I'll let you know if they ever reply
Email to timatic.indp@iata.org wrote: Dear Timatic,
I wish to query the accuracy of the Timatic entry for visa
requirements for the spouse and family members of EU Citizens,
who accompany or join their EU family member in the EU.
It seems the Current Timatic data does not comply with the EU
Directives and the Schengen Border Guard Handbook.
If such EU family members do not have the required visa,
the EU or Schengen Border Guard must issue it at the border.
or let them proceed, if they have their marriage cert or other
proof of family-hood.
The current entry in Timatic does not mention this, resulting
in wrongful refused boarding based on Timatic data.
Can you please update Timatic to comply with the EU Directives and
Schengen Border Guard Handbook.
Schengen Border Guard Handbook
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf ... 0.en06.pdf
EU Directive 2004/38/EC
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 123:EN:PDF
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According to the Schengen Border Guard Handbook
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf ... 0.en06.pdf
3. Special rules for checks on certain categories of persons
3.1 Persons enjoying the Community right of free movement
3.1.1 Persons enjoying the Community right of free movement are authorised to cross the border
of a Member State on the basis of the following documents, as a general rule:
– EU, EEA, CH citizens: identity card or passport;
– members of the family of EU, EEA, CH citizens who are nationals of a third country:
passport. They may also be required to have an entry visa, if they are nationals of a third
country subject to the visa obligation, unless they are in possession of a valid residence
permit or card, issued by a Member State (or by EEA countries or CH).
3.1.2 However, if a person enjoying the Community right of free movement does not have the
necessary travel documents or, if required, the necessary visas, the Member State
concerned must, before turning him/her back, give such person every reasonable
opportunity to obtain the necessary documents or have them brought to him/her within a
reasonable period of time or corroborate or prove by other means that he/she is covered by
the right of free movement.
EU Directive 2004/38/EC says the following
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http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 123:EN:PDF
Article 5
Right of entry
4. Where a Union citizen, or a family member who is not a national of a Member State, does not
have the necessary travel documents or, if required, the necessary visas, the Member State
concerned shall, before turning them back, give such persons every reasonable opportunity to obtain
the necessary documents or have them brought to them within a reasonable period of time or to
corroborate or prove by other means that they are covered by the right of free movement and
residence.
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