Just a few days ago, my Non-EU spouse, our two kids and myself who are brits returned to the UK from Portugal where we have been resident for the best part of two years. My spouse has an Article 10. EU family member residence card issued by the Portuguese authority. I decided I didn't want UK airpor...

Hello gillacious_505, I received your PM, tried to reply but for some weird reasons its been stuck in my outbox for hours, so I will try to answer your questions as best as I can here on the forum and hope you don't mind. 1. The Residency Certificate that you as the EU citizen obtains at the local ...

Members only have the privilege of the PM facility after making 30 posts and until then messages will sit in the outbox. You now have 30 posts so this should be active. Messages will also sit in the outbox until read by the recipient. Thanks for the heads-up, I seem to remember sending PM's somewhe...

Hello gillacious_505, I received your PM, tried to reply but for some weird reasons its been stuck in my outbox for hours, so I will try to answer your questions as best as I can here on the forum and hope you don't mind. 1. The Residency Certificate that you as the EU citizen obtains at the local C...

Hello guys, My family member have been issued a EC 2004/38 based short term visa from NON-EU country from the German embassy. I have the following questions. 1) Can my family member(of an EU national) go to Portugal instead of Germany based on the short term visa? 2) Can the EU national exercise th...

When you arrive in Portugal you and your spouse would need to go along to the "Financas" or the local tax office with a proof of address and your ID to obtain a NIE number. Once you have that your NIE number, you the Brit should go to the local "Camara" or city hall with your ID,...

As you are married to an EU citizen you and your spouse are covered under the Freedom of Movement Directive 2004/38EC which governs the rights of EU citizens and their family members to move and reside freely in any EU member state. Therefore you would be welcome to move to Portugal, specifically yo...

The Czech embassy are well aware that the UK recognises any marriage entered into by a UK citizen abroad provided it is validly contracted and recognised under the laws of the country where the marriage takes place, the Czechs do this a lot, it is simply a means to frustrate you. Go the UK Embassy i...

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dalebutt wrote:Why go and apply for another EEA-FP? He already is legally residing here regardless of the refusal, what's the point of that? If you did an SS I expect you would understand some of the most basic rule of the regulation.

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Theoretically speaking once you are established in your new member state, your partner should be able to join you expeditiously. In actual fact, bearing in mind where your partner is coming from you are likely on a hiding to nothing, the EU embassies will frustrate your partner in Nigeria with your ...

@Walrusgrumble. We have tried getting information from the Irish Embassy, unfortunately we are refered to the outsourced visa application centre or their web-site. I run a small consultancy which would work just as well in ireland (fingers crossed). There's nothing for it but to give it a go and see...

[To answer your question. Here is what I believe the Czechs think. They are looking at Akrich (which yes was overruled substantially by Metock - Metock 2008 is very important for you) and believe that ye are trying to "abuse" EU law in order to get back to Britain via Czech Rep as the UK, ...

@Dalebutt and Walrusgrumble, legitimate questions, however for reasons i'd rather not go into, my preference is to have no dealings whatsoever with UK immigration under domestic rules, my family and I have been treated in an appalling manner. As a UK citizen born and bred i do expect a somewhat high...

Thanks for your comments dalebutt. I'm not quite sure getting a new passport helps since UK & Ireland share information with the Schengen countries, and not disclosing previous refusals by other countries is pretty much grounds for an automatic refusal. I do take on-board your points though.

Hi folks, I would like a sampling of opinion, i'm a UK citizen presently residing in the UK my spouse is Nigerian. I had an opportunity for some contract work in Prague and my wife recently applied for a Schengen EU Family member visa from the Czech Rep embassy in Nigeria. She was denied in the firs...

[My Grand daughter is a british citizen currently living in America with her mum. would this ruling apply to my Daughter in law, or would they both have to be in Britian to benefit from the ruling. My grand daughter can not travel here by herself because she is a baby less than 1 year old Love pads ...

Casa, absolutely correct. I think also a lot depends on where the couple is resident.

Well, in theory going by the directive on freedom of movement you're good to go. In practice however...it's a different matter. If you married or are getting married in the UK with a UK registry issued marriage certificate then you should be fine, if you married or are going to get married outside o...

@Andal, sorry to read about your troubles with the Spanish Embassy, as has been pointed out to me by Sovit there is no legal basis under the EU directive for the spanish requirement of registering one's marriage with the member state of the EU citizen, it is simply a mis-transposition by the spanish...

UKBA's response to the Zambrano Judgement seems on course to be at par with the Danish response. It raises more questions than it answers, for instance, what is the remedy for a parent of a UK minor who actually has been removed from the country (erroneously as it transpires ) ? If UKBA does not con...

It appears i'd stand a better chance of making it across a minefield blindfold than getting a EU family member visa for my wife. The Czech's are simply a boil on the landscape of Europe and have no business in the EU, they could not implement a EU directive if it fell on their collective heads. Havi...

Dalebutt, the letter requesting a review of the decision was submitted in early April we pointed out very politely that a young mother was unlikely to threaten the security of the state of the Czech Rep, we also requested full justification of the reasons for refusal. This should have been dealt wit...

Hi Sraqai, Sorry to read about your travails with the French consulate. I had posted a while back with respect to my wife who is Nigerian and had lodged an application with the Czech authorities and been turned down flatly on the basis of being a ''security risk''. Despite lodging an appeal which in...

Koded, thanks for your comments. I believe we are well within our rights to apply for a EU Schengen visa, the fact that renegade EU member states choose to circumvent or ignore the rules of the directive should not erode those rights. There is no requirement of prior residency in the host EU member ...