I have informed SOLVIT of our treatment and got some reassurance but I doubted they were the final step. So I also made a complaint to the European commision here http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/your_rights/your_rights_forms_en.htm The Practical Handbook for Border Guards (Schengen Handbook) is qu...
My dad just translated this from the Entry refusal form. II Your rights You have just been refused entry to French territory. The law allows you the possibility of notifying, or causing to be notified, the person whose residence you have advised as your place of stay, your consulate or the advisor o...
The French Immigration Officers did know the rules and that's why they refused to let her enter. If you read the directive and check the Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 it refers to you'd realise that a Filipino who only has UK ILR needs a visa to enter the Schengen zone even if they are married to Bri...
My previous post described reaching the end of a 'reasonable time' for any 'accelerated processing' for my wife's Shengen visa and demanding our passports back before another flight booking lapsed. Our check-in at Ryanair Stanstead was almost normal, the clerk asked her collegue if a Filipino needed...
Today, our promised day of passport collection for my Philipine wife and I commenced with a lot of head scratching behind the desk and finally a reply: "For some reason the passports have been held at the embassy, Try again Monday" at which point my wife broke down. I said we wanted the pa...
Thanks for this thread skchatterjee2006 and the hope of justice johnsienk. My Philippine wife and I were starting to think we were suspected criminals. We have been married for 8 years, my wife has indefinite leave to stay here in the UK. We planned to see my ex-pat. parents in France yesterday, bor...
