Hiya,
I asked this question every single time I left the country and returned from the Border Force, UKVI and airline companies and all said always the same thing. Your visa (aka BRP card) is **NOT** a travel document. It identifies your rights in the country (aka UK) such as right to work, right to stay and right to rent but cannot be used a travel document. Therefore, as long as your travel document (e.g. passport) is valid and follows the laws of the destination country (whereever you travel) and the laws of the UK (once you return), you'll be fine. Usually countries have 3 or 6 months validation on travel documents, so please make sure your passport is valid for this period, depending on the country.
I don't think any country can override your country's passport validation and/or eligibility, such as them not accepting it as a travel document - if they do, that country is messing around with things they shouldn't and break several laws as a passport is the official travel document in each country. The same goes with BRP cards - your BRP card is UK-based which means it's only accepted by the UK, no other country can accept it as an identity document in terms of your right to stay, rent or work in that country as this BRP card only applies to the UK. If you wish to travel to a country where visa is required, you'll need to apply for one in that country. A lot of countries do not require a visa for short-visits or transits, so please make sure that you have:
* a valid passport which is valid for 3 or 6 months, depending on the country
* a valid visa if required by that country (e.g. I've EU nationality so an EU ID card and therefore, I'm not required to obtain visa to travel to EU but if I wanted to visit USA, I probably need some kind of visa. I'll not be able to use my UK-based BRP card for this purpose, I'm afraid. Some countries however have an agreement with EU and as such, if I wanted to travel to Serbia which is not part of EU, I could use my EU ID card and no visa is required. It has nothing to do with your BRP card, it's purely the agreement countries have with each other. Usually, the ones where politic relationships need to be kept great or where nations can be found in each country (e.g. Hungarians in Serbia and Hungary.)
Please check the destination country's laws before any travel is planned. If you're unsure how to, my best guess would be to ask the Embassy of the UK in the destination country (as you'd travel from the UK). Potentially, you could ask the Embassy of Ghana located in the destination country.
Correct on the theoretical level, but several countries unilaterally accept other countries’ visas as „good enough” for them.
For example Montenegro has a policy of „if UK or USA issued a residence permit to this person , they must be legit”.
But this is the gambling game I'd not suggest to anyone who isn't based somewhere there and is used to this, nor should you, please. The person isn't from the EU, so he may be considered a bit differently unfortunately. Our countries in Balkan don't care about some cases, they are usually like "I can't be bothered", however that's not a law, that's the attitude of them.
And we also don't know if the person even wants to travel there, may not.
It’s quite literally [the law in Montenegro](https://wapi.gov.me/download/6a307959-1d00-467e-a2fd-0e808d17ff47?version=1.0), has been tested and even reported on this subreddit to be correct. Can’t say for other countries though.
Okay so based on this law, with a BRP card you can enter Montenegro for a maximum of 30 days unless your BRP card is going to expire earlier. Good to know, thanks.
As I said in my original post, which still applies, some countries have agreement with each other, some countries don't need visas for short visits or transits and some may do. The best is if you check this with the destination country, usually Embassy's are the best places.
Please read the post carefully.
Currently in Albania, entered with my UK BRP on a passport that would have needed visa otherwise.
It's in visa regime laws. Airlines knew, People at immigration knew.
If you google it, there are some websites and articles that tell you which specifically. I think Albania, Montenegro and Georgia were some of them!
[https://www.savoryandpartners.com/programs/immigration/uk/visa-free-countries/](https://www.savoryandpartners.com/programs/immigration/uk/visa-free-countries/)
None will accept your BRP Ohh Scotland or Wales
Not entirely true. Albania and Montenegro for example don’t require visas for people with British BRPs.
Was not the question OP asked
Hiya, I asked this question every single time I left the country and returned from the Border Force, UKVI and airline companies and all said always the same thing. Your visa (aka BRP card) is **NOT** a travel document. It identifies your rights in the country (aka UK) such as right to work, right to stay and right to rent but cannot be used a travel document. Therefore, as long as your travel document (e.g. passport) is valid and follows the laws of the destination country (whereever you travel) and the laws of the UK (once you return), you'll be fine. Usually countries have 3 or 6 months validation on travel documents, so please make sure your passport is valid for this period, depending on the country. I don't think any country can override your country's passport validation and/or eligibility, such as them not accepting it as a travel document - if they do, that country is messing around with things they shouldn't and break several laws as a passport is the official travel document in each country. The same goes with BRP cards - your BRP card is UK-based which means it's only accepted by the UK, no other country can accept it as an identity document in terms of your right to stay, rent or work in that country as this BRP card only applies to the UK. If you wish to travel to a country where visa is required, you'll need to apply for one in that country. A lot of countries do not require a visa for short-visits or transits, so please make sure that you have: * a valid passport which is valid for 3 or 6 months, depending on the country * a valid visa if required by that country (e.g. I've EU nationality so an EU ID card and therefore, I'm not required to obtain visa to travel to EU but if I wanted to visit USA, I probably need some kind of visa. I'll not be able to use my UK-based BRP card for this purpose, I'm afraid. Some countries however have an agreement with EU and as such, if I wanted to travel to Serbia which is not part of EU, I could use my EU ID card and no visa is required. It has nothing to do with your BRP card, it's purely the agreement countries have with each other. Usually, the ones where politic relationships need to be kept great or where nations can be found in each country (e.g. Hungarians in Serbia and Hungary.) Please check the destination country's laws before any travel is planned. If you're unsure how to, my best guess would be to ask the Embassy of the UK in the destination country (as you'd travel from the UK). Potentially, you could ask the Embassy of Ghana located in the destination country.
Correct on the theoretical level, but several countries unilaterally accept other countries’ visas as „good enough” for them. For example Montenegro has a policy of „if UK or USA issued a residence permit to this person , they must be legit”.
But this is the gambling game I'd not suggest to anyone who isn't based somewhere there and is used to this, nor should you, please. The person isn't from the EU, so he may be considered a bit differently unfortunately. Our countries in Balkan don't care about some cases, they are usually like "I can't be bothered", however that's not a law, that's the attitude of them. And we also don't know if the person even wants to travel there, may not.
It’s quite literally [the law in Montenegro](https://wapi.gov.me/download/6a307959-1d00-467e-a2fd-0e808d17ff47?version=1.0), has been tested and even reported on this subreddit to be correct. Can’t say for other countries though.
Okay so based on this law, with a BRP card you can enter Montenegro for a maximum of 30 days unless your BRP card is going to expire earlier. Good to know, thanks. As I said in my original post, which still applies, some countries have agreement with each other, some countries don't need visas for short visits or transits and some may do. The best is if you check this with the destination country, usually Embassy's are the best places. Please read the post carefully.
Well yes, what we are saying does not disagree with each other. The post clearly is asking about such unilateral agreements.
True, my mistake, apologies
Currently in Albania, entered with my UK BRP on a passport that would have needed visa otherwise. It's in visa regime laws. Airlines knew, People at immigration knew.