After intense tension from unmarried couples separated by established bans, France has joined the list of 7 other European countries that will now allow couples and families to gather.
On 3 August, Switzerland enrolled in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Iceland, Austria and the Czech Republic to allow a third-country user to register on behalf of his or her spouse in one of those countries, if it can provide evidence of the relationship.
Couples, where France is the primary country for a user, can now request a pass (a pass) for the other partner’s entry, according to The Local.
French Secretary of State for Tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne told the Journal du Dimanche that a procedure would be put in place to reunite the couples. Couples must provide documents at their local consulate to show evidence of the couple’s residence, identity documents, round-trip tickets, etc.
They will also have to prove that the courtship is durable and sentimental, with non-unusual bills, bank accounts, rental contracts and passport stamps for average visits to the country.
There have been several campaigns to lift bans for unmarried couples living together, such as Love Is Not Tourism, and using the hashtag #LoveIsEssential on social media.
Following the campaigns, the European Commission said it “encourages all EU countries to allow unmarried couples of EU citizens to enter the EU without delay,” as reported through The Connection.
There are express regulations ranging from eu-16 countries to other countries; in the Netherlands, relations must predate Covid-19 for 3 months and in the Czech Republic, couples must make solemn declarations to verify that the relationship exists.
Many expressed fears in France that the exemption will not work well, as it is not particular what documents it wishes to exhibit and also because the local consulates are already overwhelmed, mainly because of the increased administrative burden of Brexit.