Residence certificate / card

[eksbee]

Hi,

My non eea wife has a biometric residence card which states "Spouse/partner Leave to remain" and "work permitted" we wanted to travel to Greece for holiday, however the visa application centre have said, this is not enough and that we have to provide extra proof. This is infuriating as we go through enough just getting a leave to remain visa in the first place!! They do state on their website if you have one of these documents "http://www.vfsglobal.com/greece/unitedk ... tation.jpg" that you can just travel without visa as long as to member is with you.

I have noticed a lot of other European countries also have this same rule.

My question is how do I get one of these, so that we can avoid this lengthy visa process everytime we want to holiday.

I look at form EEA(FM) but wasn't sure if this was just another form for the biometric (which she already has).

Please could somebody help me into the right direction

[noajthan]

Hi,

My non eea wife has a biometric residence card which states "Spouse/partner Leave to remain" and "work permitted" we wanted to travel to Greece for holiday, however the visa application centre have said, this is not enough and that we have to provide extra proof. This is infuriating as we go through enough just getting a leave to remain visa in the first place!! They do state on their website if you have one of these documents "http://www.vfsglobal.com/greece/unitedk ... tation.jpg" that you can just travel without visa as long as to member is with you.

I have noticed a lot of other European countries also have this same rule.

My question is how do I get one of these, so that we can avoid this lengthy visa process everytime we want to holiday.

I look at form EEA(FM) but wasn't sure if this was just another form for the biometric (which she already has).

Please could somebody help me into the right direction

If you are a BC and wife is on UK immigration route then she has a UK BRP issued under UK Immigration Regulations.

You are not considered to be an EU national (under UK law - even before Brexit) and so wife does not have an EU family member Residence Card.
Moreover, despite all the VAT you pay in daily life, you cannot avail of the EU migration route (and documentation).

Wife needs a Schengen visa to travel to a Schengen zone country such as Greece.