- Visas can only be applied from a country of which the applicant holds citizenship or has a valid residence permit (not a tourist visa). This is only accurate if you're not already married. EEA family permits can be applied for anywhere, regardless of residence/citizenship status. Schengen visas a...

In your particular case - your wife can go work in different EU countries up to 3 months, and then return home, whether you accompany her or not. Can a person holding a family member of an EU citizen residence card: 1. Travel without their spouse in the Schengen reason for up to 90 days? (I think, ...

Well, rights or no rights - unfortunately when it comes to things like employing people, employers like to play it safe. Meaning they would most likely ask for an RC. If you can find an employer who is willing to actually read the rules and understand that yes your wife does have the right to work -...

She would most likely need to get a RC to work in Poland. (this should be really easy though because you can easily prove you are exercising treaty rights there.., it may take a few months to acquire though) I don't think you can juggle the two situations though because I would imagine her French re...

Are you sure the directive applies in this case? I thought only DEPENDENT direct ascendants can use the directive. Of course, if your father is dependent on you then that should definitely be accepted by the french authorities. I got this info from the Guide to Directive 2004/38/EC: http://ec.europa...

You don't need any visa to enter Sweden. However, you might not get a temporary resident permit as a regular american citizen. If you register a civil partnership, or get married, then you can get a residence permit based on that. Otherwise, you'll be limited to staying 90 days with your fiance and ...

Great information in both posts above. I'd just like to add that prior overstays do not count against the residence of the spouse of an EU national. So in the case that you both get married in Brazil, she moves to Holland with you on a short term visa and applies for a residence card - she cannot be...

The situation now sounds more complicated than you earlier mentioned. Spain *should* recognize a foreign marriage even if it's not registered in Italy especially if a discriminatory Italian law doesn't allow you to officially register it there. But that's just the right thing to do and not necessari...

Sure, but you might have to legalize the marriage certificate in some way (apostille it or add some other signatures to it..) for them to recognize it.

The non-EU spouse will have the right to live and work in Spain with their partner.

It should be fine unless the embassy staff are very picky. Pay slips are usually generated after the end of the month, I think they are aware of this But if your appointment is on the 5th of August, why don't you just get the July payslip too?

No, of course you will not have any problem. You have a residence permit from the UK, correct? That allows you to enter and leave the UK as you please, there should be no requirement for you to do that with your wife every single time.

That sounds like a strange response. Perhaps the embassy is doubting the fact that your family members are dependent on you or something of this sort? What is the exact document you have from the UK court proving this status? In any case, the decision seems like a breach of the directive and it is g...

Ask to speak to the consul. Usually reception staff who 'share' the responsibility of the consul tend to be on a little bit of a power trip. Right to return to the UK is irrelevant for EEA direct family members or dependents. Take a printout of the relevant pages of the Guide to the Directive and sh...

Here is a discussion on the same topic. It seems to follow the same ideas I've expressed in my post above:
http://expatriates.stackexchange.com/qu ... an-90-days

Every time I've asked this question the immigration authorities have said you can request for a residence card or an extension of stay (if possible in that particular country). I honestly don't know if the 90/180 days is a placeholder for Non-EU family members because of the uniform format (looks li...

Yes, this is confusing about schengen visas. How long is the validity of the visa for? The duration of stay on the visa is usually for a 180 day period. So 15 days per 180 days in this case. Standard practice says that they do not issue these visas with validities longer than 6 months in any case. S...

No, she does not need to apply for any visa beforehand. Just enter as a normal tourist and then apply for the residence card. You should get some document proving that you have applied for the residence card which will exempt you from the 90/180 rule. I don't know what this document will be in Spain...

1. Yes you have the right to work.
2. No rights in any other EU country except Tourism.

Sorry that your spouse is facing this issue. You could try and escalate the matter within the Portuguese Consulate. Perhaps the people who you spoke to just are not well informed about this issue or perhaps there is some kind of diplomatic snubbing going on here at the cost of regular people (the UK...

Should be fine. You have a right of entry based upon your marriage. The issue is always how to convince airline authorities of this since they do not believe in the directives and just refer to the timaticweb database. So for airline officer - old passport with RC should work. Passport control - Wel...

6 days is very very less. They normally ask for at least 10 working days to process a visa (the law says they are allowed 15 days to make a decision..). I don't know the details of the appointment system but the law says that spouses of EU citizens should be granted visas for free and with an accele...

This is not very complicated at all. There are several cultures that do not change their names after marriage. The information from the schengenvisainfo website is wrong. You do not need to submit bank statements or hotel reservations as the spouse of an EU national. All you need to show is: - Proof...

Bravo! Great initiative! I know this doesn't count but I was supposed to go to the UK for some work for a few months. I filled in the EEA form online, the dates to submit the application were 1+ month in the future in 3 locations (different countries!) that I checked. Plus, two locations only had Tu...

I am an Indian national, married to a Portuguese citizen (we've been together 6 years and married for one and a half). We live in Chile. Part 1: Now, in September I need to visit the UK (we will be going there together) for some business development work for my company. I am formally employed by the...

Skip VFS and apply directly at the embassy. You should get it in 24 hours or around that much for sure.