I was wondering if the directive of free movement still applies to union citizens who have moved from one EU country to another and become a citizen of the new country. That is, if the citizen marry a third country national, can she get a residence card according to the directive? I have read about ...

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/doc_centre/citizenship/movement/doc/finland_compliance_study_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/justice/doc_centre/citizenship/movement/doc/finland_table_of_correspondence_en.pdf Report on Finland from 2008, (when they still demanded that spouses had lived together before in ano...

We just got the card for her son. It was issued on 15 March, so the decision must have been made quickly after the interview. Next problem is that the cards are labelled "Residence Permit", and on the back side 90/364/EEC, which is the the directive that was replaced by 2004/38/EC. Time to...

I am a Swedish citizen. There are no special visas or permits for foreigners intending to marry a Swedish citizen. If you don't need a visa to go to Sweden as a tourist, you can just go there but bring documentation to prove that you are not married already. Documents in English are OK.

Another thing worth mentioning: I seem to remember that gaining Danish citizenship is sort-of complicated, while the Swedes are pretty relaxed about that. Depending on where you´re from I´d recommend trying to get a Swedish residence-permit, actually live in Sweden, and soon enough (I think 3 yea...

So I understand that you are not the father? How old is the son? Is it possible that a fervent police officer just jumped to conclusions? Of course, it is also possible that officers were instructed to toughen checks. Several judgements from recent years have strengthened the rights of EEA national...

The question is if there is really a reason for a complaint. They are certainly within their limits to (sample) check for a marriage of convenienve (I suspect that what was it all about). She probably would also have had the right not to answer certain question (e.g. if they were too intimate) or i...

Report it to SOLVIT and check out this topic . I have read the topic before. Unfortunately I got a bad impression of Solvit. When I asked them about the embassy visa rules, they responded by quoting the Finnish law to me, and they did not even get that correct (parts of the law is not used any more...

Not quite easy to get a residence card here. I am a Swede living in Finland. Last year got married, and my new wife is from an African country. She got her residence card rather quickly, but now when she has brought her little son things get more complicated. The embassies are not allowed to deliver...