Visas?

[jordanbasset]

If we do a deal we will probably not have to have visas but would still be restricted to 90 days in any 180.
Of course we may yet do a deal where we stay in the single market and accept freedom of movement and so we would have no problems. Europeans would of course likewise have freedom of movement to the UK - fingers crossed but unlikely

 

[[70521]]

Brittany Ferries bookings for next summer are down 5% compared with this time last year. A spokesman said it is due to Brexit uncertainties; will visas be needed, will the EHIC card still be valid, wiil UK driving licences be accepted, etc?

Typical scaremongering by business spivs, of course. Anyone knows you only have to flourish your new blue passport at the damned garlic-eaters and all difficulties will disappear.

I am not sure I'd describe Brittany Ferries as spivs, the service they offer is excellent.

 

[jordanbasset]

I am not sure I'd describe Brittany Ferries as spivs, the service they offer is excellent.

Agree, regularly use the Spanish routes, very impressed with them

 

[Poignard]

I am not sure I'd describe Brittany Ferries as spivs, the service they offer is excellent.

Connaissez-vous le sarcasme, mon ami?

 

[macd]

Can someone explain why Visas won't be needed.

Someone already did. (Although there was no definitive "won't", just a likelihood. The citizens of over one third of all non-EU countries on the planet do not currently need a visa to visit the EU.)

 

[shan]

I have no recollection of any meaningful difficulty travelling to Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands etc prior to UK joining EU? Why should there be in 2019- other than as an act of petty vindictiveness?

The world is a different place to what it was then and no amount of wishing on a star is going to change that.

 

[[70521]]

Connaissez-vous le sarcasme, mon ami?

Sorry, my translator, Mrs Sandy is not here at the moment, what is that in English?

To be honest all I can say in French is, Je suis écossais, je ne parle pas français. It has served me well over the last 30 years travelling in France.

It can be funny translating the other way. Mrs Sandy was in the chemist shop trying to sort out some medicine for conjunctivitis, she turned to me and said they want to put salt water in my eye, I suggested to her it was saline solution.

 

[moomba]

The world is a different place to what it was then and no amount of wishing on a star is going to change that.

Now when I was a little younger I went to visit my Great Gran mother in Poland during the cold war, Drove from Glasgow to Harwich through Holland , to W Germany , then into East Germany and the Poland last 2 still behind the Iron Curtain and apart from a full search of the car nothing happened had the right documentation and sailed through all check points , so please dont let those scare monger tell you it will be difficult , we have be in a pampered society , hey you might have to apply for a visa, pretty easy in the Internet world, hey you might que for an extra 30 mins but come on people seriously

 

[shan]

Now when I was a little younger I went to visit my Great Gran mother in Poland during the cold war, Drove from Glasgow to Harwich through Holland , to W Germany , then into East Germany and the Poland last 2 still behind the Iron Curtain and apart from a full search of the car nothing happened had the right documentation and sailed through all check points , so please dont let those scare monger tell you it will be difficult , we have be in a pampered society , hey you might have to apply for a visa, pretty easy in the Internet world, hey you might que for an extra 30 mins but come on people seriously

Why should we 'have' to do any of this? You were sold a pup with Brexit.

 

[[70521]]

hey you might have to apply for a visa, pretty easy in the Internet world, hey you might que for an extra 30 mins but come on people seriously

getting a visa for the USA is that easy, I am not sure about a 30 min wait when we arrive in Roscoff on the ferry. It normally takes us, as foot passengers, about 30 mins to check into France currently we can go through two passport controls, only one is marked for non-EU citizens. I'll let you know next time we pop over.

 

[Poignard]

Sorry, my translator, Mrs Sandy is not here at the moment, what is that in English?

What I put into Google translate was "Are you familiar with sarcasm".

When I said business spivs, I didn't really mean that I thought Brittany ferries was run by spivs. I was having a sarcastic pop at those Brexiteers who fear that businessmen might rain on their Brexit parade by pointing out some inconvenient truths.

 

[moomba]

getting a visa for the USA is that easy, I am not sure about a 30 min wait when we arrive in Roscoff on the ferry. It normally takes us, as foot passengers, about 30 mins to check into France currently we can go through two passport controls, only one is marked for non-EU citizens. I'll let you know next time we pop over.

I think you will find all EU nationals are treated the same for the USA, and as an EU national the USA will still treat you the same until brexit .
I do believe the USA will still have the same requirements in place , my wife and daughter and US citizens so I would be surprised if anything changed , you all all getting carried away with your time, as if you will be stopped at the border of the EU and not get in, stop reading the Guardian people its putting ideas into your head

 

[st599]

Someone already did. (Although there was no definitive "won't", just a likelihood. The citizens of over one third of all non-EU countries on the planet do not currently need a visa to visit the EU.)

Because their governments have done a deal with the EU for Visa-free access. If we leave without a deal, by definition our government won't have done a deal.

 

[[70521]]

I think you will find all EU nationals are treated the same for the USA, and as an EU national the USA will still treat you the same until brexit .
I do believe the USA will still have the same requirements in place , my wife and daughter and US citizens so I would be surprised if anything changed , you all all getting carried away with your time, as if you will be stopped at the border of the EU and not get in, stop reading the Guardian people its putting ideas into your head

The thing is nobody knows. I expect we will all find out next summer.

 

[zikzik]

The thing is nobody knows. I expect we will all find out next summer.

Did it take six pages of posts for someone to spot this?

 

[ronsurf]

The thing is nobody knows. I expect we will all find out next summer.

Right. Bit inconvenient when you're trying to book a holiday now though isn't it?

Last time I needed a visa was when I went to Turkey. The genuine website was surprisingly difficult to find as there were loads of unofficial sites offering the service whose website optimisation was better and they appeared higher in the Google ranking. I imagine the potential for being ripped off will be significant if we do need visas.

As for Brittany Ferries, considering they are on my doorstep, and I can see their port from where I work, it is the ferry company I use the least. Their website is appalling - truly awful. They may reverse that 5% drop by making it easier to actually book a ferry, and make it possible to find some of the offers they advertise.

 

[zikzik]

...As for Brittany Ferries, considering they are on my doorstep, and I can see their port from where I work, it is the ferry company I use the least. Their website is appalling - truly awful. They may reverse that 5% drop by making it easier to actually book a ferry, and make it possible to find some of the offers they advertise.

Good point. It has become the fashion to blame uncertainties of brexit etc to business failures. I noticed JLR said brexit / Trump/China tariffs etc were mostly to blame for sales slow down a week or so ago, when other manufacturers sales in China are still booming.

 

[macd]

Because their governments have done a deal with the EU for Visa-free access. If we leave without a deal, by definition our government won't have done a deal.

Very fair point, although (inevitably) it seems a little more complex than that. France is already considering legislation in the event of no deal requiring UK nationals to have visas for stays of six months plus. No mention of 90 day visas.
Nonetheless, if there is no deal, you may well be right until treaty wheels begin whirring.

 

[Daydream believer]

Dunno why people are bothering about foot passengers going through passport controls or airport queues.
I intend to go in my boat :encouragement:
I expect immigration officials will come & find me, rather than me queue for them.

 

[Heckler]

Can someone explain why Visas won't be needed. Come March we leave the EU, therefore the EU nationals bit won't apply. So surely we would need a Visa to enter the EU? As someone said. Money talks, you just have to spend it on a visa.

As usual, there's been zero reliable information on this. The only information is if there's a no deal, because if there is a deal, no-one knows what it is. It seems if you have less than 6 months on your passport you may have a problem. Other than that this document is supposed to explain it, but a good part of it is devoted to the new blue passport we're going to have to have.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...u-with-a-uk-passport-if-theres-no-brexit-deal

Load of cobblers, I remember travelling to Europe before we were in, sho passport, welcome!