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Sorry to hear your spouse visa was denied. Honestly, I am not really surprised because the staffs at the Spanish consulate in Nigeria are very ignorant, rude, stubborn, and the list goes on.... I don't think you took the right approach, especially when your spouse is from Nigeria. Right now you can pick one of the following alternatives ( depending on how patience you are):russellinspain wrote:Hi,
My non-EU spouse has just had her family reunion visa rejected by the Spanish consulate in Lagos. I am a British citizen, who has been resident, working and paying tax in Spain for the last 9 years. The reason given for the rejection is that our Nigerian marriage certificate has not been endorsed/certified or registered with my own EU country.
The UK does not register or endorse marriage certificates for commonwealth countries (Nigeria being one), I have even attended the British consulate in Lagos, who will only confirm this verbally, as the information is freely available on the official UK Gov websites.
There is a process for attaining a "certificate of recognition of a marriage outside UK or Spain", which can only be issued inside Spain by the British consulate, for the purpose applying for a residence permit once in Spain.
I have tried without any resolution to get this across to the Spanish consulate in Lagos, but they will not accept that it is impossible, UK regulations do not permit the endorsement of the Nigerian marriage certificate.
They did however collect 300 euros to carry out the legalisation of our marriage certificate and then still reject the visa!!
Does anyone out there know of this situation. I saw an old post going back to 2006 with the same issue....Help!!
We have only 15 days to appeal, which given the obstructive unhelpful, rude, ignorant attitude of the consulate in Lagos, will be a complete waste of time.
You are tagging onto a thread that is over 2 years old!dexter0 wrote:@hurracane: Please I would like to know if your suggestion above would still work today? And please I need your assistance. You mentioned you have helped so many in Lagos. What about in Abuja? Can you still help me out?