Well we've just made a rather large decision which I think will harpoon this visa thing somehow... We're going to get married!! Having families on the opposite sides of the world it seems better to do it here in the UK too before we go and migrate to Oz. As a bi-product this will also say goodbye to...

flyboy wrote:by the way Dawie, just to mention, the schengen visa i got from the Dutch embassy is valid for all schengen states ,multiple entry, valid for 3 years, and in the remark section of the visa, it's written family member of EU citizen

Just to clarify, did you mean 3 years or 3 months?

I've read the following about the directive.... "It is recalled in this context, that the provisions of the Directive are unconditional and sufficiently clear and may relied upon by an individual against the State where that State has failed to implement the directive in national law by the per...

OK that's just opened up a some options. Yes we have been living together for more than 2 years. That's the reason we can both move to Australia as she has applied for an Australian defacto visa. Assuming that this doesn't prove to conflict in any way, when you say she would have exercise right as a...

Just occured to me, and I'm not sure if this is a good thing. I will be travelling with girlfriend who is british. They will know this because we will get joint health insurance which I will need to present for the visa. Would this be looked at unfavourably as she could, in theory, stay or work ther...

Thanks flyboy. Just a couple of questions. Where you need to show where you will be staying for your stay, did you just give them the first hotel, b&b etc. you were staying in? As we will be travelling we don't really intend to stay fixed anywhere for longer than 2 or 3 weeks and we don't have f...

Thanks, but the rule says that only 90 days in each 180 days. So as far as I know a quick return to the UK won't work.

Any other suggestions? Hang out in Switzerland I suppose....

Hi, I'm an Australian currently living in the UK on an HSMP visa, with my girlfriend who is British. We are/were planning to travel around Europe for around 6 months before returning to the UK briefly then back to Australia permanently (with her on a defacto visa). Of course the major sticking point...