Should I apply for a standard visitor visa even if I normally don't require a visa because of my frequent travels to the UK
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Like most advice given on this site, this advice is contingent on your intention to be a visitor to the UK, and to not intend to live or work in the UK. If you intend to live or work in the UK, this will not work for you, and will almost certainly result in trouble.
That said...
The UK has a Registered Traveller program for which you may be eligible, either now or in the near future. Holding a passport from Malaysia, if you have visited the UK at least four times in the previous 24 months (or if you hold a visa) you can apply for the program. This makes you eligible to use the UK/EU passport lanes and the smart entry gates. You won't have to fill in a landing card, and your immigration interviews (if any) will generally be very short. The cost of the program is £70 per year and you can apply online.
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No, getting a visa is absolutely pointless, as it won't give you more freedoms in the UK, nor does it let you stay longer.
And yes, if you lie you will be caught if they dig deeper (which they likely will, given that this will be your second 2-month visit). So definitely tell them you have a Swedish girlfriend.
You need to bring any and all proof of your ties to Malaysia (work, family, property etc.). Everything, even if that constitutes 50 pages or more, that helps answer the question "why would he return home and not just stay illegally, especially since he has a girlfriend here?"
If you're unemployed, you also need to bring solid proof of how you support yourself (including notarised statements from your source(s) of income)
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It is quite pointless applying for a visa in your particular case because the same condition which appears to be currently tripping you up with the visa-free entry is still at play even if you get a visa.
Namely:
Immigration Rules Appendix V: visitor rules
Genuine intention to visit
V 4.2 The applicant must satisfy the decision maker that they are a genuine visitor. This means that the applicant:
- (b) will not live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, or make the UK their main home;
Procuring a visa will not provide relief from that requirement. Basically the only way to eliminate the risk is to either have a very good reason for frequent/successive visits (e.g. business meetings), acquire legal residence in the UK or acquire British or EU citizenship etc. You get the idea
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