Thank you for these very interesting references. They are however both concerned with cases that fall outside the Citizens Directive. I still haven't found any reference to the Rights of the Child in the context of Directive 2004/38/EC, and yet the Commission thought it desirable to raise the point....

The Communication from the Commission on the better transposition of Directive 2004/38/EC http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52009DC0313:EN:HTML states in paragraph 2.1.2 In implementing the Directive, Member States must always act in the best interests of the child, as prov...

If I understand correctly, you can ask for your passports to be returned, and this is supposed to happen within 10 days. But perhaps it won't, and you would have to rush your EEA2 application. I think you should take that application very seriously indeed. Based on my experience there is a real risk...

You will want to look at EEA2 Applications - ONLY 1 TOPIC - UpToDate if you haven’t already, particularly post by jajanana Mar 15th 2010, and also post by Wet26 Mar 20th 2010 and surrounding posts. It would be useful if you could tell us on this forum whether the COA, when you get it, does actuall...

Thanks for confirming your circumstances, I wanted to be sure before relating the following: I too am a British national exercising treaty rights. My unmarried partner was given an EEA family permit by the British in 2009 - (we live elsewhere in the Eu with a Family Permit from that country and have...

Is your partner's EEA Family Permit one that was issued by the UK, or are you referring to one issued in the Netherlands?

The Ruiz Zambrano opinion covers three questions. Question 3 is: (3) Must Articles 12 [EC], 17 [EC] and 18 [EC], in conjunction with the provisions of Articles 21, 24 and 34 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, be interpreted as meaning that the right of a minor child who is a national of a Member ...

Do you have any news on the case involving an Article (3) 2 family member? I have an 'other family member' in exactly the same position. She was granted a Family permit by the UK, but refused on renewal. We are going through the appeal process now.