She first came with a temporary tourist visa for for 3 months, I think is a visa C. Then before expiring we went to GNIB and issued a type D, family dependent, with a big NOT allowed to work stamped. Also, every time we traveled around europe during immigration the first question was: you work here?

Hi ginger4pluck, I can say to you, based on my personal experience here, it takes a long wait to get a EU Stamp 4 (FAM), the waiting not even before because immigration department will hold a decision till the same day you start your process. My situation was a long 6 months waiting, my spouse is br...