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UK Citizen with Kyrgyz wife moving to Bulgaria need help! ..... good advice if the spouse will like to become a British citizen sooner rather than later. ...
And preferably without leaving the country at all? And preferably without leaving the country at all? Anyhow, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry told us (through an intermediary) that it will be easier for her to get a longer term visa if she had some kind of residency permit from Britain. Anyhow, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry told us (through an intermediary) that it will be easier for her to get a longer term visa if she had some kind of residency permit from Britain. Are you going to explain why, for the benefit of any new readers who don't know about the different qualifying periods, or were you just popping in to make a vaguely worrying gnomic comment? At the beginning of March we are all going to Bulgaria for three months or possibly longer because I have some work there to do. At the beginning of March we are all going to Bulgaria for three months or possibly longer because I have some work there to do. Clearly, many people are misinformed about the current laws, and I'm particularly worried about the airport in Kyrgyzstan. Could we apply for a UK visa/EEA family permit from the British Embassy in Bulgaria and will that help her to extend her visa there? Could we apply for a UK visa/EEA family permit from the British Embassy in Bulgaria and will that help her to extend her visa there? Does it matter that we haven't been living in the UK? Does it matter that we haven't been living in the UK? Firstly I got a response from EU signpost service, an online help service dealing with issues regarding EU law. How can we ensure that Turkish airlines will agree to board my wife and that passport control in Kyrgyzstan/Turkey will let her through? However, he then got the response that Bulgaria have implemented some new law (2008) that contradicts Directive 2004/38. However, numerous phone calls to both Bulgaria and to their nearest consulate to us in Kazakhstan have revealed that they will only grant her a thirty day visa, after which she MUST leave the country. However, numerous phone calls to both Bulgaria and to their nearest consulate to us in Kazakhstan have revealed that they will only grant her a thirty day visa, after which she MUST leave the country. However, we almost never go back to Britain because of my job so any document based on her living there is just not possible for us. However, we almost never go back to Britain because of my job so any document based on her living there is just not possible for us. I am not really sure exactly what document they are talking about and they seemed reluctant to give that information. I am not really sure exactly what document they are talking about and they seemed reluctant to give that information. I assumed, because she is the spouse of an EU citizen, that it will be relatively easy for her to get an extended visa or at least to get a short-term visa to stay in Bulgaria and then get it extended when we arrive there. I assumed, because she is the spouse of an EU citizen, that it will be relatively easy for her to get an extended visa or at least to get a short-term visa to stay in Bulgaria and then get it extended when we arrive there. I contacted my future employer in Bulgaria and asked him to phone around a bit, the Foreign Ministry etc, quote the response from Signpost and see if he can clarify that my wife can get an extended visa. I have no idea what this is exactly, or even if they can do this as a transitional state, but I have spent the last 30 minutes googling this and I can't find anything about a new immigration law in Bulgaria in 2008. I just want her to get a three month visa rather than a one month one and for her not to have to leave the country after one month. I wasn't quite sure what forum to post this in, so apologies if I've put it in the wrong one.How long have you been married for? If anyone can help I will be really grateful. If anyone can help I will be really grateful. If my wife does have the right to stay for longer than a month, what is my next move? Is it worth contacting the airport/airline before we leave? It's a little complicated, so please bear with me if I don't explain it perfectly..I'm a UK citizen, married to a woman from Kyrgyzstan and we have a two year old son who has British citizenship. It's a little complicated, so please bear with me if I don't explain it perfectly..I'm a UK citizen, married to a woman from Kyrgyzstan and we have a two year old son who has British citizenship. Just one further scenario: my feeling is that we won't be able to get anything done before the end of February when we leave and my wife will be stuck with a one month visa. Legally resident covers being somewhere even as a visitor.However there is no doubt about the fact that you are entitled to entry at the border on presentation of your passports and proof of the family relationship. Maybe someone has better googling skills than me and can find something out about this mysterious law. Naturally I was happy about this, at least to get this confirmation. Obviously this is incredibly difficult for us as I'll be working there, we've got a child and it's not cheap to fly back and forth to Kyrgyzstan. Obviously this is incredibly difficult for us as I'll be working there, we've got a child and it's not cheap to fly back and forth to Kyrgyzstan. Ok, basically I am asking whether anyone knows how she can extend her visa in Bulgaria without having to go all the way back to Kyrgyzstan and starting the process from there? Ok, basically I am asking whether anyone knows how she can extend her visa in Bulgaria without having to go all the way back to Kyrgyzstan and starting the process from there? Ok, there have been several updates today. On a practical level, the nearest Consulate is in the next country (Kazakhstan) and it is very difficult (and expensive) for my wife to get there and get back. Or when I'm inside Bulgaria, particularly if we can produce all the relevant documentation? So you can get a free EEA Family Permit and then a Residence Permit for her once here.Good luck.Mym, just a quick follow up. So you can get a free EEA Family Permit and then a Residence Permit for her once here.Good luck.Thanks Mym for your comments and research. Thanks for everyone's help, as I thought, everyone here was right and they were wrong!!Just one more question (please!): my only concern now about my wife travelling without a visa relates to airports/airlines. Thanks for everyone's help, as I thought, everyone here was right and they were wrong!!Show the embassy that response and get your visa before travelling.The information was given to us over the phone so I can't really send it to the Embassy. The immigration officials are very poorly informed even about their own country's regulations, so I'm worried about how they will react when they see no visa in her passport. Their general response is to demand a visa from any Kyrgyz citizen because they pretty much need a visa for everywhere!! There also seems to be a lack of communication between the Foreign Ministry and the Consulate and an unwillingness to deal with our case. They said I should contact Solvit to try and deal with this. They siad that she can then go back home and start the application for a longer term visa there. They siad that she can then go back home and start the application for a longer term visa there. They wrote a long response to my inquiry, which I won't reprint, but the upshot was that Bulgaria are misapplying Directive 2004/38. This seems to be the great sticking point with the Bulgarian Ministry. This seems to be the great sticking point with the Bulgarian Ministry. We are flying to Bulgaria from Kyrgyzstan via Istanbul with Turkish Airlines. We have spent most of our married life abroad (in either Kyrgyzstan or Korea) because of my work so my wife has no kind of British residency/EEA permit etc. We have spent most of our married life abroad (in either Kyrgyzstan or Korea) because of my work so my wife has no kind of British residency/EEA permit etc. We only have about a month before we leave so we don't have long to establish exactly what visa she should be entitled to. We probably willn't get out of the Kyrgyz airport without one (they are pretty ignorant of EU Law!). We will definitely get a visa before we leave. What are the chances of me being able to ask/demand a three month visa when we get to the airport in Bulgaria? Who should I contact to explain/demand those rights?
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