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Super! So Singh applies to you.bluecole2 wrote:Yes She's been working and still working.
OK, so you do not have prior experience to relax your visit. But it is a nice place. A bit cold in the winter, but spring and summer and early fall are lovely!bluecole2 wrote:I've never been to France before
I am not sure if I understand this question.bluecole2 wrote:If that's the case why can we travel to France on holiday as an eea national rather than French national and her spouse?
How much exactly did you pay for the each visa application? It should have been free.bluecole2 wrote:Suppose I plan to go to France for the weekend sometime in Jan or Feb (which will still be within 3 month of the date visa was issued) am I required to get another visa? If yes, this is why is so senseless to require a visa as this doesn't help to exercise free movement with ease.
Apparently I read some info that says the visa should be free but is wasn't for me, I had to pay twice as the first app was refused. Is France visa free for non eea national whose spouse is French?
And finally my visa is type C where do I queue(with my spouse?) and do I get my passport stamped?
You should ask for your money back. You will likely not get the money back fro TLSconnect, since you opted to use them, but you should get it back for the visas.bluecole2 wrote:I paid around 74£ for each application(2 app in total), 51£ to France embassy and 23£ to TLScontact.
I submitted-
passport with residence card stamp inside
Travel insurance
Hotel reservation/lodging attestation
3 months payslips
Bank statement
Marriage cert
Spouse passport
There required I sumitted all these or visa will be refused
The visa is type C and it doesn't have family member of ... On it.
And we're traveling together
It is illegal. That is why I suggest you request a refund (in writing) and complain like hell!bluecole2 wrote::)Reporting from Langres, France :)
Pay slips are mine.
isn't it also illegal to require such amount of documents and refuse me visa because I can provide an original lodging attestation?
Well, there should be an option of not using TLS.Plum70 wrote:BTW Directive, you mention the OP opting to use TLS contact and therefore probably not getting their fee refunded. Is there any other way to apply for a French Schengen visa except via TLS?
If the family member was required to use TLS, then also request the fees back for that. If they "decided" to do so, but had another clearly visible option, then it is their tough luck...Schengen visa processing handbook wrote:3.2. Service fee in case of outsourcing of the collection of applications
As family members should not pay any fee when submitting the application, they cannot be
obliged to obtain an appointment via a premium call line or via an external provider whose
services are charged to the applicant. Family members must be allowed to lodge their
application directly at the consulate without any costs. However, if family members decide
not to make use of their right to lodge their application directly at the consulate but to use the
extra services, they should pay for these services.
If an appointment system is nevertheless in place, separate call lines (at ordinary local tariff)
to the consulate should be put at the disposal of family members respecting comparable
standards to those of "premium lines", i.e. the availability of such lines should be of standards
comparable to those in place for other categories of applicants and an appointment must be
allocated without delay.
It is always easiest to try this when your beloved EU national is taking the same train but boards seperately from you. If you ever have any difficulty, they are close at hand!mcovet wrote:Another "tip" for those non-EEA nationals with an RC. Go with EUROSTAR!!! It has been reported to me recently that a non-EEA national with a Schengen visa and an RC card was told by the French IO at Eurostar when leaving London that he doesn't need a Schengen visa (even though he is travelling alone). He stamped his page with the RC in and not the Schengen visa. Now, it may be that the French IO was confused as to the rules, but leaving London with this RC seems to be an easy thing. No idea how easy it'd be to come back as the other side may actually know the law.
That is a combination of Murphy's law and Schrödinger's cat as applied for European free movement.mcovet wrote::D ha ha the problem is, it may work every time without any questions by IOs, when your eea is around, but won't ironically work when you travel alone, as it usually happens :D