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Yes you can but the basic tenet is if you don't spend some time or more importantly, cash in the issuing states they won't issue another one.688148256 wrote:Hi, my wife is here in the U.K on a settlement visa and recently I applied for her a SCHENGEN visa at the GERMAN consulate for a short trip to the Europe.
The German consulate has granted her the visa but we wish to go to ITALY instead, italy will be our main and only destination.
Is it possible to take a transit flight from U.K TO FRANKFURT and then TO ITALY.
OR can we travel direct to italy with the German Schengen visa ignoring a visit to the Germany.
thank you
Don't think that is true if the OP is a British citizen. The germany embassy would have to issue a visa in the future, though maybe they could be awkward and issue a short single entry visa.Wanderer wrote:Yes you can but the basic tenet is if you don't spend some time or more importantly, cash in the issuing states they won't issue another one.688148256 wrote:Hi, my wife is here in the U.K on a settlement visa and recently I applied for her a SCHENGEN visa at the GERMAN consulate for a short trip to the Europe.
The German consulate has granted her the visa but we wish to go to ITALY instead, italy will be our main and only destination.
Is it possible to take a transit flight from U.K TO FRANKFURT and then TO ITALY.
OR can we travel direct to italy with the German Schengen visa ignoring a visit to the Germany.
thank you
Good spot. The Germans are clearly doing the sensible thing now. You can also do the first or subsequent application by post (as family member of an EU or German citizen).86ti wrote:Information on their web page does not exclude London though it would make sense.
The webpage also states that visas are issued to EEA family members via the 'simple' procedure.Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:Good spot. The Germans are clearly doing the sensible thing now. You can also do the first or subsequent application by post (as family member of an EU or German citizen).86ti wrote:Information on their web page does not exclude London though it would make sense.
She got it because nobody thought about consulting me! Particularly odd is that the document also includes my daughter who is an EU citizen. On the other hand, the above mentioned embassy web page requires an address in Germany so it served at least one purpose...Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:Verpflichtungserklaerung is not needed for EU family members. Your wife's friend spent a lot of time and money to get it for her - better to spend the money on a good night out when you get to Germany.
I can't really confirm that the border police in Munich is too well informed, see here (page 15, third last posting at the moment).Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:The German border guards are well trained and (usually) very nice. I talked with some in Munich about what visa my wife needed. The two of them I was talking with told me she required no visa if she was traveling with me and we had our marriage certificate with us. I asked is they had that in writing, and they looked carefully and said they did not. But they said it was no problem.
Of course you can. You could always.688148256 wrote:So can I travel freely and goto ITALY THROUGH A CONNECTING FLIGHT...legally.
Actually you are still technically not sticking to the 'rules' as Germany should be your main destination. First destination only matters if you are spending equal time in multiple countries.688148256 wrote:thanks for the replies..
So can I travel freely and goto ITALY THROUGH A CONNECTING FLIGHT...legally.