Hello all. I'm new to the forum but I'm hoping for some advice please. My situation is as follows:
* I'm an EU Citizen (British) married to an Indonesian and we're living in Indonesia
* I've been offered a job in Malta to start late June
* There is no Maltese Embassy in Indonesia so we have to use the Austrian Embassy who they have an agreement with for type C visa processing.
* The Austrian Embassy are saying my wife needs a Type D Schengen because I'm going to work and we're going to live there but I disagree because we're married and she will be travelling with me under the Freedom of Movement Directive. Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut!
* We're running out of time and I can't run the risk of trying to get the Austrian's on board with basic EU Law.
* We were originally going to Spain and have a list of basic requirements that are needed to do the same (type C) process with the Spanish Embassy in Indonesia. Very straight forward; hassle free.
* Flights have been booked to Amsterdam which we were using as a stepping stone to Spain but now it would be Malta.
A couple of questions. If we apply and get the "Spanish" Schengen:
1. Could we just go to Malta with the Spanish Schengen from Amsterdam and have no problems with the Maltese border controls/Immigration. There are no itinerary requirements to provide because of the Directive. They might let us in, but would it have an adverse affect on our application for residency.
2. If the above is a problem, could we go to say Madrid first for a couple of days and then fly to Malta? (obviously we don't want to do this)
Many thanks in anticipation of your advice.
Yours stressfully
Matt