I would strongly suggest that you complain to the European Commission and also petition the European Parliament. See http://eumovement.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/complain-effectively/ The EC may reject the complaint, but it is still worth doing to get the issue on the radar screens. I doubt complaini...
When travelling from/to the UK, you might understand why airlines are looking for a visa but for a travel within Schengen? There is no border control to pass when you land so why would Ryan air be considered of having a "visa" ? No one would check their passengers when they land. Your guess is as g...
Hello everyone, i am a non-EEA citizen and my wife is an EEA citizen, we live in Germany and i have a EEA Family Member Residence card issued under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC. In this thread i would like to talk about Airlines and their treatment of people like me especially when i am travel...
Dear all, as many of you i have an EEA Family Member Residence Card since i am Russian, living in Germany with my Spanish wife. Over the years there have been many questions and answers regarding this document, many have been resolved and many are still unclear. To bring some clarity and clear out s...
There is still one more outcome you forgot to mention, the UK might disappear before the EU does. The Scottish independence referendum is inevitable around 2014-2015. Hi docteurbenway, I didn´t "forget" this - I really didn´t know at all!! I have to say I´m thankful for this Info, really interes...
i have to say that i am very optimistic after receiving the news that they are opening infringement procedures against the UK. I mean look at Ireland... the only thing that leaves me less optimistic is this: The UK, Ireland and the Commission had these talks at the same time, since Ireland and the ...
Hello everyone, i have to say that i am very optimistic after receiving the news that they are opening infringement procedures against the UK. I mean look at Ireland, it was the same thing and now all works fine. The thing i do not understand is UKs position on the EU-Schengen situation. The UK is a...
This is getting off topic for this thread. I am happy to discuss this with you offline if you want. Send me a PM. Back to the CTA! Hi, i just edited the my post above. And this is about the CTA. To keep it simple, the point i am trying to make is: CTA and Directive 2004/38/EC, friends or enemies? H...
the wife [who has a Residence Card issued by another EU member state] might be deported, since the UK interprets the directive wrongly No way. The wife can be deported only in a very limited number of circumstances. Public security, public policy, and public health. Not having her passport with her...
The visa itself constitues "Leave to Enter", and is merely validated (or cancelled) by an IO. Therefore as long as a visa national holds a valid visa, he/she is within the law. So is your understanding that the following is correct: (1) A Russian citizen has an Irish visa and was in Ireland legally...
The weirdest thing about the CTA (Common Travel Area) is that only British or Irish citizens can benefit from it. If you take this seriously, you will come to the conclusion that the passport of anybody crossing the UK-Irish border must be checked in order to establish if this person is entitled to...
The weirdest thing about the CTA (Common Travel Area) is that only British or Irish citizens can benefit from it.... This is exactly what I deem "unequal treatment between EU-citizens" and hence >>filed a complaint with the Commission<< . There was a reply saying that it´s perfectly legal for the ...
The airline people look at my EEA Family card as if it is written in some Chinese or alien letters and then put it aside. They then go on to look through my passport to find my old student visa... Sounds familiar. It was the same with my wife. We adopted the following strategy: Hand over family-mem...
...The only additional thing i want to ask you and anyone who can help, is to assist me in finding a link to this passage... It is a direct quote from the UK law: Regulation 11.4 of The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 . Please check against any recent amendments ( http://www.i...
...The only additional thing i want to ask you and anyone who can help, is to assist me in finding a link to this passage... Hi docteurbenway, if you read my post again, you´ll see this: ...See >>here<< how to pass these checks... I suggest you follow the rabbit - eerrgh link ;) Hi, yes i read thi...
When I last flew this route in 2009, there were definitely passport checks being run for all arriving passengers. Also tried it in 2008 and there were passport checks. I´m neither British nor Irish so I can´t try, however I´d love to know how this is supposed work: The Common Travel Area means t...
...I do understand that there is no land control between The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (much like between Holland and Germany for example). So crossing into Northern Ireland should be easy. Now you said that if we take a flight from Belfast to lets say London there is no passport con...
So, it took a grand total of 5 working days to process my application and another week for them to send it back to me. My application was successful. So, should anybody else need this information, I submitted the normal abridged marriage certificate issued at the ceremony along with a copy of the m...
So, i looked into the application form and it was 27 pages long with question and supporting documents about every single aspect of your private and financial life. All of that for a short tourism trip? This is totally against the spirit of Directive 2004/38/EC. I think it is 17 pages. It looks ove...
Hi everyone, here is my story i am a Russian national, married to a Spanish national. We got married in Spain. We live and work in Germany. I have an EEA Family Member card issued by Germany. We wanted to go visit a some friends of my wife who live in the UK and also do a short tourism trip to Irela...
