Hi Bev,
Thank you for your reply. I was not married at the time when my employer started processing my visa last August so they got a Convention d’accueil from the prefecture and I entered France the temporary work visa (though it only says "France (+1 Transit Schengen)" on the large visa affixed to my passport). Do you think this changes things as far as entering France from outside the Schengen?
Now I think I understand that being married to my wife would have allowed me to enter the country and work without the temporary visa. I actually had to process my visa through a French consulate in Portugal because that's where I was living at the time. Knowing this would have saved us a lot of time and effort. Unfortunately, I think neither employer nor the consulate knew about this (though they knew that I married a EU national).
Bests,
Thank you for your reply. I was not married at the time when my employer started processing my visa last August so they got a Convention d’accueil from the prefecture and I entered France the temporary work visa (though it only says "France (+1 Transit Schengen)" on the large visa affixed to my passport). Do you think this changes things as far as entering France from outside the Schengen?
Now I think I understand that being married to my wife would have allowed me to enter the country and work without the temporary visa. I actually had to process my visa through a French consulate in Portugal because that's where I was living at the time. Knowing this would have saved us a lot of time and effort. Unfortunately, I think neither employer nor the consulate knew about this (though they knew that I married a EU national).
Bests,
