I thought that I'd let you have an update. The immigration officer in my home country asked a few questions (e.g. why are you entering Schengen here, and are you both catching your onward flight in a few hours etc.) but that was pretty much it. Managed to quickly catch up with my family who'd come ...

Sheraz, John, many thanks for your replies.

For John: I confirm that the visa was issued by the Embassy of our main destination.

For Sheraz: she holds a multiple entry short term Schengen visa, which was issued free of charge since I am an EEA national.

Kind regards,

Traveller4ever

My original post of 14 October refers. Any ideas, anyone? If she has to go through immigration at the first point of landing (my home country), we might as well invite my parents to come up to the airport for a few hours before we fly on again.. Also, she was issued with a multiple C Schengen visa ...

Dear All, My wife and I both reside outside the EU/Schengen area. I am an EU/Schengen national, and my wife has been issued with a Schengen visa as the family member of an EU national. The cheapest ticket to the Schengen country where we propose to holiday (and which issued the visa) is, however ...