If you are an EU national living in your own country and never excercised your freedom of movement rights (living or working in an other EU/EEA state for atleast 3 months and had your family join you there), then your family holds regular UK residence permits and not a residence card "citizen o...
Spain and all other embassies must allow for direct requests for applications and grant them within 2 weeks of the request. It's called right of direct access and covered by article 17 of the Visa Code. An explination can be found on the EU Home Affairs website, the second -smaller- handbook. Thus t...
If you do not a "family member of a citizen of the union/EU/EEA" card it's best to apply for a visa. Since you are family of an EU/EEA (UK) national traveling together to Spain, the visa should be free, minimal documentation and processed ASAP (2 weeks max). You can go either via VFS (they...
You probably wol be allright. As for the Spanish: VFS is entirely optional, all applicants can deal with the Spanish embassy directly for appointments, most certainly EU/EEA family members. And an appontment must be granted within 2 weeks. If this is not the case they are violating the Schengen visa...
Great, but if you and nobody else complaints to the French (embassy and ministry) and Solvit or EU Commission nothing will ever change. You could have send an e-mail or phone call to actual French staff (officers), rather then giving in to incompetent locally hired people who apparany are not traine...
The requirement for short stay (90 days or less) visitors to report to the Aliens Police has been abolishedalmost a year ago: per 1-1-14. Hotels used to forward a copy of the passport to the Aliens Police to report the visitor, those who stayed at private accomodation had to use a website or report ...
Errr?? Just check the Belgium embassies website for instructions, apply directly at the embassy (why would anyone go through VFS/TLS for a Schengen visa??) -make an appointment by mailing the embassy, you should get one within 2 weeks max- and if the application is complete it should take 15 calenda...
I send the PM (which basically is a copy of my post in this topic) in the hope you might get an e-mail. A coplaint doesn't take that long, you could more or less copy/paste your message from this topic and send it the adresses below (don't send them to any outsourced partners, that's a waste of time...
the Spanish authorities deny that additional documents such as hotel and flight reservations are being requested. Spanish Embassy (London) http://es.vfsglobal.co.uk/london/eea_documentsrequired.html Proof of joint travel to Spain (i.e. confirmed, paid tickets to travel to Spain both for the applica...
That the pasport will expire in less then 3 months is not relevant either for EU/EEA applications. You could contact Solvit and complain to the embassy, French MoFA and notify the EU. Even an expired passport does not mean you cuoldn't gain entry though that would certainly complicate things to a le...
Thanks for sharing! I wouldn't have expected Easyjet to let her board (most airliners still don't know about the Directive or because they don't want to risk a fine and costs for returning passengers that may be declined at the border simply often chose to decline boarding). Anyway you should compla...
In theory it shouldn't be that hard if you as the EU national are self sufficient (or better yet, have a job), as per Direcitve 2004/38/EC (freedom of movement). In practise I don't know how easy/difficult the Spaniards are. http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/residence/documents-formalities/non-eu...
Yes, it's best you do since a visa does not guarantee access at the border and a border guard could always ask you to show that you meet all the requirements (suffucient funds, insurance etc.).
Well, if you yourself chose to use the services of VFS, then they can charge a service fee, but as you probably know, these external services providers are entirely optional and the embassy has to inform people that they can either apply directly (also for appointment reservations) OR chose the exte...
You would be suprised to know how many embassies, borderguards let alone airport staff seem unaware or unwilling of the directive. Not all memberstates apply the directive correctly or incooperate the directive correctly. The UK visa and immigration laws violate the directive on Freedom of Movement ...
That is a violation of the directive (2004/38/EC). The visa cannot be denied unless they genuinly believe there is no true family relation (scam marriage). Previous Overstay, reasons for return, funds, hotel reservations etc. are not required and cannot be used to deny the visa. A visa should be iss...
Indeed but it's always best to get a visa in advance. Issued for free, as soon as possible (max 15 calendar days, if an appointment is required for an application it should be granted within 2 weeks). If you don't, expect a lot of hassle and possibly unlawful denial to board!
AFAIK the islands are part of the Schengen area and your wife has a normal Spanish residence permit. Question is why she does not have one that says she is a family member of an EU/EEA citizen. As a Brit (or any other EU national except Spaniards in Spain) your direct family from outside the EU shou...
See the sticky on EU/EEA family members. You should have a " family member of EU/EEA national" resident card issieud by the UK. You can travel visa free to other EU/EEA nations.
- Your wife probably has no Spanish residence card that says she is a family member of an EU/EEA citizen (not sure of Spanish residence cards for the Canary Islands are different from the Mainland, for the Spanish Mainland she'd be entitled to a " family member of EU/EEA citizen" RC)? if s...
It is up to the embassy, commonly they issue a Multiple Entry Visa (MEV) after the second or third application but it seems to depend from embassy to embassy and more specifically the applicantion. If you can convince them that you will return frequently to to Schengen area they may issue a MEV for ...
It would be nice to know your nationality. Are you from the EU/EEA (except Spain) such as from the UK, France, Germany etc? Then the whole bank and employement questions do not apply since she will be considered a family member of an EU/EEA citizen and is covered by the EU directive on freedom of mo...
You did right, you should be fine. Know that: - TLS and VFS are entirely optional for all applicants, especially EU/EEA family member applicants. And that embassies should clearly mention that you have the option of chosing between going via an external service provider (TLS, VFS) or dealing only wi...
You have two options (for both regular applications or EU/EEA spouse applications): 1) A direct application via the embassy thus bypassing VFS or TLS all together. Most embassies require you to make an appointment for this. An appointment must be granted to you within 2 weeks of the request being ma...
