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  • Rui N. 1,021 posts

    And in fact that’s not what it says. It says, and I quote “If you are accompanying or joining an EU family member in order to live in an EU member state”.

    NorthernLass 10,518 posts

    The suggestion was to tell the immigration officials when @LD27 was travelling with her partner. Then they might not need to do so much counting …

    Rui N. 1,021 posts

    Just making stuff up I see: “OH wasn’t with me in Zurich”. In any case it was easy to interpret what I said.
    And being a “partner” is not enough. For some countries even a civil partnership is not enough. EU law only requires to accept non-EU partners that are married (but most accept civil partners as well).

    (This reply was about you had said before and then changed. That’s why one should always quote, I know)

    LD27 424 posts

    Which means that when you are not travelling with an EU family member you are limited *facepalm*
    The OP also had not said when I wrote that the OH was a “legal” family member.

    Thanks for all the information – it’s really helpful.

    We’ve been married for over 30 years. I’ve just asked husband if he’s a “legal” family member. He didn’t take it too well, even when I explained why I asked the question! My daughter and I are still falling off our chairs laughing and so is my son in Madeira! We’ve told husband/father to get a sense of humour lol!

    I do have an up to date spreadsheet of my entry and exit dates/locations to Schengen countries and number of days, which I always have with me. But when I took out my phone to clarify in Frankfurt, I was shouted out and told phones can’t be used in immigration area. Sometimes you can’t win! But my number of days increased significantly when Croatia and then Bulgaria and Romania joined Schengen and I couldn’t find anyway on line to confirm the pre-Schengen visits would not be counted. I wasn’t aware of actual dates at time of making bookings.

    Tracey 273 posts

    You don’t have to go back to Malta, an exit stamp from any EU country will prove you are not in Malta.

    After I missed getting my exit stamp from Seville, I was in Cyprus a few weeks later. Got in without a problem and the entry and exit stamps proved I wasn’t still in Seville.

    davefl 2,006 posts

    @LD27 Frankfurt… say no more.

    Rui N. 1,021 posts

    Which means that when you are not travelling with an EU family member you are limited *facepalm*
    The OP also had not said when I wrote that the OH was a “legal” family member.

    Thanks for all the information – it’s really helpful.

    We’ve been married for over 30 years. I’ve just asked husband if he’s a “legal” family member. He didn’t take it too well, even when I explained why I asked the question! My daughter and I are still falling off our chairs laughing and so is my son in Madeira! We’ve told husband/father to get a sense of humour lol!

    I do have an up to date spreadsheet of my entry and exit dates/locations to Schengen countries and number of days, which I always have with me. But when I took out my phone to clarify in Frankfurt, I was shouted out and told phones can’t be used in immigration area. Sometimes you can’t win! But my number of days increased significantly when Croatia and then Bulgaria and Romania joined Schengen and I couldn’t find anyway on line to confirm the pre-Schengen visits would not be counted. I wasn’t aware of actual dates at time of making bookings.

    No worries 🙂
    I fail to see what is so funny about what I said. You considering him family would be irrelevant if you were not married or in a civil partnership (in this aspect the US is more progressive, you can get a visa for a non-married partner if you can prove a long standing relationship).
    Being married is important in this case because if you were not married or on a civil partnership you’d have absolutely no rights when entering the EU with him (your kids is a different matter, assuming they have an EU passport).
    This stuff is important, and lots of people have their lives made into hell post-Brexit because of it.

    And yes, using phones in immigration areas is generally a big no-no. Anything you might need must be printed out.
    When I was in the US I had a folder full of documents that I carried with me – only used it once, when a border agent said it was impossible I could be paying for my studies there with just my scholarship and travelling so much – these were the good old days of unlimited manufactured spending – and said I must be dealing drugs on the side; had to show my bank statements, tax returns and proof of funds from back home from my parents, which had been used in the original visa application (but fortunately never needed to ask for any support)

    LD27 424 posts

    @LD27 Frankfurt… say no more.

    I hate Frankfurt and have vowed never to go through there again however cheap the tickets are as I have had so many issues passing through!

    Hope your travel plans are going well.

    davefl 2,006 posts

    @LD27 Frankfurt… say no more.

    I hate Frankfurt and have vowed never to go through there again however cheap the tickets are as I have had so many issues passing through!

    Hope your travel plans are going well.

    Snap. Loathesome place.

    Had to take a break for a couple of days as it was driving me mad, only 23 days to departure so I need to get back to it tomorrow.

    Sandgrounder 69 posts

    You don’t have to go back to Malta, an exit stamp from any EU country will prove you are not in Malta.

    After I missed getting my exit stamp from Seville, I was in Cyprus a few weeks later. Got in without a problem and the entry and exit stamps proved I wasn’t still in Seville.

    It wouldn’t have been a problem for Cyprus, because they aren’t in Schengen.

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