20 Multiple applications for spousal reunification/ Polygamy ...
20.1 A sponsor who is joined by a spouse/partner in Ireland will, in the event
of the termination of the marriage or civil partnership (by divorce or
dissolution), be ineligible to be joined by a further spouse or partner until
a minimum 7 years have elapsed from the date of the first spousal
permission. This 7 year waiting period will also be applied where the
sponsor was him/herself granted permission to reside in Ireland as the
non-EEA spouse/partner of an EU national exercising their rights of free
movement. Where there are reasonable grounds to suggest that the
earlier marriage or partnership was one of convenience further
permissions may be refused even where the periods set out above have
been exceeded.
20.2 Cases will arise where a prospective sponsor remains legally married to
one person while in a de facto relationship with another. In general the
expectation would be that the parties would have obtained a divorce
but this is not always possible for various reasons. While the
circumstances of each case need to be examined on their merits it is
proposed as a general rule that the 7 year time limit set out above
would apply in these cases also. In addition, the sponsor would be
required to furnish documentary evidence of legal separation. The
qualification period for the de factor partner would commence not
from the commencement of the new relationship but from the date of
the evidence of separation.
20.3 Irish law does not recognise polygamous marriage and indeed a
potentially polygamous marriage is not without difficulty. Therefore, an
application for spousal family reunification involving a sponsor who is
married polygamously (under the laws of another state, albeit that the
union is not recognised in Ireland) will be rejected. Where a sponsor is married to one person only but the marriage is potentially polygamous ...
given the capacity to contract a subsequent marriage, the spousal
application may be permitted but subject to the proviso that no
subsequent marriage contracted while the first union is subsisting will
have any recognition for immigration purposes even in the event of the
sponsor subsequently obtaining a divorce from the earlier spouse.
20.4 All marriages must be legally contracted, freely entered into and with
both parties free to marry at the date of the marriage. The marriage
must also be capable of recognition under Irish law for other purposes
outside of the immigration system.
welcome all suggestion...which passport holders will effects with this law
1. All non EU passport holders who hav EUFAM visa
2. Irish passport holders who was on EUFAM visa previously
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