Travel with EEA-Spouse without Visa to UK
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:31 pm
Hey guys,
I hope I'm in the right place here and I hope my question hasn't been answered yet (haven't found anything suitable in the search-function).
My problem: I (Austrian) would like to travel to Scotland with my wife (non-EU citizen, but has Austrian residence permits for family members). We applied for our EEA Family Permit in time, but now we got a refusal because there is something missing in the documents. A new application would not run out of time (not even Priority).
I have now read that family members of EU members should be able to travel through Europe without a visa (Directive 2004/38/EC). But I have also often read that airlines can cause problems and would refuse boarding because of my wife's missing visa.
However, if you make it to the UK, there should be less of a problem (if you have patience and the printed text of the law with you).
Now to my real question: my flight ticket to Edinburgh has already been booked. If I now book another ticket to a Schengen country (e.g. the Netherlands) within 24 hours of arriving in Edinburgh, can the airline at Vienna Airport in Austria prevent me from taking the flight to Scotland (I then have a connecting flight to the Netherlands, for which a visa is no longer required)? If so, would this be a legal way to travel to the UK and try my luck there?
I thank you already for your answers
Best regards,
Mark
I hope I'm in the right place here and I hope my question hasn't been answered yet (haven't found anything suitable in the search-function).
My problem: I (Austrian) would like to travel to Scotland with my wife (non-EU citizen, but has Austrian residence permits for family members). We applied for our EEA Family Permit in time, but now we got a refusal because there is something missing in the documents. A new application would not run out of time (not even Priority).
I have now read that family members of EU members should be able to travel through Europe without a visa (Directive 2004/38/EC). But I have also often read that airlines can cause problems and would refuse boarding because of my wife's missing visa.
However, if you make it to the UK, there should be less of a problem (if you have patience and the printed text of the law with you).
Now to my real question: my flight ticket to Edinburgh has already been booked. If I now book another ticket to a Schengen country (e.g. the Netherlands) within 24 hours of arriving in Edinburgh, can the airline at Vienna Airport in Austria prevent me from taking the flight to Scotland (I then have a connecting flight to the Netherlands, for which a visa is no longer required)? If so, would this be a legal way to travel to the UK and try my luck there?
I thank you already for your answers
Best regards,
Mark