passport and visa help required

[turienzo's lovechild]

basically, me and my MATES are going to BERLIN this summer......we have a CHINESE friend, who hasn't been in britain long enough to qualify for a UK passport.....are we allowed to take him without him getting a visa or something?

 

[Mendoza]

marry him!!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

thats a fair point actually, does civil partnerships count as equal to "normal" marriages when it comes to getting immigrants passports?

 

[Clothes Peg]

I can ask my Chinese flatmate when she gets back. Although, she's from Hong Kong, so that may make a difference.

 

[pishhead]

I can ask my Chinese flatmate when she gets back. Although, she's from Hong Kong, so that may make a difference.

Maybe I'm being thick but why would she be chinese and from hong kong?

 

[Billy the Fish]

Basically you've got two choices. Either put him in the back of a shipping container or sell him to a cockle picking gang boss, and then bust him out when you get there. That's how the Triads do it over here anyway.

 

[Clothes Peg]

Maybe I'm being thick but why would she be chinese and from hong kong?

Hong Kong is China now isn't it? I don't know. I'm not good at geography.

 

[dougdeep]

Shouldn't be a problem, you can get Chinese takeaways anywhere now.

 

[Gazwag]

will he get back into the UK afterwards

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Is he in the UK on a student visa? If he is, of course he'll be allowed back into the UK. He may need a visa for Germany though; if he doesn't want to do it by post he could go to the consulates in Manchester or Edinburgh.

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/sgxx/t27049.htm

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Is he in the UK on a student visa? If he is, of course he'll be allowed back into the UK. He may need a visa for Germany though; if he doesn't want to do it by post he could go to the consulates in Manchester or Edinburgh.

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/sgxx/t27049.htm

he is on a student visa, i'll pass that info onto him, cheers big man

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Funnily enough I've just got back from Berlin (I'm moving there in July).

I've got a book called 'Living and Working in Germany' which is aimed at UK citizens, it does mention that residents of 'most Asian countries' will require a visa to enter the country for any reason. Prob best to check the German embassy website.

 

[Gully]

You might want to check whether his status in the UK is affected by him going to Germany, shouldn't be as we are all members of the European Union, it would be terrible if he couldn't get back in again.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Shouldn't be a problem, you can get Chinese takeaways anywhere now.

Not here, you can't

 

[Happy Seagull]

A friend of mine came here from Jordan on a student visa, and needed to get a visa to goto Barcelona recently.

 

[Gazwag]

basically, me and my MATES are going to BERLIN this summer......we have a CHINESE friend, who hasn't been in britain long enough to qualify for a UK passport.....are we allowed to take him without him getting a visa or something?

but more importantly will your new police record effect you going

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I can confirm that YES, the Chinese chap will need a visa. Details here

http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/london/en/06/Visabestimmungen/Do__you__need__visa__seite.html

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

The German consul in Newcastle is this lady

Mrs. Josephine Valerie Chexal
c/o French Business Council
Grainger Suite, Dobson House
Regent Centre, Gosforth
Newcastle
NE3 3PF
tel.: (0191) 233 6315
fax: (0191) 285 1116
email:
germanconsul@frenchbusinesscouncil.co.uk

 

[Cian]

Re: Re: passport and visa help required

but more importantly will your new police record effect you going

British citizens have an EEA passport, no criminal record checks on entering other EEA countries.

 

[tedebear]

I have arisen from my death bed to pass on this info:

a) Hong Kong is now China
b) Your Chinese friend will need a visa to do anything in Europe - from wiping his botty to going to Germany. UNLESS he still holds a Hong Kong Special Administration region passport.
c) He must look at the terms of his student visa to ensure he is allowed back in the UK.

That is all..