Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-257/17. C and A v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie

Advocate General Mengozzi proposes that the Court should rule that the Netherlands law requiring a person who already has the right to family reunification to pass a second civic integration examination in order to obtain an autonomous residence permit is incompatible with EU law.

The effects of the right to an autonomous residence permit must commence, at the latest, at the date on which such an application is lodged.