Tourist Visa of an EU Partner...

[johncar54]

We live in Spain so Schengen Area.

The visa is a Tourist 90 visa, but as said above, you will need other paperwork. In theory it should be the same for all Schengen countries but as suggested it would probably be better to seek advice from the Dutch Consulate in Manila.

I would assume that the Netherlands signed the EU directive that families must be allowed to live together, thus you should have no problems about interviews. We just had a chat at the counter, we were together. No questions other than how long had we known each other. Most of the few minutes we spent chatting about the half dozen wedding photos we had taken with us. The only problem was that we had not taken a large brown envelope! Someone in the queue gave us one and that was the interview over.

On arrival in Spain we made an application for her Residencia. Once that had started the 90 days validity of the visa was irrelevant.

Again as someone said, my wife cannopt go to UK, or even shopping in Gibraltar, unles we make the trip to the British Consul in Madrid, pay 100€ (150€ for Gib) and my wife in intervewed !!!!!!

[janyen]

We live in Spain so Schengen Area.

The visa is a Tourist 90 visa, but as said above, you will need other paperwork. In theory it should be the same for all Schengen countries but as suggested it would probably be better to seek advice from the Dutch Consulate in Manila.

I would assume that the Netherlands signed the EU directive that families must be allowed to live together, thus you should have no problems about interviews. We just had a chat at the counter, we were together. No questions other than how long had we known each other. Most of the few minutes we spent chatting about the half dozen wedding photos we had taken with us. The only problem was that we had not taken a large brown envelope! Someone in the queue gave us one and that was the interview over.

On arrival in Spain we made an application for her Residencia. Once that had started the 90 days validity of the visa was irrelevant.

Again as someone said, my wife cannopt go to UK, or even shopping in Gibraltar, unles we make the trip to the British Consul in Madrid, pay 100€ (150€ for Gib) and my wife in intervewed !!!!!!

Hi johncar54,
Did you get the visa right away? Was it free of charge?


I really appreciate ALL the informations that you guys posted here!!!

We emailed the Dutch Embassy in Manila and they confirmed that my visa is free of charge as a partner (spouse)of an EU citizen according to the EU rules but it will take 2 weeks for them to process our papers . The embassy also said that a One way ticket is suffice if my visa is Long Term and will stay their with my husband (which is what we are planning).

Just waiting for 2 weeks before I go to the Consulate in Cebu

[janyen]

We live in Spain so Schengen Area.

The visa is a Tourist 90 visa, but as said above, you will need other paperwork. In theory it should be the same for all Schengen countries but as suggested it would probably be better to seek advice from the Dutch Consulate in Manila.

I would assume that the Netherlands signed the EU directive that families must be allowed to live together, thus you should have no problems about interviews. We just had a chat at the counter, we were together. No questions other than how long had we known each other. Most of the few minutes we spent chatting about the half dozen wedding photos we had taken with us. The only problem was that we had not taken a large brown envelope! Someone in the queue gave us one and that was the interview over.

On arrival in Spain we made an application for her Residencia. Once that had started the 90 days validity of the visa was irrelevant.

Again as someone said, my wife cannopt go to UK, or even shopping in Gibraltar, unles we make the trip to the British Consul in Madrid, pay 100€ (150€ for Gib) and my wife in intervewed !!!!!!

Hi johncar54,
Did you get the visa right away? Was it free of charge?


I really appreciate ALL the informations that you guys posted here!!!

We emailed the Dutch Embassy in Manila and they confirmed that my visa is free of charge as a partner (spouse)of an EU citizen (british) according to the EU rules but it will take 2 weeks for them to process our papers . The embassy also said that a One way ticket is suffice if my visa is Long Term and will stay their with my husband (which is what we are planning).

Just waiting for 2 weeks before I go to the Consulate in Cebu