Status in country - Europeans

[commonlawsponsor]

Hi,

I tried using the search function but didn't have any success. We are having trouble determining what my partners "status in country?" He is an Italian citizen, living and working in Germany, which is fine without any visas because it is the EU. What have other people put? In one form, we wrote "European Union - Free Movement")

Specifically on form IMM0008 Question #10. Country of residence, then a "Status" drop down menu that gives the following options:
Citizen
Permanent resident
Visitor
Worker
Student
Other
Protected Person
Refugee Claimant
Foreign National

What should we select?

Thanks!

 

[browntrout]

Hi,

I tried using the search function but didn't have any success. We are having trouble determining what my partners "status in country?" He is an Italian citizen, living and working in Germany, which is fine without any visas because it is the EU. What have other people put? In one form, we wrote "European Union - Free Movement")

Specifically on form IMM0008 Question #10. Country of residence, then a "Status" drop down menu that gives the following options:
Citizen
Permanent resident
Visitor
Worker
Student
Other
Protected Person
Refugee Claimant
Foreign National

What should we select?

Thanks!

I'm Swedish,working in Hong Kong. I put "permanent resident" technically i am not "permanent resident" since you have to have lived here for 7 years before you are considered "permanent", but since there wasn't any "resident" available, i put "permanent resident"

so that's what i would suggest

 

[Avadava]

Just select the option "Other" and next to it there is a field where you can write. Put EU Citizen. Also, you can write on a separate piece of paper what it is about. EU Citizens have the right to live, work or study in the European Union due to the "European Freedom of Movement Act".

They might still ask you to send something from the Foreign Office in Germany, an official paper stating the status of the person in Germany. The Auslanderamt (Foreign Office) used to give a certificate called "Bescheinigung gemäß FreizügG/EU" which states the holder is allowed to enter, stay and find work in Germany pursuant to the European Freedom of Movement Act. As of January 2013, they don't release this certificate anymore.

I had the same problem as your partner. Been living and working in Germany since 2009 and I had this certificate that I mentioned above, although is irrelevant now. Either way, I have sent them a translation of that, it shows the date I first registered here, etc. If your partner doesn't have any document that states the status in Germany, don't worry, just write an explanation on a separate piece of paper.

The only bad thing that could happen, is that they are not satisfied and they will send the papers to be processed by the Rome Visa office instead of Vienna. They require this "status" to make sure the applicant can attend an interview at the visa office he/she requested according to the current residence.

 

[screech339]

I would go with Avadava's approach. Choose "Other" and write EU citizen.

I had a similar issue only with US. My wife was living in US on TD visa. None of the pull down choices applied to my wife. So we went with "other" under status and wrote "NAFTA TD VISA".

Screech339

 

[commonlawsponsor]

Thanks for everyone's help. I'm going to go with Avadava's advice.

Oh, and I know all about the "Bescheinigung gemäß FreizügG/EU" when I got it for myself late in 2012 before they got rid of it. The Auslanderamt in Berlin is horrible and they gave me such a hard time and I was furious when I found out they were getting rid of the form altogether in a couple months, so why make it so difficult for me?

Anyways, I hope they send it to Vienna instead of Rome. Last time I checked they had a better wait time. We will see what happens.


Thanks again!

 

[commonlawsponsor]

So I just thought we should check the wait-times again and both Vienna and Rome are on 13 months...

But then I read a little bit of the Vienna thread and they thought Rome was getting through them a lot quicker.

Now, I can't decide...Vienna or Rome...Thoughts?

 

[Avadava]

It depends. The processing times are a bit off right now because they all include the strike period, so things were much slower.

Usually people choose a VO that is faster or one that is close to where they live in case they have to travel for an interview. I don't think your partner will have an interview since he comes from a visa exempt country, so I guess you could go with the fastest VO. Try to find the spreadsheets for both Rome and Vienna and check out the processing. Like I said before, the times they have on the CIC website are based on the period between Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 which includes the strike. I believe the actual time is a bit shorter than that currently.