Can I visit the Schengen area as a spouse of an EU national in the UK?
I have residence card of a family member of EEA national in UK. My wife is Polish. I would like to visit Poland.
My question is whether I need visa to visit Poland.
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I have residence card of a family member of EEA national in UK. My wife is Polish. I would like to visit Poland.
My question is whether I need visa to visit Poland.
If you are traveling with your wife, or joining her in Poland, Directive 2004/38/EC says that you do not need a visa if you present your residence card. There are two possible problems with this:
Polish transposition of the directive may be incomplete. I do not know how Polish immigration officers will actually treat you in this case.
The UK transposition of the UK is (formerly) incomplete. The card is supposed to say "family member of a Union citizen," and the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016 have been amended to reflect this. In practice, this seems unlikely to cause anyone to fail to recognize your card as an Article 10 card, but I do not know.
If you are traveling without your wife, and you are not joining her, then whether you need a visa or not is governed by the Schengen Borders code and depends on your nationality.
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Does EU spouse need Schengen visa?
If you are travelling to the Schengen area as the spouse of an E.U. citizen, you should apply for the European Spouse Schengen Visa.Can EU family member travel to Europe without visa from UK?
EU , EEA and Swiss citizens can travel to the UK for holidays or short trips without needing a visa. In other cases, find out if you need to apply for a visa to enter the UK . You can cross the UK border using a valid passport which should be valid for the whole time you are in the UK .Can spouses of EU citizens stay beyond 90 days?
Beyond these 90 days, the non-EU spouses of EU nationals can stay on without a visa, but need to apply for a residency card in order to be able to spend prolonged periods of time in France (note that the formalities are different if coming to stay with a French partner, as opposed to one of another EU nationality).How long can a spouse of an EU citizen stay in EU?
For how long can an EU citizen and his/her accompanied non-EU Spouse stay in Schengen? If you are wondering how long can an EU citizen stay in Schengen area, the answer is\u2014indefinitely. Spouses of EU citizens who lack residency typically are limited to 90-day stays in the Schengen area.THE SCHENGEN ZONE TRAVEL EXPLAINED - DIGITAL NOMAD TV
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