The consul in hanoi say they wont issue a entry visa unless i have a spanish residence card. I dont have this,so my wife is applying for a 90 day schengen tourist visa showing return ticket etc . Whenshe applies for a residence card will they say she has entered on the wrong visa and told to return ...

I agree you should exercise your rights under directive 2004/38, but the difficulty in vietnam is getting the visa.If you say she wants to join me to live in spain they say i need a residence card before she can join me,they dont agree that we can both go together and she claim residence once in spa...

HiKarlcoulby, I have the exact same problem as you i was just about to post the same thing !!! I uk nat married 4 years to vietnamese national We want to come to spain. The spanish consul in Hanoi told me i need a residence card before my wife con join me. If you read decree 240-2007 art 8c this sta...