Switzerland is not a member of the EU and so the directive does not apply there. Freedom of movement does, however, and it is possible to get a free visa under similar arrangements. One can travel to Swiss on a Schengen visa , IMO. A visa national is required to have a Schengen visa for Switzerland...

I agree that those 'expert levels' should go away. Awarding credentials by way of a simple account based counter is obviously silly and doesn't tell us anything about the person behind the account. For the 'Guru' there is apparently no way to delete the status except creating a new account. But I do...

So you are saying that those terms are conditional on each other? Where does it say so?

I suggest not to speculate on processing times. Whatever people here say, those are individual cases and you can't be sure that those are in any way representative for the overall process (as far as I am aware of there are ten thousands of applications each year). I suppose you know that you can ask...

No. Work restrictions must be lifted no later than 7 years after accession. That's about the host member state and not about Croatia.

There should be no immigration checks within the Schengen area (except for special events). But having ID is compulsory in some member states (I do not know about Spain and Sweden). Also, airlines most likely will insist on some form of ID which a UK RC is probably not.

See related link. What documents did they ask for?

I just read that the restrictions for workers will essentially be the same as they were for the A7 and A2 countries. This means that each member state can impose such restrictions for up to 7 years (2+3+2 model). After 5 years the member state would have to justify the restrictions. Whether the UK w...

It's really pointless to speculate how fast an application will be. Nobody here seems to know how the UKBA actually organizes the process. Straightforwardness is a useless metric when your application needs to wait in a queue preceded with non-straightforward applications. Backlog is one obvious exp...

As Croatia and the EU countries have signed the Treaty of Accession back in December (though not all member states have yet ratified it) the conditions under which Croatia will accede have been set already. Except for transitional measures Croatia will be a full member of the Union which obviously a...

I think we cannot expedite CoA since UKBA will release CoA when they feel your application satisfied them. I'm not sure if I can follow that. The purpose of a CoA is simply to confirm application. Some pre-checks will be necessary though. So I guess I simply cannot work since I have no evidence to ...

So is he in the UK right now? That would mean that you don't have to deal with the EEA FP but only with the Residence Card.

Maternity leave is a benefit paid to workers and upholds their status. I do not know how the UK unis work but wouldn't you just still be a student? If you were to be classified as self-sufficient person you would also need CSI for both of you instead of just for you. What will your husband be doing?...

The EEA regulations are an entirely different and self-contained law. Either one applies or the other. There is no mix-and-match. A non-Britsh (and non-Irish, I believe) national can only make use of the UK immigration rules when they have obtained permanent residency and they are considered as 'set...

How much time are you willing to put into this? Reapply and you loose the time those applications take at your embassy if refused again (that embassy may have a general negative view on dependancy). Appeal, expect the ECM to uphold the original decision and probably wait for months until the tribuna...

As an Irish national wishing to cross the border to another member state the Directive applies. The relevant parts are Article 5 and 6, and Section 2 in the German implementation (see points 5 and 6). Have you raised this point with them?

In theory, you should be able to make use of the free movement directive. This means that passports, marriage and birth certificates should be sufficient. You should also not need to pay for the visa. In practice, the embassy may not subscribe to this. Have you checked their embassy web page?

If you still work on April 5 the employer is required to give you a P60.

Don't you have any payslips anymore? Can you get a letter from your previous employer(s)?

Of course, papers should always be in order. But it is not unusual that ferry ports are unmanned. Some of them rarely.

According to Article 17 in the Visa Code a service fee is possible but I would understand point 5 therein that the visa application can still be done directly with the embassy (and that's independent of the Directive).

I have read plenty of posts involving gurus, moderators, eu directive (forum members) who try to be expert in giving advice despite having plenty of misakes. Please show us some of those plenty mistakes as that may help to increase the quality of this forum. Its better to read the relevant law and ...

There is only one relevant Schengen visa and that's the type C visa. The C visa can be issued for up to five years but you would have to argue with the embassy as to why you need a longer valid visa. See Article 24 in the Visa Code. If you plan to stay for longer at your new property maybe the Frenc...

Normally six months in a year. Study as an important reason allows a single absence of up to one year. But check if the Spanish have transposed this correctly. The residence requirements for Spanish citizenship may follow different criteria.

The Lithuanian embassy in London confirms (Lithuania allows that only from July this year!!!) visa free travel under the conditions you meet. The Timatic database from the IATA also clarifies this point. It is just not clear what reference database/book those budget airlines use.

Viennalove, I joined this forum solely so I could refute the absolutely ridiculous, unfounded responses you got to your questions. What exactly are you referring to? I would like to know that too. For someone who claims to have gone through a "law program" you seem to act rather carelessly. You app...