republic of Ireland.

on the ferry to Ireland nobody checks passports, same if you are crossing from nothern ireland.

on your way back you can even travel by plain - there is no emmigration at least at Heathrow

That there is no passport check does not absolve a Thai citizen from holding a visa. If they enter without one, they are in Ireland illegally. Additionally, the British and Irish authorities mount spot checks and if you need a visa but don't have one, you may be refused entry.

Scouse.

While on a tourist visa she will not be able to apply for a schengen as she must apply from he country, and that should have been done before she went to the uk. The new forms that are out now ask for a planned itineary of her visit.

She will be an illegal immigrant in Ireland and for sure will be stopped. If she is caught then you will have big problems next time you apply as she will not get one, So dont be foolish.

[londonthai]

there is no border controll between nothern ireland and the republic and there is no one on the british-irish border - there might be random police checks but what they can do most is turn you back. There is not chance she will be deported if she is not working there, more so if she with fiance who invited her