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The go through the posts. It's a very common question that has been answered myriad times.reddiuk wrote:I hold a British Passport and My wife holds an indian passport with UK "Indefinite leave to remain" Visa stamped on her passport back in 2005.
Does she need a Visa to travel with me to EU countries for holiday?
Sorry , I am new to this forum and not gone through the posts fully if it's already answered?
Was it correct??? '' without family member''??Richard66 wrote:"A residence card is equivalent to a Schengen visa. If you have a Schengen country residence card you can travel anywhere and (as a family member) this includes Switzerland too, with or without the family member.I think we should point out that this thread is relevant to those who live in a EU member country but outside Schengen. As far as I am aware residence permits issued by a Schengen member can substitute for a visa when travelling to another Schengen country. Is this right or are there still problems too?
Znaju situacjiju horoshoRichard66 wrote:I would not generalise this way: my wife is Russian, but the UK treats her no better than they treat you.
At least Russians are not considered "dangerous", so no undue fuss was made when she came to Italy. As we are in Schengen, we are really only exiled from the UK and Ireland, whereas if we lived in the UK we would almost be prisoners.
sam sdes:(When travelling together, you will not need a visa.denispearl wrote:Ok. Im not EU national and spouse of mine is. we both holds UK resedency stamps. I really want to go to Holland and Germany.
But Germany says ''spouse should accompany you during journey''.
Is it only the option?
This is a mystery, and even the commission has different answers to that. Sometimes it´s interpreted as "joining the partner where he lives", sometimes it´s interpreted as "joining the partner where he currently is"... If you find an answer with proof as to what´s meant here, please let us know!!denispearl wrote:What does '' joining your partner '' means.
Hi jotoia,jotoia wrote:hi all i am family member of EU national and want to travel to Poland with wife she is Polish do i need visa? Ive got UK residence card. thank you.
HI. well I know that getting the visa would be the easiest solutiona nd wouldnt mind doing that if not only one problem- i have got only 2 pages in my passport left and getting a new one could be quite tricky with Belarussian authorities, so Id rather avoid them as fire:)ca.funke wrote:When travelling together, you will not need a visa.denispearl wrote:Ok. Im not EU national and spouse of mine is. we both holds UK resedency stamps. I really want to go to Holland and Germany.
But Germany says ''spouse should accompany you during journey''.
Is it only the option?
However, some embassies don´t know that.
So my recommendation is: Find a Schengen-Embassy which doesn´t know that you don´t need a visa when travelling together. Apply with them, as the visa will be free of charge. Once you have any Schengen-visa, you can travel alone...
This is a mystery, and even the commission has different answers to that. Sometimes it´s interpreted as "joining the partner where he lives", sometimes it´s interpreted as "joining the partner where he currently is"... If you find an answer with proof as to what´s meant here, please let us know!!denispearl wrote:What does '' joining your partner '' means.
Not sure wether it due your passport, but in my case (Im not EU and wife is polish) Polish embassy did confirmed that I need a visa to go there. Strange, because if your spouse is not Poilish - you can go there without any.Hawk269 wrote:After reading on the Royal danish consular service website
http://www.amblondon.um.dk/en/menu/Cons ... Nationals/
Please note that if you hold an EU/EEA Residence Card (in the UK a sticker in the passport entitled Residence Documentation) according to Article 5 of EU Directive 38/2004, you do not need a visa for travel to Denmark. The old style stamp preceding the EU Residence Documentation sticker is also accepted for visa free travel as long as it refers to the holder being a family member of an EU/EEA national exercising Treaty Rights.
I was under the impression that if I hold a UK residence card/permit I could travel alone or with my Danish spouse to Denmark without a Dk visa (according to my understand of above). However I called the Danish immigration and Visa section in Copenhagen and i was informed by an adviser that even though I have a UK residence card/permit and married to a Danish citizen I still would need a tourist visa to travel to Denmark, this is due to fact that i have a non-European Passport.
Is this correct?
And how can I contact border police lets say of Spain???86ti wrote:The embassies do not check visas at the border, they only issue them abroad. The information on their webpage may have been made centrally by the relevant ministry. Authoriative answers would come from the member country's implementation of the Directive and the border police.
I did contact the the dept. of immigration and visa's in Denmark and they informed me that the UK is not a member of the schengen states (which is true), and I will need a visa even with a UK residence card, which in my mind contradicts Article 5 of EU Directive 38/2004 as stated on consular services website.86ti wrote:The embassies do not check visas at the border, they only issue them abroad. The information on their webpage may have been made centrally by the relevant ministry. Authoriative answers would come from the member country's implementation of the Directive and the border police.
I did called embassy of Latvia in London twice and always same answer - yes you can go to Latvia even without your partner and without visa. This is how it supposed to be!!!!Hawk269 wrote:I did contact the the dept. of immigration and visa's in Denmark and they informed me that the UK is not a member of the schengen states (which is true), and I will need a visa even with a UK residence card, which in my mind contradicts Article 5 of EU Directive 38/2004 as stated on consular services website.86ti wrote:The embassies do not check visas at the border, they only issue them abroad. The information on their webpage may have been made centrally by the relevant ministry. Authoriative answers would come from the member country's implementation of the Directive and the border police.
Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card?Hawk269 wrote:I did contact the the dept. of immigration and visa's in Denmark and they informed me that the UK is not a member of the schengen states (which is true), and I will need a visa even with a UK residence card, which in my mind contradicts Article 5 of EU Directive 38/2004 as stated on consular services website.86ti wrote:The embassies do not check visas at the border, they only issue them abroad. The information on their webpage may have been made centrally by the relevant ministry. Authoriative answers would come from the member country's implementation of the Directive and the border police.
I called them so I don't have it in writing, i mentioned the UK residence card several times. The adviser responded by saying that it doesn't matter as long as i got a non-EEA passport I need a tourist visa to travel to Denmark.Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card?
But Ive just checked website of Denmark Embassy, which clearly states: you alloud even without a partner!!!Hawk269 wrote:I called them so I don't have it in writing, i mentioned the UK residence card several times. The adviser responded by saying that it doesn't matter as long as i got a non-EEA passport I need a tourist visa to travel to Denmark.Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card?
Hence the reason for my confusion,denispearl wrote:But Ive just checked website of Denmark Embassy, which clearly states: you alloud even without a partner!!!Hawk269 wrote:I called them so I don't have it in writing, i mentioned the UK residence card several times. The adviser responded by saying that it doesn't matter as long as i got a non-EEA passport I need a tourist visa to travel to Denmark.Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card?
Whats is up?
All that I can suggest as is the same situation as with me and my Polish partner. Which means I cannot go to POland without visa even with wife, because she is Polish.Hawk269 wrote:Hence the reason for my confusion,denispearl wrote:But Ive just checked website of Denmark Embassy, which clearly states: you alloud even without a partner!!!Hawk269 wrote:I called them so I don't have it in writing, i mentioned the UK residence card several times. The adviser responded by saying that it doesn't matter as long as i got a non-EEA passport I need a tourist visa to travel to Denmark.Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card?
Whats is up?
