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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.John Green wrote: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.
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.John Green wrote: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)?
Casa wrote: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.John Green wrote: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)?