THansen skrev:

Du bør nok slette personfølsomme oplysninger fra dit indlæg

BoPhuket skrev:

Hej min kone og jeg skal på ferie i Danmark i 89 dage til Sommer. Jeg er lige blevet orienteret om at der er lave nogle ændringer siden sidste år og har idag skrevet til Ambassaden i Bangkok og venter på et svar fra dem.
Det skulle være blevet lettere af få et turist visa når man rejser sammen og er gift. Man skal ikke stille nogen garanti , man behøves ikke at benytte et firma til at lave ansøgningen, og min thai ægtefælle skal ikke have en forsikring mere. Er det korrekt? Hilsen Bo

To The Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok.

Hi

I am told that there is new rules for getting a visa for married couples and like to know how we do it correct this year.

My wife and I lived for many years in Thailand, and every year we take a 89 days holiday in Denmark to visit my family.

I now hear that she can get a Shengen visa more easy than the previus years

( vi are married for 11 years now and have every year had a 3 months vacation in Denmark )

Is it correct that we just come to the Ambassy in Bangkok with the Danish marrige certificate and the filled forms and now can get the visa in only two days ?

That we do not need to show any insurance anymore

That we can do all paperwork with the ambassy and not with the VFS ( Expensive service )

Please advise

Write in English or in Danish

We will fly to Bangkok in April for the visa, and we will fly to Copenhagen 28 of June 2014.

Regards from FORNAVN EFTERNAVN

Phuket

( " The French are incorrect about having to apply via TLS (or VFS), the Schengen. The French offer the option of going to TLS Contact, most other Schengen embassies offer the option of going to an external service provider (TLS Contact, VFS Global.) However this is NOT mandatory but entirely optional, the Schengen code (Code on Visa) dictates in artile 17 that you should have a genuine option of applying directly via the embassy witout the use of an external service provider. This is also explained in the Visa Handbook. " )





Posted Yesterday, 15:05
@Thaisail. Good to hear all went fine. But since you are a French national you should have been able to get a free visa fast and easy from the Swedish embassy (or any other Schengen embassy except the French embassy since you can't exercise these " freedom of movement" rights in the country that you have the nationality of) on your vacation last year. All that is required for the free application is that your wife proofs that she is your wife, a marriage certificate should be enough (if need be translated to English or another language that the embassy can read, and legalized by the Thai Ministry of foreign affairs.

The French are incorrect about having to apply via TLS (or VFS), the Schengen. The French offer the option of going to TLS Contact, most other Schengen embassies offer the option of going to an external service provider (TLS Contact, VFS Global.) However, this is NOT mandatory, but entirely optional, the Schengen code (Code on Visa) dictates in article 17 that you should have a genuine option of applying directly via the embassy without the use of an external service provider. This is also explained in the Visa Handbook.

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4.3. The service fee
Legal basis: Visa Code, Article 17
As a fundamental principle, a service fee may be charged to an applicant using the facilities of an external service provider only if the alternative is maintained of direct access to the consulate incurring the payment of just the visa fee (see point 4.4).

4.4. Direct access
Maintaining the possibility for visa applicants to lodge their applications directly at the consulate instead of via an external service provider implies that there should be a genuine choice between these two possibilities.

EN 22 EN
Even if direct access does not have to be organised under identical or similar conditions to those for access to the service provider, the conditions should not make direct access impossible in practice. Even if it is acceptable to have a different waiting time for obtaining an appointment in the case of direct access, the waiting time should not be so long that it would render direct access impossible in practice.
The different options available for lodging a visa application should be presented plainly to the public, including clear information both on the choice and the cost of the additional services of the external service provider (see Part I, point 4.1).

See: http://www.thaivi...r-thai-gf/ and http://www.thaivi...-new-rule/


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Posted Yesterday, 16:16
Some useful links:

The visa code can be found here:
English:
http://eur-lex.eu...810:EN:NOT
French:
http://eur-lex.eu...810:FR:NOT

Handbook (also useful for details on visa for family members):
http://ec.europa....dex_en.htm

Visa for Non-EU family members explained (including examples):
http://europa.eu/...dex_en.htm

It's a real shame that various embassies do not abide the Schengen Visa Code due to either incompetence or even being unwilling to execute the rules properly (costing them too much time or money?). Complaining to the authorities does help: the EU Commission, SOLVIT, the ministry of foreign affairs of the particular nation you applied at, the EU delegation (" EU embassy" in Thailand etc.

Bo - Danish Ocean Cruising Association representative in Thailand.
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Svar fra Den Danske Ambassade i Bangkok.


Hi Bo,

Nothing is true. I wonder where you heard it?

Everything is as usual. – But if you have been together for so long and your wife has been to SCHENGEN on such a regular basis I would advise you to apply for three year visa with multiple entries next time you apply.
Med venlig hilsen/ Best regards
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