T.P.2013 schrieb am 13.03.2017 um 19:16:16:Hallo,
I do. A lot of them.
Explanation: I am officer of the German Federal Police since > 30 years...
It's called "Ausnahmevisum" (in English language sth. like "Exceptionally Visa").
This way to, let's say "bypass" regular visa restrictions, is known as part of "transit jump off". Working or not working depends of some circumstances:
Does the VAE-Immigration has a departure transit border control in Dubai and if yes, do they care?
Does the carrier (Lufthansa) care, when checking in / boarding in Dubai?
However - in your case it is not illegal.
Yes.
But for this point in time and all situations before you should make sure, to explain and to prove your right of free movement.
Have a hard copy in english and german language of the EU-Regulation, important provisions tagged.
Carry your
marriage certificate, if possible as original or certified copy, carry your contract of employment.
Be ready to have discussions in worst case.
Regards
Edit: "Thomsen! Das ist Thomsen! Mensch Phillip! Haben sie dich schon wieder rausgejagt?" ("Das Boot", 1981)
Hi,
Thank you for your very long and detailed answer.
It's so nice to get some answers from someone with experience or knowledge about this matter.
When it comes to our situation in Tunis Airport (We will leave from Tunisia and fly to Dubai), I have cleared the situation with Lufthansa, and they follow the visa regulations that is issued by the German Federal Foreign Office. And I have that from Lufthansa, and will bring that as documentation if they should cause any issues.
In regards to the passport control in Tunis, I am pretty sure that they should either know about this, since a lot of people from Tunisia and Algeria travels to Dubai to work. And I can't imagine that they will require the transit visa from her, since she doesn't need one.
In case they do, I will politely give them the proof and discuss it with them, and eventually ask for a person with more stripes on the shoulder if necessary. Again, with the proof/documents and highlighted our rights, I am positive that we should be able to get on the plane to Frankfurt. She will have the visa to Dubai, which is all they should care about in Tunis.
I do have a employment contract in Denmark. And I will discuss with my workplace if I can get transferred to their german department in Düsseldorf. They are registered as a company in Germany, so I will be employed in Germany, and not Denmark. (even though it shouldn't matter as far as I know?).
Of course I have an original marriage certificate (in French) but it is currently on it's way to Denmark where I will get it translated to English, Danish and German by authorised translators, and also legalised by the Danish ministry of Foreign Affair. The original certificate is stamped and legalised by the Tunisian ministries and the Danish General Consulate in Tunis.
And of course, I have already printed the EU Rights Guideline Handbook and highlighted our rights AND I will print out the EU Directive 2004/38/EC in English and German and highlight everything necessary.
So I hope that all these documents will be enough for them to let us in on an "exceptionally visa"
We are in contact with the german embassy in Algeria to talk about getting a visa before doing this. But the Irish embassy who's been dealing with our application to Ireland, just told us TODAY that they have applications laying around that are 2 years old. We are NOT ready to wait 2 years for an official visa. But if the embassy in Algeria can confirm that it won't take more than 15-30 days for them to deal with it there, then we might try a last time the "right way". if not, we're gonna move on with this "Transit jump-off"-plan.
So thank you for helping us out!
And maybe I should check up on that "Das Boot"