Zambrano and the cheapest way to apply for a residence permit (brief aan Britse advocaat)
"Although promised for the weekend due to an illness a bit later. But here is the "translation" of the Dutch court rulings on Zambrano and the cheap Europe-route procedure. In the Netherlands a residence permit as a familymember costs around 1000 pound. There is one exception and that is the so-called Europe test. In that case a third country national married with a non-Dutch EU national who wants to come and live in The Netherlands or a Dutch person married with a third country national and which couple lived at least 3 months together in another EU country can ask the immigration service to tests if the third country national has a right to stay in the Netherlands based on European law and Directive 2004/38. This 'Europe test" costs only around 30 pound. Due to the Zambrano ruling a lot of people who are illegal here try to claim permission to stay due to their Dutch children and some also claim they have that right under article 8 of the ECHR. Seeing t...