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The stated purpose of journey differs from the options you have checked and listed. A visit and return to Norway or relocating from Norway to UK? Your answer will aid greatly in the direction you will be pointed.johnglow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:58 pmMy wife is from philippines, I'm British but we both live in Norway. We have plan to visit family in the UK, but the visa process seems a lot more complicated that I anticipated. Getting a spouse visa is a lot more difficult than just getting her a tourist visa. but there is also a visa for family members of British citizen living outside of the UK (surinder singh visa). Some of the requirements seem like grey areas too
If visit the apply for visit visa. Usually they are multiple entry. If first time it will be 6 months validity, you can them subsequently apply for longer duration visit visas I.e. 2yrs, 5yrs etc. Note that despite the long validity, each visit not exceed 6months and she must not be seen as staying in UK more than her habitual country of residence.
Can you provide a link to this page?
The problem is that your website gives contradicting advice.
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/philippines/family
here is says a family visit under 6 months does not require a visa
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... ional-list
here it says phillipine nationals requrie a visa
You keep referring back to the website, but the website is not clear.
Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre.
You will need to seek advice from trained immigration advisor.
Regards,
xxxx
UK Visas and Immigration
Dude this is incredible I checked it when you posted and you were right! Even with other countries like Pakistan it had that paragraphjohnglow wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:28 pmthe website has now changed and no longer includes the paragraph about not needing a visa.
Seems unlikely this is a coincidence, but instead of just advising me of any error, they quietly changed the website and told me to seek a professional for advice. Class act.
I think the appropriate purpose of stay would be tourism. The answer then appears to match your situation.