Hello Third Wavethirdwave wrote:You apply at the consulate of the country you initially plan to travel to. I would advise you to apply at the Belgian Consulate as it is the only Schengen country that allows postal applications for applicants living outside the M25 and does not require you to ring any absurdly expensive 0906 numbers. Processing time is usually 2 working days but around 4-6 weeks for certain nationalities, including Pakistani. However, it is free of charge for spouses of EU nationals and your husband would only be required to provide both your passports, marriage certificate and 2 passport size photographs..Yasmin wrote:I`m afraid that's true.However, he might be able to get a multiple entry Schengen visa(it's issued free to spouses of EU nationals) valid for 2-3 years now that he has ILR and most EU countries are part of the Schengen zone anyway..
Some people on here (no disrespect) recommend that non EU spouses of EU nationals use Directive 2004/38/EC while travelling within the EU but there have been instances where people have encountered difficulties while using the route and I would still suggest applying for a visa, especially if your husband is currently a Pakistani national..
Check this link for further details on the Directive..
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=15545
Hello
Thank you ever so much for your prompt response. I was not aware that you could apply for a multiple entry Scheghen Visa. If that is the case we will apply for that as it just makes it easier for any trips to Europe. I assume you have to go to the country that you will be travelling to in order to get the visa? Does this take a long time?
I just find it very frustrating that he is not able to apply for a UK passport yet as it just makes travelling abroad so much easier as I love travelling. But I guess we will have to wait for another couple of years for him to apply for naturalisation.
Thanks once again for all your help
Yasmin
Link to the Belgian Visa Application Centre in the UK
http://www.vfs-be-uk.com/
Thank you ever so much for this.
Does that mean then we would need to go via Belgium to another European Country for example if we wanted to go to spain from Belgium we would be able to apply for a multi entru visa?
Thanks once again for all your help you are very helpful as always.
Yasmin