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 ...
If it is your first Schengen visa, it is probably unlikely that you will get a long term muliple entry visa. I didn't, my visa was only valid for the duration of my holiday. As spouse of BC, your visa should be issued free of charge (except for the VFS handling fee) provided all your paperwork is i...
Why go to VFS? Under the Schengen visa rules you are entitled to a direct application. See article 17 of the Schengen visa directive 810/2009/EC . Embassies should also state the right of direct applications on their website. The Visa handbook explains this: 4.4. Direct access Maintaining the possib...
