With a UK student visa, can I travel to France or Italy by road/train from UK?
Or anywhere in Europe accessible by road.
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No, you can't. The visa issued by the United Kingdom is valid for the UK only. The same would have applied to student visa issued by France or Italy, they are valid for the individual countries only. Another issue are tourist travel visa, they are valid for 24 (25) countries on the European continent but not valid for UK or Ireland since those countries are no members of the Schengen travel agreement for border-less travel. The visa requirement for visiting France or Italy depends on your citizenship. Passport holders of Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, USA, Uruguay, Vatican City, and Venezuela don not need a visa for tourist travel of up to 90 days in a 180 day period, all others do. Schengen visa application must be made at the Embassy of your place of residence. To visit France from the U.K. you must hold a long-term visa valid for more than six months to be able to apply at the French Embassy in London if you should need a visa. If you stay short time in the U.K. and you want to visit France you have to apply for a Schengen tourist visa at the French embassy of your home country before departure. Source(s): http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Visa-website-of-the-French.html http://www.mfe.org/default.aspx?SID=12291
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No. I assume you are not a citizen of the UK or Schengen zone country or any other country that has visa waiver arrangements with the countries you intend to visit. You will need a Schengen euro visa. The UK is not a member of the Schengen zone which includes most other EU countries and a few others like Iceland and Norway. Once you have a single Schengen visa you will be free to travel around all the countries of the Schengen zone. You should apply for a Schengen visa at the embassy of the country you intend to first enter the zone
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