United Kingdom passport · Family

British family-route visa options worldwide

Spouse, partner, dependent, family reunification. Filtered to family only —31 destinations covered in Visavu's verified dataset.

Featured: Ireland

Irish family visas: Spouse / Civil Partner / De Facto Partner of Irish citizen → Stamp 4 immediately (no income / language test, unlike UK). Spouse of CSEP / GEP holder → Stamp 1G dependent permit (work rights from Mar 2019 for CSEP family, GEP family from Jan 2024). Stamp 4 EUFAM for non-EU family of EU/EEA citizens exercising Treaty Rights in Ireland — fastest family route in the EU, no income test on the EU sponsor (Surinder Singh route for Irish citizens still works post-Brexit Routes Programme but requires prior residence in another EU state). Citizenship by descent (Foreign Birth Register) for grandchildren of Irish-born nationals — significant route for Irish-American + Irish-Australian + Irish-Argentine families.

Full family visa details for British citizens visiting Ireland

Easy (1)

Medium (1)

Difficult (29)

All data sourced from destination-country immigration portals. Difficulty score (1=easy, 10=hard) is computed deterministically from visa status, processing time, documentation burden, and sponsor requirements. Full United Kingdom passport overview →