I am waiting for UDI to process my family reunification case. My wife is Norwegian and recently took up a job in Norway, but we lived together in an EEA country and are applying via the EU/EEA scheme. We moved to Norway together and have been here for around 4 months. My UDI application was submitted 6 months ago (via a foreign embassy before we moved).
My question is: how big of a risk are we taking if we leave Norway (and Schengen) before I have my residence card? I have a NZ passport, which allows me "automatic" entry into Schengen for 90 days out of 180 days. My concern, however, is that I might face trouble with reentry because I am not a tourist, won't have a return flight, and in any case, I don't want to lie about why I am entering. So I would tell them that I am awaiting a family reunification case in Norway, but I simply don't know whether that will cause problems with entry into Schengen. We will be travelling there and back via Copenhagen, so Norway won't be my first point of entry to Schengen. I will be travelling with my Norwegian wife.
Hope that somebody has tried this or heard of a case like it or knows of a more "official" source that I could ask. I know UDI advises against travelling out while a case is being processed, but I'm not sure if that is advice directed mostly towards people who can't enter Schengen without applying for a visa beforehand.
(The context is to visit family but I don't think this should affect anything.)
