We got a call this morning from vfs and we went to take the visa, at last after one month of hassle. we misssed the date we wanted to travel on (the 15 of august)... the visa will start only on the 20 of august... but at least we got it and luckily we didn't book any flight yet. well i just wanted t...
for now we spend some months in Morocco and some months in Europe. so until we get the residency sorted, i need a visa as to be able to travel from Morocco to Europe and see my family sometimes. for the Moroccan authorities, if you don't have a visa or residency in your passeport you are not allowed...
for sure i will always support my husband in his projects and follow him wherever he thinks it's the best for our family, but for now i have no other choice than stay in Morocco till he sorts that... The only reason now we want to go to spain is as to visit his parents, and spend time with them and ...
that's also what i thought, but i guess there is a difference between the theory and its application. as i'm on maternity leave, it's the first time i try to prepare a visa through the fact that i'm EU family member, until now i always did it through my professional activity... i used to pay maybe m...
Well yes i can understand that it can seem confusing, it is for me too. My husband wanted to invest first in Spain and that was the most important project but he was disappointed for many reasons, so now he thinks about other destinations including Bulgaria and Morocco, although he would prefer stil...
Due to bad advice over the documents needed from his Spanish lawyer the application for residency was rejected. Now we know better what is needed to be resident in Spain, but not sure that's the best country to be living in the near future. For Bulgaria we haven't looked in depth so far, but was tol...
My husband did apply for residency in Spain, but because of bad advice his application was rejected. Also due to the recent attitude of the new government making everything difficult we think of somewhere more welcoming. We had thought of investing in Bulgaria with the house prices been very good an...
My husband is not yet resident in Morocco, he is now between UK-Spain and Morocco till we sort that, and as he cannot spend more than 90 days here, he will have to leave soon, he spent already more than 2 months with me and our daughter... we wanted to go all together before the end of this limit to...
I start to envisage the option you suggested, but for now I still hope to hear from the Spanish consulate and see if they accepted that declaration we gave them. If they refuse it, I wonder if I should ask to take my passeport back before they put the rejection stamp on it and start again the proces...
First my apologies for this post turning in to more like a blog but i didn't expect the situation with the Spanish Consulate becoming as Directive2004 says so much stupid hassle since i started with my visa application. After waiting again outside the Consulate of Spain for over 2 hours just to hand...
This was the plan for tomorrow, to hand in the declaration of marriage. If they don't accept it, i guess i will have to take back my passport without going through with the application for visa. Otherwise i guess they will not process my application or put rejected stamp in passport, then it will be...
Just to update everyone on my situation applying for the schengen visa at the Spanish Consulate. They told my husband and I to go get an ''actualisation of our marriage'' done at the British Embassy in Rabat. Today we went to the British Emb. and spoke with them about our position. The vice Consul l...
To be honest i have never taken the ferry to Spain from the north of Morocco, living near to the main airport it is much easier to travel by plane. Also I am sure the moroccan authorities never let anyone travel to europe without visa, so i guess much more difficult than if i was travelling within t...
I don't think the problem was them recognizing the british marriage certificate with apostille, more the reason it been issued about 19 months ago when we were married. So they argue we could have got divorced after the marriage, they mentioned getting confirmation from the british embassy that we a...
I think they are dreaming... I was also dreaming to think i had the same rights as my husband and daughter to travel to europe. Shame there is no one to take immediate action from the EU commisson on my behalf instead of waiting 10 weeks to get a reply from what i read. Then i guess it wouldn't chan...
as expected we got a call this morning from the spanish consulate with another delay. They said that they need a document of actualisation of our marriage certificate, to prove we are still married and not had a divorce. I also tried to argue if we were no longer together why do we have an 8 month o...
Hi to everyone, thanks for taking an interest in my post and responses given. Just to update you on the progress so far, yesterday i finally managed to apply for my touristic visa to Spain and wait the out come from VFS global. My husband and i went to VFS yesterday morning as told by the Spanish co...
They didn't refuse to accept the application, but whilst waiting over 2 hours and hearing the man at the door telling people all visa applications are dealt with at the other building now, also that they would be moving because the building was unsafe. We assumed it was the new consulate where we wo...
Sorry i didn't make it so clear earlier, i went to the Spanish consulate today with the intention and hope of submitting my application today. But they sent us away with a piece of paper titled.. VISADO ESTANCIA FAMILIAR COMUNITARIO (R.D. 240/2007).. My husband had to write his name and passport num...
Thank you for reply about the visa application centers. Even if in my case from what you say i can apply directly at the consulate, i feel it would be a step back in this seemingly long road to get my visa. I'm thinking it could be worth the 20+ euros to have this agency put through my application f...
Firstly to mention, yes there is a ferry from Tangier and Nador to the south of Spain. But plan to fly as it's only an hour so it will be easier on our baby for travelling. After a long wait of over 2 hours at the Spanish consulate we eventually got to see a lady inside but not the same one as on ou...
My husband arrived last month and is spending time with me now in Morocco then he will be travelling to Spain with us if i get the visa. I've had many schengen visas in the past and always respected the limitations, but the first time as an non eu family member and directly through the Spanish consu...
I don't know exactly what's her position in the consulate... as soon as i arrived to the consulate, the security made me in touch with a moroccan middleman to whom i explained my request and then he made me wait half an hour before i could see anyone spanish with more informations on my case... my h...
yes i have been reading all and that's what i thought, that i'm not supposed to give proofs of means and place of residence during my stay in spain (according to what was written in the visa form and marked with a *)... but that woman in the consulate insists about giving all that proofs otherwise i...
