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He will need an entry visa to Belgium. He doesn't need a work permit as his rights are automatic through the marriage to and EEA national, i.e. in principle he can work immediately (in practice it may be a problem to find an employer knowing about the fact). He will, however, need to apply for a Residence Card which confirms the rights he will already have.IndoUsfamily wrote:As the husband of an EU member, what does he need to do as far as visa, work permit etc?
Together, yes under EU laws. Otherwise under national legislation which may be difficult to nearly impossible. Not sure about cross border work which means you are both resident in one state but the non-EEA family member commutes regularly to another member state for work (should be no problem for the EEA national except for taxation).IndoUsfamily wrote:Would he be also be able to live and work and move around Europe as easily as I can?
Hi Directive, long time no hear,Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:...The non-EU family member(s) should have an entry visa...
What will become the status of your 4EUfam once you obtain Belgium Resident Card. I gathered you can apply for permanent resident card 3 years after the issuing of a Resident Card. Can you confirm this. Where you also able to get into france Visa Free aswellca.funke wrote:Hi Directive, long time no hear,Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:...The non-EU family member(s) should have an entry visa...
a more theoretical remark about the entry-visa:
The thing is that you need it to be physically able to get to Belgium, as from India there will no doubt be multiple checks which cannot be passed without a visa...
...however, if you manage to get to Belgium without a visa by any means you can stay there ever after: Living proof is myself: I entered Belgium via France arriving from Ireland on a 4EUFam-card. We then registered at the local townhall, and that was basically it.
Unfortunately it took the Belgians 6 months to issue the residence-card, which can cause much-discussed problems.
Regards from Zürich,
Christian
Actually - no idea. We kept the 4EUFam-card just in case we want to go back to Ireland to visit some folks there. We assume that we would be allowed to travel... But didn't try it lately...Obie wrote:What will become the status of your 4EUfam once you obtain Belgium Resident Card.
Again - no idea. We just registered in Belgium so we can travel within Schengen freely - that was a temporary solution between jobs (I switched from Ireland to Switzerland, but had 6 months off in between and we wanted to explore Europe a bit...) This didn't work out quite as well as expected, as it took the Belgians 6 months to give us the bloody card - so we entered and exited Schengen with 4EUFam a few times, what a hassleObie wrote:I gathered you can apply for permanent resident card 3 years after the issuing of a Resident Card. Can you confirm this.
Yes - but maybe that was luck: (Here comes the fairy-tale:)Obie wrote:Where you also able to get into france Visa Free aswell
Nice to be back more regularly. I have somehow not had much time recently, but have more now! Plus it is lovely long summer days.ca.funke wrote:Hi Directive, long time no hear
How would they check how long we've been away?Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:...The 4EUFam card are valid for up 6 months away from Ireland...
I can't imagine GNIB will ever be organized enough to know.ca.funke wrote:How would they check how long we've been away?
I wonder if that is not somewhat of a grey area. If a family clearly indents to stay in another member state wouldn't that mean that the RC of the old member state becomes invalid?Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:The 4EUFam card are valid for up 6 months away...