Travelling alone to Schengen countries with EU Family Residence Card

I am a non-EU national based in Norway. I hold a valid Norwegian Residence Card for family members of EU nationals. My wife is Latvian.

My question - would it be possible for me to travel to another Schengen country by air ALONE on my Norway residence permit. Or do i need to be accompanied by my EU national spouse.

I have been reading on websites that it is a rule that non eu nationals have to be accompanied by their EU family members during travel to schengen countries.

Kindly advise.

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Best Answer

There are two sources of travel rights involved:

Those you have because you're a family member of a union citizen.
Those you have because you hold a residence permit from a Schengen country.

The rights from part (1) generally depend on you accompanying or joining the union citizen.

The rights from part (2) don't. You may have your residence permit because you're a family member, but a residence permit is still a residence permit, and gives you the same rights other residence permit do.

Part of the rights from part (2) is to make short trips within the Schengen area up to 90 days of every 180. Since this is triggered purely by having a residence permit, you do not need to accompany your wife to use that.

For comparison, if you want to go to an EU state that is not in Schengen, such as Ireland, you'd need to depend on the rights that are only triggered by accompanying or joining a union citizen. (Due to your Article 10 residence card they may not require a visa from you, but as far as I understand the directive they could still decide not to let you in when you're traveling alone, same as they can refuse entry to any visa-free national who arrives at the border).

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Can EU family member travel to Europe without visa after Brexit?

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 I travel to other Schengen countries with residence permit?

A long stay visa or a residence permit issued by a Schengen State allows you to travel or stay in other Schengen States, while respecting the maximum duration of a \u201cshort stay\u201d (a stay of "90 days in any 180 day period").

Does an EEA family permit holder need Schengen visa?

If you have a residence card as an EU national family member and you are not accompanying or joining your EU spouse / partner in the Schengen country, you must apply for a visa to enter that country.

Can EU family member travel to Italy?

Family members of an EU citizen must register as residents at the local Comune (town hall) within three months from their entry into the Italian territory and must apply for an EU family member residence card at the local Questura (Police Immigration Office) by providing the documents listed in art.

ENG- LONG TERM Residence Card - EU valid for work in European Countries.

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