Concerning Schengen: A residency can be issued for various purposes: relationship by marriage to a local, relationship to unmarried local (IMHO its silly to set marriage or official registrated partnership as a requirement, what's wrong with bf & gf living together, I'm glad the Dutch don't have suc...
I can 't find any info on the Swedish immigration website either, that's a pity. Try sending an e-mail instead. But basically your wife returns and will be seen as a person excersising her freedom of movement rights because she lived in an other EU nation. You can come with her, keep you UK permit w...
Quick reply (for now, short on time): if she returns to Sweden she and you will still be excersising freedom of movement and you can apply for a Swedish ressidence card that says " family member of an EU/EEA national". See Directive 2004/38/EC and read through the first pages. This is also known as ...
You can chose where you apply, external service providers are entirely optional for Schengen visa applicants. You can chose to go to VFS if you prefer (and pay a handservice ling fee, still a free visa though) OR apply directly at the embassy ad get the visa for free. VFS and TLS are just handling a...
] Hi, please could I get some advice. My wife and step daughter are Thai nationals, who have recently been granted 'Residence Permits'. I see a lot of mentions of EEA Residence Cards and am wondering if these are the same thing? The cards are valid for 3 years and have printed on the front 'Leave to...
The visa itself doesn't become void it can only expire on the date printed. Aslong as you don't exceed 90 days over the past 180 days you are fine and can travel around the Schengen area untill the visa expires. When it does expire, get a new one for free.
Quick reply (Have no time to go into detail right now, sorry): as a spouse joining a EU citizen you are entiled to a free visa and with no financial requirements. The French should give this info too (visa for EU/EAA family member). See this topic right below this one with various explinations: http...
You're welcome. Ah good to hear you didn't get screwed over by the Greeks. ;) As a general rule of thumb embassies should consider issuing a multi entry visa on the third application: frequent and bona fite travellers can get a multiple entry visa (MEV). Depending on the embassy they may automstical...
You won't need a new visa untill your multiple entry visa (printed by the Greeks) expires. When your visa expires in the future you could ask for a new visa, which should be free. Just like your visa to Greece should have been free if you IDed yourself as a family member joining the EU/EAA national....
1) A Schengen visa is valid in all member states, there is a field saying such ( valid in: Schengen states). Unless it was issues with a restriction, then it will contain the country code(s) instead. So you can visit France. Don't forget that you can only stay 90 days within a rolling 180 day period...
Thanks Dale. :) Indeed is astonishing and hard to believe. I wasn't aware either when my girl came to see me 3 years ago on a visa (now lives with me so no more visa's). Only at the end of last year did I found out when I saw some immigration lawyer on a forum telling an OP who posted about the love...
Yes an embassy may use an appointment system (which is fine as long as they offer an appointment within 2 weeks, that is not always the case though). Such a system can be outsourced but even then direct access including appointments must be maintained. And/or they may use an external service provide...
regulation 810/2009, the Schengen community code on visa, begs to differ, it states that direct access must be maintained for applicants. That means all applicants and that VFS is entirely optional. The same code also says that the public should be informed correctly, being vague on direct applicati...
Since you are a EU and EAA national your spouse should be able to join you in Belgium with ease. Check info on EU/EAA family members. The EU has a page on travel to the EU and migration aswell, covering rights of non EU family too (free visa, almost no documents required etc.). - http://europa.eu/in...
You can find more info here: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/visa-policy/index_en.htm It contains a PDF with the Schengen Visa Code and two handbooks, the second -smaller- handbook explains more clearly about direct access. They are very informative and if ...
Apply for a EEA family permit (this is free of charge) for the country you are visiting. This will allow you exercise EEA treaty rights and not have to bother with a schengen visa. Again, not for a holiday. Schengen visa is required and should be issued free to spouse of British Citizens. It should...
You're welcome, depending on the outcome you may wish to contact Solvit aswell (the EU ombudsman). Or tell the European Commission about your experience, especially if they broke any rules. For instance the embassy should communicate that VFS is optional, as per rule 17 (point 5?) of the Schengen ru...
Glad to hear you got your visa, too bad about VFS... That's why it's better to apply DIRECTLY with an Schengen embassy or consulate, which you are entitled too. Companies such as VFS and TLS are entirely optional. In this case you could have gone directly to the Spanish consulate in London in which ...
Did you get your visa? I think you should complain once you know the decision regarding the visa application. Though I'm at loss why they would make you wait outiside the embassy. I suppose the dirty benches are not of the embassy but the municipality so the Belgians won't clean them. Fair enough bu...
I would contact the embassy again, since 1) TLS says it has no information anymore (perhaps they have thrown anything they received in the bin straight away?) 2) TLS is entirely optional, you are entitled to do everything via the embassy (appointment, application, questions), most certainly question...
Best of luck mate and save travels. Most of the EU webpages and laws (directives, regulations) are available in most EU languages. You should be able to get the text in French or Dutch aswell if that makes things easier. Those official regulations are dull boring texts, so reading them in the langua...
Having already contacted the Austrian embassy here in Lima, we have been told that my wife needs to provide personal financial accreditation/employment record, travel insurance valid for the Schengen territory and duration of travel visa, as well as proof of accommodation in Malta. I believe this t...
According to the EI High Court of Justice 3 months is sufficient, though you ofcourse need to have your center of life in the other EU state. So that means actual ressidency there, finding a job etc. See the ecent case (march-april 2014?) of the ECJ: O v The Netherlands (Case C-456/12). Though I dou...
- I wonder if Darat has a UK spouse, in that case the visa should have been free, issued within 15 days and with minimal docs (show family relations, passports of both partners, something that shows you will be traveling to an other EU country together). - How long it took to process the visa, by de...
If the embassy respects the EU rules then it should tell you exactly what is or is not required. You can also find the info here: http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_en.htm Basically you'll need to show that 1) you are family (by marriage, provide the marriage ...
