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Have you contacted the EU Solvit group (http://europa.eu.int/solvit/)? They have some recent experience with similar cases, and I suspect you will find them very helpful.didsburysmancs wrote:Not sure where to take this now - anyone having more luck with the French. By the way, cannot get EU citizens rights to respond on this matter - have requested why EU does not reply, only get some computerised message that it has been dealt with which it hasn't.
Awsome!didsburysmancs wrote:Well, for one they are not getting the £60 from us! Fairtrade
Is there any update on this?didsburysmancs wrote: We suggest that you contact the French consulate again and seek an appointment with a consular official. If the consular authorities refuse to issue a visa to your partner, then you should contact us again so that we can provide you with further information.
Why should we add to the pool of people having trouble?flyboy wrote:Regarding the issue with the french, why doesn't someone write to the UK authorities and tell them that since the french don't recognise UK civil partnerships as akin to marriage, the UK shouldn't be recognising french Pacs as akin to the UK Civil partnership / marriages and should not allow the gratuity of visas to partners of french citizens that have signed and entered into the french Pacs.
Dreadful. Apart from anything else the visa application form itself states clearly that spouses do not have to fill in the extra info.mon-keyhanger wrote:Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:
Me: The parts she has not filled in are not to be filled in by a spouse of an EU/EAA citizen.
Them: Don't know what you are talking about.
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I ask again about a visa for a EU/EAA spouse and they just tell me to come again next day with docs- anyway it her application not yours we don't do any spouse of EU visas etc etcetc
I have given the reader a little of the frustration me and my wife feel by relating this story in this way (all true) but it was neccessary,
The embassy's arrogant ignorance is a good reason not to go to Spain.mon-keyhanger wrote:WE ARE VISITING UK IN AUGUST and wanted a couple of weeks away from UK family in delightful delicious Espana.
Hi,Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:The embassy's arrogant ignorance is a good reason not to go to Spain.mon-keyhanger wrote:WE ARE VISITING UK IN AUGUST and wanted a couple of weeks away from UK family in delightful delicious Espana.
I have a sense that the German embassy visa sections are quite professionally run, and it is a lovely place to go in the summer (especially Munich and the alps in the south).
I would also suggest that you definitely contact Solvit now. Sometimes they take some time to get action, and it is worth not waiting on.
Contact them for an update of how things are going. Make sure to include your case reference and the date of your original submission.giruzz wrote:after 1month and 3 days I'm still waiting for an answer from solvit. Any suggestions? (apart from call the ph. number I got in their automated reply)
The Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom have informed the Commission that they recognise registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage for the purposes of free movement under the Directive.
Belgium and Luxembourg have not yet transposed the Directive but national law of the former provides for same-sex marriages and that of the latter for registered partnerships.
Today I finally received my answer from Solvit (defacto/regist partner with Italy). This is what I got:Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:Contact them for an update of how things are going. Make sure to include your case reference and the date of your original submission.giruzz wrote:after 1month and 3 days I'm still waiting for an answer from solvit. Any suggestions? (apart from call the ph. number I got in their automated reply)
Who exactly have you been talking with in the Irish government that you have been able to get written answers? Have you actually submitted an application?didsburysmancs wrote:For those following this thread, Ireland is not issuing visas to "the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested"
This is the reply I received from the Irish visa section
Unfortunately Ireland does not recognise civil partnerships. Your partner will need to apply for the visa and submit the fee. The fee is 60 euro or £42 and can be made payable in the form of a bank draft or postal order. If you have any further queries please direct them to visamail@justice.ie