Was your wife living properly in the UK when you got married, and then she moved back to France? Your rights as a partner of an EU citizen (initially) depend on you exercising them with her. You can get a british residence permit if she is living here with you. If the wife is no longer living in the...
The new Schengen visa fees will be 60 euros, starting at latest 1 January 2007. Visa for people who are close family of an EU citizen (spouse, child, etc...) remain free (as per Directive 2004/38/EC) Applying now means you get the old price! ----------- The announcement was at: COUNCIL DECISION of 1...
Questions: What citizenship do you have? What have you studied? Where are your parents and grandparents from and what citizenships do (or did) they have? (see http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/ ) You might want to talk with the career advisory office at your college who may know of opportunities fo...
A couple of ideas which may help... (1) You may want to call the Polish embassy and talk to the consular affairs section. Explain the situation, and ask if they can contact the french embassy to clarify what the problem is with a Polish ID card. (2) Call the french embassy. (Stay very very calm as y...
The Commission has published some follow-up material to Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) http://www.eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.d...
I think they can give you advice, but I do not think they can directly do anything themselves.
If you do find a good way to resolve it or move it forward, please share the results here. Only by sharing and pooling our experiences will this stuff get resolved.
A wonder free EU resource is a legal information service that they offer on their web site. You can find the english language version at http://europa.eu.int/citizensrights/signpost/front_end/index_en.htm I have submitted a question to them and got called about 4 days later by an EU lawyer in the co...
The UK implementation law for Directive 2004/38/EC is STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2006 No. 1003 IMMIGRATION The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 As HTML http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20061003.htm As PDF http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/uksi_20061003_en.pdf On the visa form they ask...
Ah, it looks like you can write to the Spanish embassy in London with a copy of all your application materials, and they will write back to you with an appointment.
According to a reasonable interpretation 2004/38/CE, your wife should not need a visa to go to the UK if she has a form of "residence card" issued by the Spanish government. On the other hand, the UK (and Ireland) have both carefully written their national implementing legislation to specify that sh...
Why make a simple thing complicated? Surely it's a lot better to just get the permit before leaving for the UK? I think there are lots of reasons to get the EEA family permit in advance, and I am sure that if they provide quick fast service and make it easy and cheap for people to obtain the EEA pe...
Many of the EU countries require appointments before granting free visas to spouses of EU citizens. It may be worth making up a list of free ways of getting those required appointments. The German embassy in London has a normal London number for Spouses (and families!) of EU Nationals Spouses of EU ...
Because neither of them is a British citizen, they will not be able to use the 3 year option. But we agree that if getting citizenship for him is a core goal for them, then it is worth considering alternatives to the EEA basis for residency. Arriving as a tourist with an intention to stay longer in ...
But the EEA Family Permit is not permanent residence! Thank you for the correction. But why wait 5 years when one could be a British citizen within 3 years by obtaining a spouse visa? Citizenship is a whole other topic. But in thinking about it, I don’t think there is any normal way for either of t...
If he wants "permanent residence status" right away, then the EEA Family Permit may be worth checking out. And that is useful if he wants to start the clock ticking now for the 5 year residence requirement for UK citizenship. But if he just wants to work and live, it is not needed. First, I think th...
You are in a really simple position. All you need to do is get on a plane and fly to Europe. That is all. You do not need to apply for anything. As the partner of an EU citizen, you have very similar rights to your wife (though your rights are initially dependent on her also exercising them). Your ...
I just found this thread. Thank you Steve and thanks to your wife for investing the time and dealing with the hassle to carry this through!! Can I ask, is there content from the EU letter than you could share with us? And how did you make contact with them? Just to note, the Irish implementation of ...
