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Puttick, Keith; Carlitz, Cordelia --- "Inequalities of family members of EEA and non-EEA nationals: ‘integration’ and barriers to family reunification in the post-Lisbon era" [2012] ELECD 1150; in Morano-Foadi, Sonia; Malena, Micaela (eds), "Integration for Third-Country Nationals in the European Union" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) 271

Book Title: Integration for Third-Country Nationals in the European Union

Editor(s): Morano-Foadi, Sonia; Malena, Micaela

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857936813

Section: Chapter 14

Section Title: Inequalities of family members of EEA and non-EEA nationals: ‘integration’ and barriers to family reunification in the post-Lisbon era

Author(s): Puttick, Keith; Carlitz, Cordelia

Number of pages: 32

Abstract/Description:

In this introductory chapter to Part II-3, we consider the inequalities affecting third-country nationals (TCNs) entering and residing in Member States as family members of EEA and non-EEA nationals. Chapters 15–17 then discuss various aspects of family reunification in more detail. Within the ‘family members’ group there are, broadly, three key groups: first, TCN family members of EEA nationals; second, TCN family members of citizens of the host EU country or of TCNs who have a settled status in that country; third, TCN family members of migrants who may themselves be TCNs with only limited residence rights, at least pending a change to a more settled or long-term status. Entry by these groups and then residence in EU Member States is assisted by several measures which we will discuss. These are Directive 2004/38 (the Citizens Directive), Directive 2003/86 (the Family Reunification Directive or FRD), the ECHR, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. More recently, Directive 2011/98 (the Single Permit Directive, or ‘SPD’) introduced a single application procedure. The SPD requires Member States to issue a single permit for third-country nationals who apply for residence for the purpose of work, or who have already been admitted to that State, either for work or for other purposes: the latter group includes family members of TCN migrant workers and certain other TCN categories. Only a single application will be needed for the single permit, which covers both residence and work under Article 4(2) SPD. The measure simplifies application procedures, and does so in a way that is intended to reduce delays in processing applications. It also facilitates subsequent ‘control’ over residence and eligibility for work and other social rights. However, the SPD does not exempt TCNs from visa procedures, which Member States may still maintain.