How long can an EU citizen stay in the UK?

If you're an EU , EEA or Swiss Citizen travelling to the UK for a short business trip, you may not need to apply for a visa. Under the UK 's new points-based immigration system, you can continue to visit the UK without applying for a visa. In most cases you can stay for up to 6 months.



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Is the UK 180 day rule per visit or per year? The 180-day rule for UK visitors applies per visit, not per year. Under the visitor rules, an overseas national can cumulatively stay for more than 180 days in any 12-month period over the course of two or more separate trips.

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Under section 24 of the Immigration Act 1971, overstaying your UK visa for any duration is a criminal offense, potentially leading to a fine or imprisonment. However, you could benefit from a 14-day grace period if you have a “good reason” for submitting a late immigration application.

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Under a multiple-entry visa, you can visit the UK several times over a 12-month period, limited to 6 months each stay, where the rule that a person cannot stay more than 180 days in any given year is a myth.

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Travel and practical information An EU citizen may enter the UK multiple times during six months, but may not in effect live in the UK by means of repeated or continuous visits.

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The coalition government committed in 2010 to reintroducing exit checks. From 8 April 2015, we will collect information on passengers leaving the UK as we do for those entering. Exit checks will provide us with vital information that confirms a person's exit from the UK.

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A Moving Target: How to Calculate the 180 Days Calculating the 90 days is fairly straightforward, but where the most confusion arises is the rolling 180-day period. It's often easiest to think of this 180-days as a moving block of time that is counted backwards from each day of staying in the Schengen Area.

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