I have another question, If I wanted to take my brother to the UK with me (were I to move back there), will my brother need to have a German Residence card before I can apply for a EEA family permit for him?
Thanks for the link. Do you know if I appeal my case with the European Commission while my brother is still in Germany, once his Schengen visa expires (due to expire end of Nov), will he have to leave? Or can he stay in Germany while a decision is reached by the EC?
Hello guys, Another update... I have received a response from the Citizen Signpost service regarding my query. This is what they said:- Dear Mr. Gonzalez, According to European law (as you already wrote) and German law: http://bundesrecht.juris.de/aufenthg_2004/__36.html it is possible that your bro...
Hi guys,
Just to keep you updated on developments, I have contacted the Signpost Service and have asked them to explain what rights my brother has as a non-EEA family member of a EU citizen. I will wait for their reply before I take any action
Hello guys, 86ti, yes, I got the residence card from the 'Kommunale Auslaenderbehoerde'. This is the same place where we did the anmeldung. I think this is also the regional council hall. I am a bit worried now! I read the directive in and out last night and could not find in it something explicitly...
Wow guys! Thanks for all the replies! To be fair, the guy I spoke to was very nice and asked me (after I tried to explain about the directive) to print it and bring it back to him so he can have a look at it. He told me that he couldn't promise anything (he has to follow his guidelines) but that he ...
Hi guys, Just thought I'd give you an update on how things are going... I went last week to apply for the residence cards for my mum and brother but I was asked to get them registered with an address first (Anmeldung) as this is a requirement before they can be issued residence. I went and did the a...
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Thank you for your responses so far. I will go there tomorrow morning with all the documents I have (as listed above) and hope that it will be sufficient for them. I will keep you updated on progress
Hi 86ti, The city hall may have a web page with details I have tried looking (my German is not very good) but haven't found anything useful. Is your family already insured either through your own insurance or a private one? Yes, I have bought private insurance for them Thanks for the link. I am goin...
Hello guys, Any suggestions? My plan is to go to my local City Hall (Einwohnermeldeamt) and take the following with me:- My passport and residence permit My families’ passports (with visit visas) All our birth certificates My rent contract My employment contract and couple of payslips Couple of ba...
Hi 86ti, Cool, got it, a Aufenthaltskarte. By "travelling whenever they want" I was thinking about those lines as well = they could stay 6 months or so here, go back to Dom. Rep. when the weather gets a bit chilly here and come back after (without having to re-apply for visas, as I believe...
Hello everyone, Wondering if you could please help? I have been enquiring for a long while now about bringing my family over from Dominican Republic to join me in Europe under the Directive/2004/38/EC – See links to my previous posts below:- http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=42316&a...
Hello, I had to buy travel insurance for my family when they were coming to Germany on an entry visa. Depending on your nationality (and how long you have been living in the UK), the majority of travel insurance providers will not sell to you. You must be a European National or to have been resident...
Good morning guys, thank you for the support and words of encouragement. Apologies for not writing sooner, I have been so busy! Well, just to close this post, my family travelled last weekend and I went to pick them up from Brussels. I told my brother to take as much documentation with him as possib...
Most definitely Obie! Now, I have another query (again!) I know that you and 86ti have already answered me this so sorry for asking again! The thing is that my brother called me yesterday and told me that he contacted the embassy regarding their flight and the fact that they would be picked up from ...
Hi Michael, Funny enough, I have just today received an e-mail from Solvit (I contacted them about this case - see my earlier posts above) regarding this exact same point. They told me that the embassy will indeed refund me the visa fees but that at present they do not have a mechanism in place so t...
Hi Obie, 86ti, Great news! I am looking forward to having my family here! (can't wait for my mum to fatten me up, she was already complaining that I looked too skinny!) I was a bit worried about them being stopped in Brussels but hopefully they will be OK (their visas do state: Valid for all Shengen...
Hello everyone, It has been a while since I last posted here. I just would like to keep you updated on what has happened since my last post... Maybe someone wanting to do the same or maybe someone in the same predicament as me can benefit from this post:- Well, as the subject states, my family were ...
Hey Obie, how are you man?!
Yeah, they are hustlers! I guess I'll just have to try their way and just keep my fingers crossed!
I did send my case to Solvit hoping that they could maybe clarify this situation for me, but so far not contact from them!
Hello 86ti, Well, in all honestly, I would have thought that both my mum and brother should at least have their applications accepted for free, after all they are both my family! If one of them ends up not getting the visa then fine, at least they had a look and assessed the applications. Anyhow, th...
Hello again everyone, Thanks Directive. So, in your opinion, it is best for me to just agree with the embassy and provide them all they are asking for? Instead of trying to get them to process the application as should be? The only problem I foresee is that as I am my family's main source of income,...
I was just on my way to the town hall to enquire about this 'Verpflichtungserklärung' thingy! Can anyone confirm Directive's view? Do I really not need it?
Good morning Obie, acme, Thank you for the suggestion and the information. I have logged a case with Solvit online. Now let's see what happens. So do you agree that the extra documents the embassy is asking for is wrong? I will also try to contact the German embassy here in Germany and see if they c...
Hello, Wondering if anyone could please help! I am a British citizen exercising treaty rights in Germany (working for a German company for the past three months). I would like to bring my mum and my brother (who are Dominican nationals and are currently living in Dominican Republic) here to Germany ...
