Thanks Doc for the link, there seem to be ways around indeed, yet we're not sure how to exploit those as in September we'll be travelling to London to a trade fair likely carrying commercial goods so we don't want to antagonize the customs. Still thinking the issue over anyway, perhaps shipping good...

thanks all for your input, we're looking into several directions now including foreign embassies but only the swiss ones could fit our rather busy schedule and she'd need a swiss resident permit to apply. Getting Missus a french passport would be the easiest way, and there seem to be ways to hold on...

Hi My wife, a chinese national, is entitled to a EEA family member visa to the UK which should be no problem except that the earliest date for an appointment when applying through the online process is on 10th September. Too late for us. are there any visa agency in Paris that could short cut that l...

Yankeegirl, here's a link to another thread on this same forum with many sublinks on this topic: http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=15545 I did email the citizen's signpost service to get their opinion, but anyway I'm flaggerblasted by the 2 months waiting list. I even tried the way of a p...

I'm very confused here, why would she go to the to the Chinese embassy in Paris to apply for a UK visa?? She definetely is entitled to the 'family member of an EEA national" visa which is granted free of charge, yet we won't get it done on time, hence the question about travelling without it, which ...

Yes, it seems I got a bit confused about the wording, I've just double checked the exact wording, and my wife to come to UK does need a visa, of the type : "Family Member of an EEA national" , or so the US embassy asks.

Otherwise the questions raised in the OP are still the same.

Hi, We're having an issue I hadn't expected. I'm a french citizen recently married to a chinese citizen. We live in Paris but I do quite a bit of business in London. Besides taking my wife on vacation there mid august, I'd NEED her to come along to a trade fair in London beginning of September. We t...

We're very much concerned by this topic at the moment, as i'm a french citizen recently married to a chinese citizen. We live in Paris but I do quite a bit of business in London. Besides taking my wife on vacation there, I'd NEED her to come along to a trade fair in London beginning of September. We...