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I have read the topic before. Unfortunately I got a bad impression of Solvit. When I asked them about the embassy visa rules, they responded by quoting the Finnish law to me, and they did not even get that correct (parts of the law is not used any more, as they ought to know if they had any information about the legal system).mastermind wrote:Report it to SOLVIT and check out this topic.
Yes, but in that case, why did it become much more difficult now than when my wife got her residence card? After all, she is resident here, it is her son and she has the father's permission to bring him here.86ti wrote:The question is if there is really a reason for a complaint. They are certainly within their limits to (sample) check for a marriage of convenienve (I suspect that what was it all about). She probably would also have had the right not to answer certain question (e.g. if they were too intimate) or inform the officers that some of their questions are irrelevant because of her husband's and her legal status.
You are not the only one. That's why that topic exists. Lodging complaints to the EU bodies (European Ombudsman and European Commission) mentioned in that topic seems to be only ways to make SOLVIT work better. The more people lodge these complaints the more correctly they will have to apply the law.Iko wrote:I have read the topic before. Unfortunately I got a bad impression of Solvit.
True, it's her son from another relation. He is nine years old. We told the police when she applied for her residence card that she would bring her son too.86ti wrote:So I understand that you are not the father? How old is the son? Is it possible that a fervent police officer just jumped to conclusions?
Of course, it is also possible that officers were instructed to toughen checks. Several judgements from recent years have strengthened the rights of EEA nationals and their family members much to the dismay of some member states. I do not know, however, what attitude Finland has towards all this.
Worth making a complaint. It should say "Residence Card" in general, and indicate that the person is a family member of an EU citizen.Iko wrote:Next problem is that the cards are labelled "Residence Permit", and on the back side 90/364/EEC, which is the the directive that was replaced by 2004/38/EC. Time to make a complaint, I guess.
Hi,Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:Worth making a complaint. It should say "Residence Card" in general, and indicate that the person is a family member of an EU citizen.Iko wrote:Next problem is that the cards are labelled "Residence Permit", and on the back side 90/364/EEC, which is the the directive that was replaced by 2004/38/EC. Time to make a complaint, I guess.
The Irish seem to call their card "4EUFam".
Thanks, I have read the documents before. It seems that the compliance study does not check if the actual cards are conforming with the directive. There is an appendix 4, but it is blank.acme4242 wrote:http://ec.europa.eu/justice/doc_centre/ ... udy_en.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/doc_centre/ ... nce_en.pdf
Report on Finland from 2008, (when they still demanded that spouses had lived together before in another country)
At least you can read the Finish legal implementation.