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frei · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:59 am Post subject: German EU spouse visa

Hi guyz, Could anyone who has knowledge about the german implementation of the directive kindly assist with the necessary information.
I am a ghanian married to a British citizen, we applied for an accompany eu citizen visa at the german embassy in Ghana, though it was a straight forward application, just that the visa office said I have to purchase insurance which is mandatory for all applications. I purchased an insurance for a month and was subsequently issued a Visa for the insured period with the following wordings (Familienangehoriger Eines UnionSburgers/EWR-burgers)

My wife, however has travelled to germany before me , to make arrangements for accomondation, my questions now are :

With the wordings on the Visum stamp, do we actually have to travel to Germany together or I could be joining her in germany.

Secondly would I be able to get an extension for my one month visa once in germany before being issued a residence card.

And lastly, do we need to legalize our marriage certificate from Ghana ahead before moving to Germany.

Thank you

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: Re: German EU spouse visa

frei · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:07 am Post subject:

Thanks a lot Directive, I will revert to you if i have further questions. Do you know if in Germany EU citizens and their family members qualify for free German course. Thank you

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 12:09 pm Post subject:

There was a (if I remember the name) "Handbook for Germany" which the government put online.

It was talking about free language course for foreigners. Interestingly
it recommended that European citizens take advantage of the courses, but said that if the local city did not have space or did not let you in, that you should sue them.
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Majeztic · Junior Member Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 37

frei · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:18 am Post subject:

Thanks guyz for your inputs.

frei · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject:

I would need you guyz to kindly advice me as my situation has slightly changed, I am now in Germany with my wife, we are staying with family as we are still house hunting at the moment.

My wife is 3 months pregnant, she would not be able to exercise her treaty rights for some time by being in paid employment for this reason, I am however searching for job, attended some interviews, and am hopeful. My questions are as below:

If I do secure a job, can i still apply for residence card on the basis that my wife would be self sufficient, or how would this play out.

or we do not have a right to be here as it stands, its not very clear to me at this time, could anyone who knows of this kindly advice.

Thank you.

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:09 pm Post subject:

frei · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:40 am Post subject:

Thanks Directive, we do have some savings actually am not sure how that will play out, we have some savings of around EUR3000, and my wife will be getting maternity benefit from Ireland for at least 6 months as she has been working there for over a year.

My wife will try and look for job, just unsure due to her condition employer will be less willing to give her a job. Do we have to use the service of a lawyer or we could apply by ourselves.

We were told at the foreign office that one of us must find a job, and that if my one month visa expires before securing a job (normally) I have to go back to Ghana and reapply to enter, but he was careful with his choice of words as he wasnt asking me to go back even if the one month expires.

Thank you.

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:51 am Post subject:

frei · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:15 am Post subject:

Thanks a lot Directive, I will keep you posted on how things evolve. I have heard a lot about how rigid the Germans are, and the more you try to prove them wrong they might make things a little more difficult. It was a guy at the foreign office that told us we might have to leave and stuff, his English is not as such good, and I only try to avoid any conflict by trying to concur with his opinion albeit wrong.

Thank you.

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:40 am Post subject:

frei · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:31 pm Post subject:

[quote=" I am curious how you talked with somebody at the foreign office. What sort of public office was able to talk about immigration stuff? What exactly did you ask them?[/quote]

when I arrived at Munich Airport, the immigration police after seeing my visa then asked for invitation letter, I said I do not need one, she looked again, and said she needs to see something, I brought a copy of our marriage certificate attached with the change of name of my wife. She then asked are you going to the foreign office? Which I answered yes .

we went to the foreign office, and that's where the guy was saying those things, he even gave us his complimentary card, he also gave us a form for resident to fill in when we are ready, he said a lot of wrong things and as I wasn't ready to apply now it didn't really matter to me what he says.

He said on applying on the form he gave me, I will receive residence for one year, and I have to renew when it expires, and I will keep the routine for 5 years after which I will be due for permanent residence.

From my understanding I think the foreign office handles immigration related mater for foreigners.

Please do tell me if you know any website for the German government that well details the requirements for making an application under the Directives.

Thank you.

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:31 am Post subject:

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:12 pm Post subject:

Exactly what did you tell the Auslanderamt?
And what exactly did they say?
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frei · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:54 am Post subject:

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:25 am Post subject:

frei · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:11 am Post subject:

Thank you for your input, yes he said that I would only be issued residence for one year at a time, please clarify these: If I am working? will my wife need to have insurance cover? And if so Would I need to also have one? or will i be covered by the state social system as I am a contributor?

thanks

Directive/2004/38/EC · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:22 pm Post subject:

sierra · - thin ice - Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 116 Location: eu

so that means residence card can be applied any time when eu national and non eu spouse are present in country there is no requirement like that eu national needs to be exercising traety rights for 3 months before they can apply for the residnce card.
like eu national needs to be working for 3 months before they can apply the residence card or they can apply as soon as they arrive in host state and start job thanks