tuscancouple
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I think the UK is being punished.
Do you seriously believe that in an international negotiation, France decided to punish the UK and it was agreed by the other 26 countries!!
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I think the UK is being punished.
Above there have been lots of comments about "just apply for a visa". No "just" in any of my experiences.
I never said that that the other 26 countries agreed anything, I would direct you to watch Dr Alice Wiedel speech in the Bundestag.Do you seriously believe that in an international negotiation, France decided to punish the UK and it was agreed by the other 26 countries!!
I had no issues understanding your post. I initially responded to a rather snippy request from another poster to clarify why there should be more paperwork, which I did, and which other posters who have also gone to the trouble to research the impacts of our current situation, have also done with great clarity. We have all had four years to get to grips with the probable challenges that face us and I confess to being mystified that some seem only now to have realised that their way of life thus far has changed. As to your threat of being sent to Coventry, well......for once, words very nearly fail me!Okay, let me put it more plainly seeing as it doesn't bother you ... IMV anyone who keeps harping on about 'what we have lost' etc it not only causing aggravation to others for the sake of it, but risks the 'harper' being sent to Coventry.
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I asked why you thought we were being punished in relation to visa and immigration policy, which was the subject you were posting about. I wasn't interested in fish, since you hadn't mentioned them prior to making your claim.It has nothing to do with immigration policy or visa's, you asked about were I think the UK is being punished.
IF they are separate routes to entry. But if the visa-free entry route is the very same entry route as the visa, with the exception of not being required to apply for the visa, then they are not independent routes.If you read the documents on the EU portal regarding Schengen visa issuing this is made clear that it cannot be more than 90 in 180. It appears to me that both the no visa and visa route independently allow 90 in 180....
I never said that that the other 26 countries agreed anything, I would direct you to watch Dr Alice Wiedel speech in the Bundestag.
We were touring in France on the morning when the result of brexit was declared, the French president Francois Hollande gave a speech in which he said "The British should remember they have voted to leave the EU and they will never be allowed to return, we will punish them for this".
Now tell me the French doesn't want Britain to be punished.
Ahhh ok, I was interested in the fish, I was referring to Brussels punishing us because they think it's what they have to do, maybe to discourage others from leaving, so anywhere they can make life difficult for the UK they will.I asked why you thought we were being punished in relation to visa and immigration policy, which was the subject you were posting about. I wasn't interested in fish, since you hadn't mentioned them prior to making your claim.
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Well from my memory and I can remember exactly the junction in town when he said it, I would say yes he said that almost verbatim, I was more taken back by his tone, very aggressive.Did he really say that or have you inadvertently misused the quotation marks?
No - unless I am misreading it that is to extend a Visa. I am not suggesting extending a Visa. I am suggesting getting a standard tourism Visa, valid for 90 days and using that in point 3). Tourism appears to be a valid reason to apply for such a Visa?
There is no other 90 day tourist Visa available to Brits at this point in time.
Ahhh ok, I was interested in the fish, I was referring to Brussels punishing us because they think it's what they have to do, maybe to discourage others from leaving, so anywhere they can make life difficult for the UK they will.
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Fill your boots and let us know!Ok - I think there is only one way to work this out. I'm going to apply for one and see what happens....
Ok - I think there is only one way to work this out. I'm going to apply for one and see what happens....
Exactly!! 90 days, and there is not (at present) any mechanism to extend it for tourism purposes.No. The limit for tourism is 90 days. The visa exists because there is a list of countries which, unlike ourselves, are not exempt from tourist visa requirements, and so their citizens have to apply for a visa for any and every trip that they wish to make into the EU as a tourist, even if only for a few hours.
We - the UK - are limited to 90 days the same as everyone else, but we are in a different list and do not require a visa to enter and stay in the EU as tourists within that limit.
There is no such thing as an EU tourist visa that will cover more than 90 days, or extend the 90 day visa free period. Longer visas exist for specific purposes, but as soon as you enter "Tourism" as the reason for your visit on the application, the 90 day limit applies, and presumably if you try it as a UK citizen the application process will be cancelled and you will be informed that you don't require a visa for those circumstances.
Is it Brussels punishing us - or the French.I was referring to Brussels punishing us
I'm glad some have more patience than me, as we hear so much about Irish passports I asked an Irishman how long he can stay in Spain he said 366 days a year.
They must be special, because no one can stay in a country more than 6 months as a tourist. Bob.
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He said it was "Brussels, France" (post #220).Is it Brussels punishing us - or the French.
Make your mind up!
Its not MY threat about Coventry but just mentioning it to you in case you are not aware that Jim get's peed off with the pro and anti Brexit comments being spouted on the forum and has been known to send people to Coventry for doing so ... fill yer boots by all means ... just take some warm clothing as I hear its a bit chilly there at times.I had no issues understanding your post. I initially responded to a rather snippy request from another poster to clarify why there should be more paperwork, which I did, and which other posters who have also gone to the trouble to research the impacts of our current situation, have also done with great clarity. We have all had four years to get to grips with the probable challenges that face us and I confess to being mystified that some seem only now to have realised that their way of life thus far has changed. As to your threat of being sent to Coventry, well......for once, words very nearly fail me!
Your first port of call will be one of the Embassies in the UK in person?
Please don't mis quote me as you have "Brussels, France" isn't how I wrote.He said it was "Brussels, France" (post #220).
They moved the city into a different country just to punish us even further, because we will now have to rewrite all our geography books.
I am not sure that a recollection that was “almost verbatim” quite justifies the use of quotation marks. It implies that your recollection was accurate. You may be confused with Mr Johnson’s, later, curious references to “punishment beatings”. Hollande was not known for his mastery of the English language and I am unable to find an occasion when he used the word punishment, or even punir, in a speech relating to Brexit. Possibly another instance of confirmation bias.Well from my memory and I can remember exactly the junction in town when he said it, I would say yes he said that almost verbatim, I was more taken back by his tone, very aggressive.
Hollande was facing an election in the next 12 months determined to gain ground by his statement one of the strongest warnings yet that Britain will have to pay a heavy price for leaving the European Union.
Well from my memory and I can remember exactly the junction in town when he said it, I would say yes he said that almost verbatim, I was more taken back by his tone, very aggressive.
Hollande was facing an election in the next 12 months determined to gain ground by his statement one of the strongest warnings yet that Britain will have to pay a heavy price for leaving the European Union.
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Quivering in my boots as we speak. Been to Coventry lived there for 3 years, will not be going back!Its not MY threat about Coventry but just mentioning it to you in case you are not aware that Jim get's peed off with the pro and anti Brexit comments being spouted on the forum and has been known to send people to Coventry for doing so ... fill yer boots by all means ... just take some warm clothing as I hear its a bit chilly there at times.
Brussels, France and now Holland(e) - they’re all out to get us!Please don't mis quote me as you have "Brussels, France" isn't how I wrote.
Brussels were the negotiators I think we all know that, (perhaps you both don't) France that would be Hollande and Macron neither of which were present at the meetings did have a big influence.
As I previously said have a listen to DR Alice Wiedel's speech at the Bundestag to get some inside truths.
He did say there would be consequences, but he meant that both the EU and the UK would suffer from our leaving, and that things would not be the same for either of us. He also said that he understood we wished for a hard brexit, and that we shouldn't expect the EU to roll over and offer us things that we ask for on a plate. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Isn't that how negotiation works?I am not sure that a recollection that was “almost verbatim” quite justifies the use of quotation marks. It implies that your recollection was accurate. You may be confused with Mr Johnson’s, later, curious references to “punishment beatings”. Hollande was not known for his mastery of the English language and I am unable to find an occasion when he used the word punishment, or even punir, in a speech relating to Brexit. Possibly another instance of confirmation bias.
I would be delighted to be corrected.
No. Via the French online process linked above I think - though to be clear I have not fully researched that yet. Will update here when I have.
Maybe they just haven't got round to doing a UK one yet ...I think that once you fill in the nationality box as UK citizen it will in the headersay visa not needed, that form is for 3rd party countries that do not fall under the scope of the withdrawal agreement.
The form that you posted says US in the header, might possibly be a clue!
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