(Schengen) Visa requirement for non-EEA spouse of Irish citizen

Monife

Kotek Besar wrote: »

All EU member states, provided you are travelling in the company of, or to join, your EU national family member.

You need a visa for Ireland and the UK. All Schengen countries allow free EU family member travel.

Riat

Thanks Monife

veetwin

Monife wrote: »

You need a visa for Ireland and the UK. All Schengen countries allow free EU family member travel.

Riat please ignore this post as it is incorrect.

From http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/coming_to_live_in_ireland/visa_requirements_for_entering_ireland.html



Who else can land in Ireland without a visa?
You do not need a visa to land in Ireland if:

You hold a valid travel document issued by one of the following countries in accordance with Article 28 of the Geneva Convention: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, or Switzerland.
You hold either a valid residence card 4 EU FAM or a valid permanent residence card 4 EU FAM issued by the Garda National Immigration Bureau under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (SI 656 of 2006).
You are a family member of an EU citizen and you hold a document called "Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen" as referred to in article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC (pdf).

Monife

veetwin wrote: »

Riat please ignore this post as it is incorrect.

From http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/coming_to_live_in_ireland/visa_requirements_for_entering_ireland.html



Who else can land in Ireland without a visa?
You do not need a visa to land in Ireland if:

You hold a valid travel document issued by one of the following countries in accordance with Article 28 of the Geneva Convention: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, or Switzerland.
You hold either a valid residence card 4 EU FAM or a valid permanent residence card 4 EU FAM issued by the Garda National Immigration Bureau under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (SI 656 of 2006).
You are a family member of an EU citizen and you hold a document called "Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen" as referred to in article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC (pdf).

Well that's new then because they used to still require a visa from EU family members. This was discussed thoroughly on immigrationboards.com. I wonder in practice does it work as some immigration guards aren't usually up to date with EU law.

Riat

Its lot of confusion regarding EU laws as French embassy doesn't require visa and can travel without applying France visa and it is mentioned on website, for Italy its nothing mentioned on website ,I think calling to embassy may be working ,do call centers help regarding queries as email has no response.thanks a million.