If I recall correctly, "Stamp 4" is the national Irish "leave to remain", and "Stamp EU4Fam" is the stamp for EU1. Of course the letter mentions a Stamp 4 EUFam. But from an employer's point of view it's all the same… Hi, from an employers' view here in Ireland - yes - it's the same. The big diff...
* EU-Country of worker: Germany / Belgium
* Non-EEA country of spouse: Lebanon
* Date of application for residence card for spouse: January 31st 2008
* Pending
Have been living in Ireland for 5 years before marrying.
I got a response from the Head of Unit from the Citizenship and Fundamental Rights Directorate in the EU on behalf of Mr. Frattini. He indeed confirmed in a written missive that this Regulation 3 (2) was out of line with community laws and asked me for a copy of the letter I got from the DoJ with t...
Hi archigabe / directive, thanks for the input. I contacted solvit now (wasn't that fast), including basically the same data as in the post. I already contacted them before, they weren't so helpful at the time. Let's see what happens this time. Thanks for your help / seems we're a bit in the same bo...
Here I'll outline my personal case, leaving out everything but the facts: Initial setting: German/Belgian guy (me) my wife is Lebanese we live in Ireland (currently Stamp 4 and re-entry until October for my wife) and want(ed) to travel as follows: Christmas 2007 --> Belgium (5days) March 2008 --> Be...
Applying for Schengen: according to 2004/38/EC, which is well explained on the European Commissions' website , for married couples (EU/non-EU * ) it should be enough to provide: both passports AND the marriage certificate Towards the middle of the above webpage it sais: As your right of entry is der...
If a woman marries a Turkish man in Turkey, the women automatically receives Turkish nationality. (At least it used to be like that) Hi, Read article 5 and 42 of this law: I never signed anything or made any declaration regarding Turkish nationality when we got married. So how would you interpret t...
Maybe it would be worth lodging a complaint with the EU against Germany? (As well as against the UK, see my previous post containing their emails, and against Ireland for the EU-Fam cards "prior-residency"condition?) Just FYI, my husband never lived in any other EU country before and got the 4EUFam...
Any hints on how to get a long-term multiple-entry from the beginning would be much appreciated. Thanks and regards, Christian Funke We just provided all the things they asked for in that Schengen Visa rules and they issued a multi-entry for max 1 year (depends on the expiry of your GNIB-Card. It h...
Being German myself, I am not sure why that is such a problem. Slight inconvenience...yes, but not really a problem. I much prefer having a valid Schengen Visa in my wifes passport then having to argue with the Airline Staff every time to let us board a plane to any of the Schengen States. (and tha...
I'm German with a Turkish husband who just got his 4EUFam card today. We both live and work in Ireland. I checked Germany's visa rules and it states that spouses of EU-nationals but NOT Germans who have this 4EUFam card do not need a visa if they are travelling together. Do you have a web link to w...
Do you have a web link to where it says this in Germany’s visa rules? Or the exact text of this statement? I can show you my email to the ministry of foreign affairs and their answer. It's in German though... ########################## #### my email to the ministry #### ##########################...
Hi directive, following, please find my email to the UK-visas-office, and their reply. I guess the first 2 paragraphs were inserted "individually", while the following paragraphs are standard-reply: ##################################### ##################################### #########################...
Hi Heike, I'm exactly in the same situation. (German / Lebanese) The German embassy and the ministry of foreign affairs in Berlin tell different stories, depending on who you talk to. I've heard both versions from both places. :( If anyone knows, I'd be interested in the following: (We only want to ...
