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Clearing up the confusion over passports and visas for non-UK military families overseas

AFF received more than 250 enquiries last year from non-UK families about postings overseas. Concerns over expired visas and home country passports, as well as confusion about what’s required to travel to an...

Visa verification

AFF’s F&C team and the Home Office have worked together to resolve an issue which has been particularly affecting spouses of Gurkha soldiers who enlist on a 12-year contract. Spouses who are applying to en...

The Visa Journey

Main photo: Hemraj Gharti Magar and family The opportunity to live overseas should be an exciting one but for some Foreign & Commonwealth families it can be a complex proposition. Here, our F&C speci...

Visa and citizenship options on transition

FROM securing future employment to worrying about housing and finances, a raft of responsibilities await soldiers transitioning to civilian life. But for F&C personnel and British troops with F&C fami...