Visit To France

[passpato]

does anyone understand this from the french embassy website? dated March 2009

The foreign spouse of a EU national (except French national) may enter France without visa if they are holding

a valid travel document;

a valid UK residence permit with the endorsement "family member of EEA national";

and if they are meeting up or travelling with the EU national.

However if you do not satisfy the above conditions, you will need to apply for a visa to travel to France (for instance if your residency is not explicit or if you are travelling to France for business). Note that children and parents of EU Nationals still require visas to travel to France.

does this mean my wife needs a Schengen visa or not ? she has a 2 year spouses visa [residents permit]and it says spouse of "my name"on it and the uk is in the EEA.

Has anyone actually travelled to France without a visa.Please only answer if you are sure because this is a new developement dated march 2009..

Edited April 10, 2009 by passpato

[Pierrot]

does anyone understand this from the french embassy website? dated March 2009

The foreign spouse of a EU national (except French national) may enter France without visa if they are holding

a valid travel document;

a valid UK residence permit with the endorsement "family member of EEA national";

and if they are meeting up or travelling with the EU national.

However if you do not satisfy the above conditions, you will need to apply for a visa to travel to France (for instance if your residency is not explicit or if you are travelling to France for business). Note that children and parents of EU Nationals still require visas to travel to France.

does this mean my wife needs a Schengen visa or not ? she has a 2 year spouses visa [residents permit]and it says spouse of "my name"on it and the uk is in the EEA.

Has anyone actually travelled to France without a visa.Please only answer if you are sure because this is a new developement dated march 2009..

To avoid any trouble, why don't you ask the French embassy directly? Our marriage is registered at the French Consulate and last time my wife asked a visa it took her one day to get it, no question asked.

[fred2007]

does anyone understand this from the french embassy website? dated March 2009

The foreign spouse of a EU national (except French national) may enter France without visa if they are holding

a valid travel document;

a valid UK residence permit with the endorsement "family member of EEA national";

and if they are meeting up or travelling with the EU national.

However if you do not satisfy the above conditions, you will need to apply for a visa to travel to France (for instance if your residency is not explicit or if you are travelling to France for business). Note that children andhttp://www.schengenspace.com/visa_exemptions parents of EU Nationals still require visas to travel to France.

does this mean my wife needs a Schengen visa or not ? she has a 2 year spouses visa [residents permit]and it says spouse of "my name"on it and the uk is in the EEA.

Has anyone actually travelled to France without a visa.Please only answer if you are sure because this is a new developement dated march 2009..

http://www.axa-schengen.com/english/schengen-countries.html

[pete_r]

It looks like it would work, but indeed better to clarify directly with the French embassy to avoid any surprise on arrival in France.

About this:

Note that children and parents of EU Nationals still require visas to travel to France.

In 99% of the cases (rough estimate of course), the parents and children of a EU national would also be EU nationals, and wouldn't need a visa to travel to France and other countries of the EU.