Holiday to UK/immigration at Gatwick
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Holiday to UK/immigration at Gatwick
I am American, married to a UKC. We lived in London for awhile, so I have a Limited Leave to Remain (spousal) visa in my passport that expires in Jul 07.
Next week, I will be traveling to London for 6-days as a "tour guide" with a small group of women. I'd like to go through immigration first - should I go through the UK Visa line or, to avoid any long explanation, just go through the Tourist line???
Thanks,
Next week, I will be traveling to London for 6-days as a "tour guide" with a small group of women. I'd like to go through immigration first - should I go through the UK Visa line or, to avoid any long explanation, just go through the Tourist line???
Thanks,
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Re: Holiday to UK/immigration at Gatwick
I am American, married to a UKC. We lived in London for awhile, so I have a Limited Leave to Remain (spousal) visa in my passport that expires in Jul 07.
Next week, I will be traveling to London for 6-days as a "tour guide" with a small group of women. I'd like to go through immigration first - should I go through the UK Visa line or, to avoid any long explanation, just go through the Tourist line???
Thanks,
Next week, I will be traveling to London for 6-days as a "tour guide" with a small group of women. I'd like to go through immigration first - should I go through the UK Visa line or, to avoid any long explanation, just go through the Tourist line???
Thanks,
NC Penguin
#5
Re: Holiday to UK/immigration at Gatwick
In actual fact, you will likely have an easier time of it going through the non EU line!!!
I flew into Gatwick 2 weeks ago direct from Tampa - On arrival at immigration, I went through the non-EU line with my wife and daughter - we didn't queue at all, straight through! By contrast, the returning residents line was very slow moving due to the sheer volume of tourists returning to the UK after a 2 week beer n chips Orlando/St Petersburg all inclusive. I suppose it depends where you are flying from - obviously not many people from Florida visiting the UK in the middle of winter!
I flew into Gatwick 2 weeks ago direct from Tampa - On arrival at immigration, I went through the non-EU line with my wife and daughter - we didn't queue at all, straight through! By contrast, the returning residents line was very slow moving due to the sheer volume of tourists returning to the UK after a 2 week beer n chips Orlando/St Petersburg all inclusive. I suppose it depends where you are flying from - obviously not many people from Florida visiting the UK in the middle of winter!
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Re: Holiday to UK/immigration at Gatwick
Thanks for the feedback. We'll be arriving from Atlanta, on a Saturday. We'll all just make a bee-line for non EU-line and - as always - I'll be prepared for questions about my LLR.