Confused about Schengen visa to Slovakia

rogerex · Post by **rogerex** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:38 pm

Hi, I hold a Non European passport with an EEA residence document on it, as I'm married to a Slovak national. We are going to Slovakia in 2 weeks, I have looked into the website for the emabssy and it states clearly that Holders of the â€žRESIDENCE DOCUMENTATIONâ€

dsanchez · Post by **dsanchez** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:31 pm

Please can you tell us:

-Your nationality
-The EEA country where your resident permit is from?

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:08 pm

rogerex wrote:However I've called the Slovak embassy to confirm this, and two different people assured em that I need a visa to go to Slovakia...

An what did they say when you told them that their very own web page says otherwise? How did they explain this contradiction?

rogerex · Post by **rogerex** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:24 pm

-Your nationality I'm Bolivian
-The EEA country where your resident permit is from? UK

An what did they say when you told them that their very own web page says otherwise? How did they explain this contradiction?

Not much really, they were just stikkgin to the ftac that I need a visa to go there..they werent really worried on justify the website

dsanchez · Post by **dsanchez** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:49 pm

rogerex wrote:-Your nationality I'm Bolivian
-The EEA country where your resident permit is from? UK

The UK does not belong to the Schengen agreement, therefore YOU NEED a visa to enter Slovakia, as Slovakia belongs to the Schengen agreement.

As you're married to a slovak citizen, the visa is free for you and normally they should issue it to you very quickly.

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:18 pm

dsanchez wrote:The UK does not belong to the Schengen agreement, therefore YOU NEED a visa to enter Slovakia, as Slovakia belongs to the Schengen agreement.

That's irrelevant in this case. The only questions here is: how does Slovakia implement EU law and specificially Directive 2004/38/EC?

dsanchez wrote:As you're married to a slovak citizen...

That could be indeed the problem though the information on the embassy's web page does not seem to exclude their own citizens. It may be worthwhile for the spouse to try to contact the Slovakian Ministry of Interior. After all, they are responsible for the border control.

rogerex · Post by **rogerex** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:42 pm

So it might be a case of me needing a visa then?!

dsanchez · Post by **dsanchez** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:42 am

rogerex wrote:So it might be a case of me needing a visa then?!

What 86ti said is true. Althought as a bolivian citizen you need a visa for Slovakia (because Slovakia is in the Schengen Area), you also have the right of free movement because you are travelling with your wife. See the article 8 of the document 86ti was refering to in spanish

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 048:ES:pdf

In conclusion, althought you would not need the visa because you're travelling with your wife, I would suggest you to double check with the embassy this. The problem is that many countries seem to interpret this directive in their own way.

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:44 am

The relevant articles would be 5(2) and 5(4).

dsanchez · Post by **dsanchez** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:47 am

I checked the slovak embassy in England. It clearly says (as you said)

"Holders of the â€žRESIDENCE DOCUMENTATIONâ€

86ti · Post by **86ti** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:00 am

I would also suggest to have a good look through http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... T#FIELD_SK.

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:58 pm

I would recommend you take your marriage certificate with you when you travel. And some proof that the EU national is working in the UK.

Also see http://eumovement.wordpress.com/2010/08 ... to-travel/

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