I assumed if the marriage took place in Portugal then the now-spouse was resident there, but probably not.
I'm also confuzzled at why a spouse-reunion visa ought to take six months especially if one of the spouses is a EU citizen residing in Switzerland.
The Venezuelan spouse entered switzerland as a tourist (Without requesting visa because we were told that all the request for his permit will not last longer). So the 90 days expired at the end of august, and I was trying to find a solution for him to stay here longer because I dont want to stay alone any longer ...
The reason why it is taking so long, is because after we got married, we were told that we need to go to the Swiss Embassy in Portugal, to get our marriage certificate legalized so it can be used in Switzerland to request the Family reunification, and of course the other sopuse permit.
So this "legalization" process is taking a long time, because they requests us a lot of venezuelan documents that take forever to get (3rd world problems), and beyond that, the Swiss Embassy in Portugal also checks with the Swiss Embassy in Venezuela for God knows what more information, so at this time we are struggling with all that.
Once we got this "legalized" marriage certificate, then we can start requesting his permit for family reunification.
I really dont understand why an European Marriage Certificate takes so much trouble to be legalized in Switzerland.
We were told in the Luzern migration that he can apply for a D visa, but if it gets rejected can cause troubles after with the B permit request.
I would like to know if anyone have been through a similar process here? Do I really need to go through this legalization process for our marriage certificate? Can I make him stay here with me until he gets his permit?
Thank you very much for all your feedback! I recently found EF and I am already loving it!
The thing is that his permit will be handed in Venezuela, so he will have to go back there just to pick up the permit (does not make so much sense to me)...
Good luck!
Yes, you do. If you want him to be able to be with you here, yes. It’s a pain, but it’s the way the Swiss operate. Get the marriage certificate legalised and get the visa and permit situation sorted out. If you don’t satisfy the authorities then if they refuse his Type D visa application it could affect the permit as well. You may have to face some months apart if both Portugal and Venezuela are involved. Not what you want to hear I know, but if you want to live here long term then it’s best to follow the rules. Of course, it may also happen that once the marriage certificate is sorted out, the embassies/Luzern migration will move quickly on the visa/permit. You can only hope.
You can't exactly make him stay until he gets the permit. Once his 90 days as a tourist are up, he has to leave unless the visa and/or B permit are finalized. I've heard rumors that people got extensions if the permit was going to be issued within a few days, but those are the exceptions not the norm.
The good news is that right now, you still have 6 weeks until the deadline you've stated. So don't panic yet!
If my partner and I are already living in Switzerland, both with non-EU B permits for the last year, is it possible to get married here? We'd go back to the US to get married but that would be more expensive than just doing a civil ceremony first here, and take care of the "real wedding" with our families later. But everything I've read says it's better to get married in the US first and then come here. It makes sense if you were coming here, but we're already here and legally! Just wondering
I think since you're both non-EU you can get married wherever you want. No reason why you couldn't do a civil ceremony here...except that your legal documents might all be in French (based on where you live)...and the Americans will have a heart attack trying to figure it out.
Now then, IIRC you're from my home state. It's a unique one in that you can solemnize your own marriage without having any officiant present. Not sure if it would still apply to you since you're residents here, but worth looking into...let me know if you want me to get in touch with my friends.
Can I ask what canton you're in?
Who did you contact about the fact that you didn't have a visa by the time you were leaving?
This seems preferable to coming over on a tourist visa and just hoping that everything works out while expecting to have to leave after 3 months.
I'm really glad to hear its working out for you!
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My soon-to-be husband, who has a job and a visa lined up for Switzerland just checked with the consulate about how we should go about applying for my visa, and they said that since his employer applied for his visa they will need to apply for mine as well. In fact they said it would be extremely unorthodox for us to apply for my visa on our own instead of through his work.
Has anyone else heard of this kind of situation? We were both pretty surprised by this answer, as was his employer. (Although, we're also pretty happy, since it hopefully means fewer bureaucratic headaches for us! )