fysicus wrote:...your situation has no connection with EU directive 2004/38...
I think 2004/38/EC does have relevance:
Article 3
Beneficiaries
- This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move
to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they
are a national, and to their family members as defined in point
2 of Article 2 who accompany or join them.
This was already discussed in many threads. As far as I gathered the conclusion is that the directive is applicable in all cases, except where a resident is and remains in his home-country. (I.e. for local residence-premits)
If you travel, you are also "mov(e)(ing) to" the host-member-state, albeit not permanently.
(Such as moving (yourself) from work to the gym, not permanently changing residence)
This is more apparent in the German version of the law, where the same sentence reads
Diese Richtlinie gilt für jeden Unionsbürger, der sich in
einen anderen als den Mitgliedstaat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit
er besitzt, begibt oder sich dort aufhält, sowie für seine Fami-
lienangehörigen im Sinne von Artikel 2 Nummer 2, die ihn
begleiten oder ihm nachziehen.
where
"begibt"=(begeben) cannot mean "relocate permanently", but always means "going to the neighbor for tea", i.e. visiting.
I think the English version was simply not carefully translated.
As always I'd be happy to be corrected, if the above is wrong
surdy77 wrote:Me and my wife both have Indian passports...
...My son has a british passport...
...Italy and france...
I think you can travel without visa, details
>>here<<.
Regards from "Amchi Mumbai", where I happen to be right now
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