Lee24 wrote:Bump.
Really interested to hear from anyone in a similar position.
The EU Directive is silent on the rights of a non-EU national family member of an EU national, who has acquired the right of permanent residence, to live in the host state with his own family members.
As I mentioned, the UK's position, as I understand, is to treat persons in my position is if the person himself is an EU national. It's a generous but quite a sensible stance to take.
Really interested to learn of anybody's experience of same here in Ireland.
The INIS will not treat you the same as an Irish national when making this application. You can make an application for a residence permit for your wife through the embassy in KL. However, you have been living here for several years while (presumably) she has been living in Malaysia so I have seen situations where the embassy will question the veracity of the marriage as you have not lived together for many years.
In short, it is possible for you to apply but you will also have to take the Family Reunification Guidelines from last January into account. They are available on the INIS website -
www.inis.gov.ie
The easier way for you to get your spouse to live here would be to obtain Irish citizenship. While I appreciate there is a prohibition on dual nationality in Malaysia, it is the strongest application you can make. You are in a position to apply for it at this time and it takes on average six months to get the certificate of naturalisation.
Even after you get an Irish passport, however, it is still not guaranteed that your application will be successful based on the fact that the truth of your marriage will be questioned given that you have not lived with your wife for many years.
