Moving to Malta with my Non-EU Spouse (Surinder Singh)

[andrewkeen7]

Hello I was wondering if you could help me.

My wife is a Russian national and wishes to relocate to Malta with me (i am a British national currently living in UK). I will be exercising my EU free movement rights in Malta according to the Directive 2004/38/EC and she as a non-EU spouse, is covered by the same directive to move and reside freely based on my rights as an EU citizen.

We will only be travelling on the second leg of the trip together (she will be travelling from Russia and I from UK. We will meet in a German airport in transit and then catch the next plane to Malta from there. She will therefore have to apply for a Schengen visa to Malta as the non-EU spouse of an EU citizen to accompany me on a move to Malta. We plan to work and settle in Malta.

Can you please advise me which visa she need to apply for? We cant find 'Accompany EU Spouse Visa anywhere on the Maltese Visa Application Centre site. What does she write as her purpose of visit "Other" and then specify 'Accompany EU Spouse'?). Also should she apply for a long stay or short stay visa (we will be applying for a residence certificate/card for the both of us as soon as we fulfil requirements)?

Another thing we are unsure of is are the documents that she will need to supply when applying for the Schengen Visa. As I understand it she will only need to provide Passport and Marriage Certificate but on the Maltese Visa Application Centre site it says she needs to also show 'Travel Insurance' and 'Confirmed Travel Reservations'. Is there any confirmation of the documents required for a non-EU spouse when applying for a Schengen(Malta) visa.

Thanks in advance!

[Jimmij]

Hi,

Can I ask how things went for you. I'm in the same situation now and could do with some advice on how to apply for the visa.

Thanks