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EU citizen living in a non-EU country issuing citizenship for wife and daughter. Where is easier and faster?
I have no personal experience with this, but I think the question can be analyzed without that based on the assumption that your primary concern is moving with your family to the Netherlands. I ...
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My husband's getting a H1B visa, can I expect any type of work permit in USA?
Unfortunately, the only derived status the spouse of an H-1B can automatically acquire is an H-4, which allows one to live in the US but generally not to work. The exception to the last bit is that, ...
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Is there a type of French visa to bridge the gap between two visas?
A few options:
Apply for an autorisation provisoire de séjour. Provided she graduated and her diploma meets the requirements, she can use that to look for work for up to 12 months. The fact she would ...
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How to cope with ageing parents/family and not being with them?
What you can do is to be prepared as possible.
Have enough funds to make an trip there for an emergency
Talk to your manager about the procedure for a trip on short notice (basically, how will the ...
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I want to get my Mexican fiance permanent residency in the United States with drug conviction
The 10 years probably refers to the 10-year INA 212(a)(9)(A)(ii) ban for being deported from inside the US, which is already over. However, I believe he also has a lifetime INA 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) ban ...
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UK citizen: how do I return to the UK with Kenyan husband and daughter?
Whether you or your daughter or your husband can settle in the UK is a complicated question. The answer(s) depend(s) on the interaction of each of your individual citizenships, and the UK's visa ...
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EEA Family Permit refused - No clear reason given, appalling letter
The letter is a template that was not completed correctly (perhaps not at all). For example, certain text should have been deleted by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) and replaced with more ...
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Can a US greencard winner re-enter alone or can extend of family members visa enter time after 6 month is over?
1- For me and my family members, Can I extend the time by getting
Healthy tests report and re-applying for an appointment to local US
consular ?
Normally derivative beneficiaries can "follow to ...
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What would be the problems to change Tourism UK visa to EEA family permit?
At first it doesn't look good. According to gov.uk,
You must be outside the UK to apply for an EEA family permit.
On the other hand, the family permit is just for entering the UK, not for ...
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"Marriage is not subsisting" - How to defend something like this?
Please note that what the immigration officers are looking for is proof of a marriage that is based on equal partnership and is genuine. While there is no definite list of documents to illustrate a ...
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Request for French Nationality
Being born or living abroad is not in itself an obstacle. If your father was French when you were born (and you can document all that) then by default you are French yourself. What does make a ...
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Do parents need to be dependent for EU familiy reunification?
Your reasoning hinges on the notion that parents are necessarily household members. On a purely formal level, it's not the case, it's an additional material requirement thus explicitely ruling out ...
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Can I get parental leave if my family is outside of Germany?
No, the preconditions are (§ 1 Absatz 1 BEEG):
your main place of residence is in Germany
you live in that household with the child
It is not paid leave, but you will eligible for Elterngeld (parent ...
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I was deported from the UK in 2010, after spending 8 months in prison, can I go back now in 2024?
According to the statement on the UK Immigration website “ A deportation order invalidates any permission to enter or stay in the UK and prevents the person from returning to the UK while the ...
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What's the Canada family immigration sibling rule now?
There's an art to reading Canada law that I don't really possess, but I'm pretty sure this is correct. From the web page you reference [link updated 2022-02-28] you can always sponsor a relative if ...
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Non-EU Citizen. Can I get visa if my father live in Germany?
The obvious one would be Familienzusammenführung. If your father has a residency permit and a way to support you, that should be enough for you to get a residency permit (including working permit) as ...
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Do I need to pay for my family, who are 'additional applicants' when applying for Australian work visa?
You have it correctly. After a bit of searching I found the Examples visa pricing charges page.
There are two examples and both detail that partners/spouses and children are considered additional ...
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UK EEA Family Permit Refusal for Lack of Communication Evidence
This looks a little fishy. According to EUN02:
When a marriage / civil partnership of convenience is suspected, the burden of proof is high and rests with the ECO.
They have use the refusal formula ...
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F4 visa was granted but my nephews aged out. What can we do?
Assuming the children are unmarried, whether they have aged out as derivative beneficiaries or not is determined by the formula in the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). Specifically, the amount of ...
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Is it possible to get a UK visa if you're married to more than one person?
There is no visa for polygamous or polyamorous relationships. The UK will not use polyamory against you (or polygamy I suppose), but they simply won't recognize it either for the purposes of granting ...
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EU citizen from UK wants to live permanently with Japanese citizen, currently living in Germany, having a baby and wants to get married
Marriage in Germany is no problem, just a bit inconvenient: One of you must be a resident (for three months, I think. Doesn't hurt if both are residents), and in your case the marriage must be legal ...
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UK residence for a mother of a baby who is UK citizen
It depends. If you are a national of an EU country, or a country that has a visitor agreement with the UK, you can ENTER the UK without a visa.
If you are a citizen of a country that is not on this ...
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Can I travel while waiting for my Swedish residence card?
I have been in this exact situation, I am an EU national living in Sweden with my non-EU wife.
Some things to consider.
You can leave Sweden, and if you need to go back the best way to do it is to ...
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Shared flat and Germany family reunification visa for a third-country national?
Here's a more detailed answer to my own question based on the experience I had.
As soon as a few weeks after the spouse applies for a Family Reunification visa through the German embassy, the one ...
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UK citizen living in EU returning to U.K. With spouse
Your son doesn't need a visa, of course. His wife can use an EEA family permit if they'll be moving before Brexit. Otherwise, she'll probably need a regular family visa, which she can use anyway, ...
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Is sister eligible for US green card "through your family"?
You have to be a US citizen who is 21 or over to petition a sibling or parent to immigrate to the US.
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How do me and my dad cope with my mom doing a disappearing act and stating she isn't coming back?
There's no explicit question here that is on topic for this site, but there is an implicit question about immigration status, perhaps for each of your parents.
I presume that your father is a lawful ...
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Can a permanent resident file I-130 & I-485 for spouse concurrently if final action date is current and spouse lives in the US?
Yes. The I-130 petition and I-485 for Adjustment of Status can be filed concurrently if a visa number is immediately available for the person's category (as determined by USCIS's Adjustment of Status ...
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Can I bring my family if I get a working visa to Ireland?
As provided by the Citizens Information Board, which gives information on public services and entitlements in Ireland.
Residence rights of family members
Non-EEA citizens
If you are from outside the ...
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What would be the problems to change Tourism UK visa to EEA family permit?
Once you are in the UK, you don't need an EEA family permit anymore so the question is moot. If your relationship is sufficient to qualify for EU freedom of movement rights (and therefore for the EEA ...
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