ayalgueru

Thanks for your detailed answer appreciated !

Yes 6 months would be plenty of time to find out whether we would like to stay there or not the crux is whether once we leave with the HK stamp even if it is for a week the EEA family permit would no longer be valid.

No disrespect intended on my comment about the EEA family permit process being a pain ... The uk settlement visa process may be even more painful surely but that does not mean 6 months for the EEA family permit is not indeed painful ... Even worse for a friend of ours whose passport was lost by the home office and they then make up that they have sent it back to her ! She had to take them to court (her thai passport had an italian visa wich she did not want to lose) ... The possibility of that kind of thing happening to us should we need to re-apply for the family permit does indeed scare me ...

Not sure my answer would be totally relevant.

I am a london based spaniard and live here with my thai wife so not being a girlfriend it might be different I could not tell you but I know that

Although I am a spanish national myself my wife only gets a one year visa, my mate a brit also married to a thai lady applied on the italian ambassy and got a 2 year schegen wich would seem to indicate the iralians are easier.

Also I remember a couple years ago my wife's mate also a thai (but she had an indefinite leave to remain in the uk) applied for the schengen visa at spanish ambassy and only got 2 weeks worth of visa !  


On your other question I think the visa can be forward dated, they always ask me when do I want the visa to start.

Good luck and have a good time !

Not sure my answer would be totally relevant.

I am a london based spaniard and live here with my thai wife so not being a girlfriend it might be different I could not tell you but I know that

Although I am a spanish national myself my wife only gets a one year visa, my mate a brit also married to a thai lady applied on the italian ambassy and got a 2 year schegen wich would seem to indicate the iralians are easier.

Also I remember a couple years ago my wife's mate also a thai (but she had an indefinite leave to remain in the uk) applied for the schengen visa at spanish ambassy and only got 2 weeks worth of visa !  


On your other question I think the visa can be forward dated, they always ask me when do I want the visa to start.

Good luck and have a good time !