Docterror wrote:Dont be confused about the conflicting reports that you read about Unmarried Partners of EEA national as even the BHCs in different countries apparently are themselves not so consistent about such things. For example, an Unmarried Partner in Australia can apply for EEA family permit in the BHC (provided that the EEA national is not British), while they cannot do so and should apply for the Unmarried Partner Visa (UPV) under the immigration rules if you were to say, apply from Dubai.
Note that "EEA family permit" is is what the UK government calls the visa it issues as part of implementing Directive 2004/38/EC. Since you are going to France, you will want the similar French government visa, which will have a different name.
An Unmarried Partner Visa (UPV) would never be issued to a German/Australian couple coming to the UK. If the British High Commission is doing that in Dubai, they are rather confused.
flyboy wrote:If Directive 2004/38/EC has been implemented into the french national law, then you could apply for a family reunification visa as family member of an EU citizen.
In any (older) European country which has not directly implemented Directive 2004/38/EC, the original text of the European Commission directive now has
direct force of law in the national courts. Even if France has not transposed it to national law, it is still in effect there.
I have not found a direct reference to the Directive being transposed fully into French law so far.