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This appears to be in direct conflict with the information on their webpage which has been online for about a year now.babu786 wrote:I live in ( UK) a non EU marriage to EU ( Danish National ). Me and my wife wants to go to ( Denmark Copenhagen ) on holiday together and we live in (UK). I have a valid EU/EEA Residence. the old style stamp in my passport. valid intil 09.2011. I have
letter from the Home Office
The DANISH Embassy says i need a visa to go to Denmark (Schengen Visa) otherwise i can't go with my wife.
This is Directive 2004/38/EC. Article 5 is the one before 6 but after 4.babu786 wrote:Hi
where can i find Article 5 of EU Directive 38/2004 ?
Please help me
Charles this is different. You have a european residence card as the non-EEA family member of a union citizen living in Romania. The OP is a non-EEA family member in possession of a UK residence card which some EU member states tend disregard (as the UK is not 100% in the EU).charles4u wrote:I am in Denmark now with my Romanian wife and I didnt come with any visa just my residence card as a family member from romania.
there is no problem at all since everywhere they asked for my wife and they said ok your free to go...I was in germany, Hungary and now in Denmark.
Ok. My phrasing left a lot to be desired! What I was trying to say is that some EU member states disregard the UK residence card irrespective of its seeming 'equality' with that of other EU states. Take for instance Bulgaria, an EU member state, only acknowledging PR residence cards of non-EEA family members for visa-free entry into the country. The Romanians seem to totally ignore the visa-free concession that should be accorded to non-EEA Family members in possession of UK RCs.benifa wrote:Woah there! The UK may be outside the Schengen area, but she's a full Member State of the Union, equal as any other.Plum70 wrote:(as the UK is not 100% in the EU)
Residence Cards issued in the UK have equal validity to those issued in other Member States.
You are right, I was in germany also and there was no problem once they saw my wife.Plum70 wrote:Charles this is different. You have a european residence card as the non-EEA family member of a union citizen living in Romania. The OP is a non-EEA family member in possession of a UK residence card which some EU member states tend disregard (as the UK is not 100% in the EU).charles4u wrote:I am in Denmark now with my Romanian wife and I didnt come with any visa just my residence card as a family member from romania.
there is no problem at all since everywhere they asked for my wife and they said ok your free to go...I was in germany, Hungary and now in Denmark.
This is why non-EEA family members still need to apply for Schengen visas when travelling to some member states. Should not be so, but is!
Plum70 wrote:Ok. My phrasing left a lot to be desired! What I was trying to say is that some EU member states disregard the UK residence card irrespective of its seeming 'equality' with that of other EU states. Take for instance Bulgaria, an EU member state, only acknowledging PR residence cards of non-EEA family members for visa-free entry into the country. The Romanians seem to totally ignore the visa-free concession that should be accorded to non-EEA Family members in possession of UK RCs.benifa wrote:Woah there! The UK may be outside the Schengen area, but she's a full Member State of the Union, equal as any other.Plum70 wrote:(as the UK is not 100% in the EU)
Residence Cards issued in the UK have equal validity to those issued in other Member States.
Likewise, a non-EEA Family member in possession of a EU residence card would still need to apply for a EEA Family permit before entering the UK as the UK does not recognise EU residence cards.
If the UK and the rest of the EU speak and understand the same language, then why the "discrimination"?