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You don't mention what your nationality is. Until we know this your post doesn't mean a thing!p0k3r wrote:Greetings,
Thought I would share my recent experience with you all. I am a non-EEA citizen with a residence permit (endorsed on passport) issued in the UK. I recently travelled to Milan with my unmarried EU partner on holiday - short visit. No problems at all - they simply stamped my passport on entry - and again on exit. I believe they scanned the bar code etc on the endorsedment before putting the stamp on. This made me wonder what it revealed, that they did not even bother to ask me any questions that they naturally should/could/would have! They did not even ask me if I was travelling with my partner.
We are planning another trip n the near future; this time to visit other Schengen countries on holiday. However, on reading many of the posts on this board it made me wonder why some non-EEA family members of EU members (with residence permits) were applying for Schengen visas in the first place!
Given that if one particular Schengen state, in this instance Italy, allowed non-EEA family members entry without the requirement of a Schengen Visa, could it then be argued that the other Schengen states should also to do so without a SV?
I ask because, if ever in future, I travel to other Schengen states and would encounter any sort of problem on entry, I could simply show the immigration officer stamps on my passport which prove that another Schengen state allowed me entry based on my UK issued residence permit - and could insist that they too were obliged to do the same.
I also feel that it would beat the point of the EU Directive if non-EEA FMoEU citizens went and applied for a SV if they were already in possession of a valid residence permit - which actually in effect - acts as a short-term visa for under 3 months.
Anyone care to share their experience or thoughts on this subject?
Kind regards
For some of us it is because there are countries in the EU that don't recognise our partners as spouses.Fairtrade wrote:I was thinking the same thing. Why are people still applying for schengen visas if they are travelling with their EU spouses and have all the supporting documents to proof it?