Relevant visa for South American wife of UK citizen

[ashthebash 2]

HI. 

I'm sure this is an often asked question. 

I am a UK national having been born thereliving in Germany for thirty years. My wife is from Peru and has her Aufenthaltserlaubnis here. 

When we want to travel to the UK we have previously applied for the EEA/swiss national visa which lasts for six months. She has received at least 10 of these over the years. 

We wish to travel to UK again but would like to confirm that we would apply for the same visa after brexit. 

Does anyone have experience of this before we make a mistake and send her passport away with a false application and waste time. 

Kind regards in advance

[RedMidge 6,499]

Post Brexit/ you are no longer an EU passport holder, so  these EU visas are not valid. So , best to check the UK Gov. Website  to see whether your Peruvian spouse requires a different visa.

[travelerworker 75]

Hi,

as always posting here let me start clarifying I'm not an expert, just sharing opinions and chatting

Your post is a bit confusing...

- you need nothing of course because you are UK national

- your wife is Peruvian, so she needs a tourist visa...brexit or not brexit the visa is the same

- but then you say she applied and got an EEA/swiss national visa...so is she European passport holder? then she needs no visa...

so...confusing for me

Good luck!

[kaffeemitmilch 1,209]

When the UK was part of the EU, British nationals who had exercised treaty rights by living in another EU country, could bring their partners to the UK based on EU law under the Surinder Singh rule, hence the EEA family permit.

 

However, this does not apply after Brexit. She needs a Standard Visitor visa:  Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)