Originally Posted by
Ian79
I wanted to know once and for all if I would be refused at the border when returning from Canada, so I asked to speak to a customs agent at the airport. He told me that if you have a girlfriend in Europe then you can go anywhere in the EU. I asked, and you dont need any papers to prove that or anything? he said if you have a serious relationship and aren't working then its fine.
That is the biggest nonsense I have ever heard. I can't speak for the Netherlands but here in Germany the authorities are pretty strict when it comes to people who want to get married in order to obtain a residence permit. There was too much abuse of this. I don't think the Netherlands are different.