Thai Passport Holder With Flr Soon To Expire - Holiday Options

[qpgwmh]

Hello,

My wife's FLR expires in late September but we'd like to go on a summer holiday in Continental Europe. As we'd be travelling less than three months before her FLR expires (her passport itself is valid for another couple of years) are there any European countries that she can be granted a visa for?

Assuming there are not, where can she travel to visa-free aside from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia?

I've contacted a few European Embassies in London with very limited success so thought I'd post to see if anyone has any info or experiences of their own that may help.

Thanks for any help here.

[bangbuathongben]

Not 100% sure but might be worth doing some searches on a shengken visa, if thats how you spell it?

Bang.......

Edited May 30, 2008 by bangbuathongben

[qpgwmh]

Not 100% sure but might be worth doing some searches on a shengken visa, if thats how you spell it?

Bang.......

Hi there. Unless I'm mistaken the European visa is the Schengen Visa and it is issued by the Embassy of the country that you are going to. Having one would mean that she could travel freely around the European Schengen countries after her initial entry into the country of the embassy that issued the visa.

Thanks

[qpgwmh]

Has anyone else travelled with a Thai person to a country without needing to arrange a visa first?

Thanks

[the scouser]

The Schengen-country embassies shouldn't baulk at the idea of issuing your wife a visa simply because she has less than three months remaining on her UK visa.

Your wife is married to a citizen of an EEA country and you are free to travel without prior formality to any other EEA country. These rights are automatically extended to your wife irrespective of her nationality. Her visa should be issued free of charge and with the minimum of formalities upon her supplying evidence that you are a British citizen and that you are married.

If they wish to contest the matter, threaten them with a complaint to the European Commission for infringing your freedom of movement. You can also tell them that European Council directive 2004/38 is the applicable legislation if they care to look it up.

Scouse.

[Boo]

I recall that cyprus gives thai people visa on arrival. Also Swizerland. Apart from that, as others have mentioned, get her a schengen visa.

[qpgwmh]

The Schengen-country embassies shouldn't baulk at the idea of issuing your wife a visa simply because she has less than three months remaining on her UK visa.

Your wife is married to a citizen of an EEA country and you are free to travel without prior formality to any other EEA country. These rights are automatically extended to your wife irrespective of her nationality. Her visa should be issued free of charge and with the minimum of formalities upon her supplying evidence that you are a British citizen and that you are married.

If they wish to contest the matter, threaten them with a complaint to the European Commission for infringing your freedom of movement. You can also tell them that European Council directive 2004/38 is the applicable legislation if they care to look it up.

Scouse.

Thanks for this Scouser and Boo, it's extremely helpful.