What can this Residence Card actually do

[GrantyGrant]

So I really need some answers?

I have a girl friend (unmarried partner) with a Portugese passport, we got the UK Residence card of a EEA family member visa for me (South African resident)

We live in London and we want to travel.

Becasue we are unmarried but just boyfriend and girlfriend how do we prove that we I have the visa because of our relationship (being longer than 2 years)

Visa offices want civil partnership or spousal proof? What do we do?

I want to go to France and dont want to get a new visa - because that is what I thought I was getting in a UK Residence Card of a EEA family member.

Please help?

Thanks

Grant

[Obie]

Article 3
Beneficiaries
1. This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move
to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they
are a national, and to their family members as defined in point
2 of Article 2 who accompany or join them.
2. Without prejudice to any right to free movement and
residence the persons concerned may have in their own right,
the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national
legislation, facilitate entry and residence for the following
persons:

(b)the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable
relationship, duly attested.
The host Member State shall undertake an extensive examination
of the personal circumstances and shall justify any denial
of entry or residence to these people.

Try arguing the highlighted area with the french embassy, if they refuse to back down, you can travel with your partner to countries like Sweden or Holland which recognises Defacto Relationship and travel to France from there. Also you could try getting visa from embassies which recognises your relationship, free of charge and use it to travel to France.

You might also want to consider reporting the French Embassy to Solvit.