sierra wrote:hi i have posted this message in european forum as well .
i am spouse of british citizen our marriage is registerd in pakistan and we are living together in pakistan for about 14 months now. my husband is non eea national . from pakistan
now we want to visit ireland or france i got in touch with irish embassy and they are asking for all usuall stuff like bank statemant and other stuff for a toursit visa for 30 days.
as british citizen do i need to work before in eu before i can bring my husband with me to eea or ireland only to accompany me for 30 days .thanks and please note this is only for tourist visa not for eea family permit thanks again
You can apply for a visitor's visa in Irish Honorary Consulate in Karachi (They don't make decisions in the consulate over there. It comes to Dublin for decisions so make sure you have submitted all the documentation)
Please refer to the link below for detailed documentations:
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Do ... %20Ireland
You need to submit:
1. Your marraige cert (in english and notarized)
2. Your passport copies of all pages
3. Your husband's passport copies of all pages (they will ask for original after the decision from Dublin is made to place visa in the passport)
4. Bank statement of your spouse showing enough funds (2-3000 euros is enough for visit purposes excluding airfare)
5. His employment/student letter (stating its for holiday purpose and he will be back in work/studies etc)
6. A covering letter stating that you guys are off for holidays/family visit (whatever the case maybe) to Ireland and will return etc.
The reason you need to submit all of the above is because you are living in Pakistan and not exercising your treaty rights (studying/working) in any other EU country yourself where its quiet easier to apply. Its pretty much the same process for French visa but France has a full fledge embassy in Islamabad where they issue visas there.
http://www.ambafrance-pk.org/france_pak ... ?rubrique2
Now mind you when you applying for schengen visa (french) you do not need to submit bank statements etc as it will state in the application form that if you are family member of EU and traveling together hotel info/statement/job letter etc is not needed. (Ireland/UK are not part of schengen)
