This is interesting. The endorsement in your visa is exactly the same as the one my wife received, except her visa was not free (the meaning of gratis of course). Can you confirm your tourist visa was free in accordance with your EU treaty rights, or did you pay a visa fee? For reference, I'm talkin...

Okay, so, Italy HAS approved the visa. Which also proves this is a money making scam on their behalf. To be clear: - My wife submitted only the requirements required of a Directive 2004/38/EC visa. - Our marriage certificate is not legalised. - Italy requires a legalised marriage certificate otherwi...

I think you're misunderstanding the main point. How can it be handled as a tourist visa when we haven't submitted sufficient documentation for that visa class. Tell them your doubts and they will deny the visa. Naturally. However, it was pretty clear at VFS, and one other post here, that this is a ...

3.7. Burden of proof . . A Member State may require that the relevant documents are translated, notarised or legalised where the original document is drawn up in a language that is not understood by the authorities of the Member State concerned or if there are doubts as to the authenticity of the d...

If you accept that the visa application will be handled as tourist visa is your decision. There is a fee for a tourist visa. I think you're misunderstanding the main point. How can it be handled as a tourist visa when we haven't submitted sufficient documentation for that visa class. We have submit...

So, if an Italian citizen is required by Italian law to provide a legalised marriage certificate, they can impose the same requirement on an non-Italian EU citizen and impose the same level of fines/charges. And here's the rub. Italy do indeed make the same requirement of Italian citizens, but ther...

Hi Folks, I am a British Citizen and my wife a Filipino national. She has a UK spouse visa in her passport clearly determining myself as her husband. My wife visited VFS to hand over the requirements for a Schengen visa to Italy, the application being made under the non-EU family member rules. We su...