Ms Jia, a Chinese national, was granted a visitor’s visa for entry into the Schengen states for a visit of a maximum of 90 days. She entered the Schengen states via a Swedish airport, and subsequently applied to the Swedish authorities for a residence permit, on the basis that she was related to a national of a Member State. The … Read More
Case C-1/05 – Jia v Migrationsverket
| Respondent/Defendant: | Migrationsverket |
| Court/s: | ECJ |
| Citation/s: | [2007] ECR I-1 |
| Judgment Date/s: | 19 Jan 2007 |
| Category: | EU Treaty Rights |
| Keywords: | EU Treaty Rights, Free Movement, Freedom of Movement (Right to), Residence Permit, Union Citizen |
| Country of Origin: | China |
| URL: | http://curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche.jsf?id=C%3B1%3B5%3BRP%3B1%3BP%3B1%3BC2005%2F0001%2FJ&oqp=&for=&mat=or&lgrec=en&jge=&td=%3BALL&jur=C%2CT%2CF&num=C-1%252F05&dates=&pcs=Oor&lg=&pro=&nat=or&cit=none%252CC%252CCJ%252CR%252C2008E%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252Ctrue%252Cfalse%252Cfalse&language=en&avg=&cid=13036138 |
| Geographic Focus: | Europe |
| Principles: | Community law does not require Member States to make the grant of a residence permit to nationals of a non-Member State, who are members of the family of a Community national who has exercised his or her right of free movement, subject to the condition that those family members have previously been residing lawfully in another Member State. |