Hi, for your husband to travel with you in the EU without obtaining a visa, he needs to have an endorsement in his passport which reads along the lines ''RESIDENCE CARD OF A FAMILY MEMBER OF AN EEA NATIONAL'' endorsed in his passport by any EU country. Hope this helps.

 

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Is this really true? I've been informed by my Embassy that family member of EEA national does not need visa to Schengen country ONLY if the following EXACT text is written in residence permit:
"Resident card of a family member of a Union citizen".

For example, ''RESIDENCE CARD OF A FAMILY MEMBER OF AN EEA NATIONAL'' is the text written in the UK residence card and it does not give the right to travel to Schengen countries without Schengen visa.

missy, your version to me sounds as more logic but do you know if it works? I.e. is it possible to travel to Schengen country without Schengen visa but with the UK residence card?

 

Sueono :- what I have said is true - if you look on all EU Embassy websites it clearly states that. I have travelled to France, Italy, Norway, Germany, Netherlands and Malta with out a visa. As long as you travel with your husband / wife who is the EU National and you have your marriage certificate and that endorsment in your passport they will let you in. I got mine from the UK and have had no problems at all. Good Luck.

 

Sueno:- I forgot to also say your husband/wife who ever is the EU National will also need to show his/her REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE eg my husband has a blue registration card from the home office proving he is a permanant resident in the UK exercising treaty rights under EU law.

 

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That's great, thanks for clarification, missy. Do you know if marriage certificate has to be translated into English or language of country of destination? For example, French officials might have no clue what's written in Czech marriage certificate or similar.

 

I am not sure of the translation of the marriage certificate as mine is in english. Try phoning or emailing the embassy they will always help.