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by esharknz » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:11 pm
With working holiday visas, they require you to leave the country, and if you have a sponsor, to apply for a work permit/green card from overseas (after being told a load of rubbish from the various departments, I left and got a green card from overseas). It's something that is signed when the visa is applied for saying you'll leave the country and not seek to remain. I note that young Irish do sign a very similar statement when getting a working holiday visa for New Zealand, but staying on is no issue for them really if they qualify for another permit.
Further more, when I came back into the GNIB with my green card permit, they were very rude saying I shouldn't have got it because I was on a working holiday visa (which had expired) and that I should have left the country (wrong again) and gone home.
I'm not entirely sure what the situation is with partnerships, but I think you need to be together 4 years to be permitted to remain in Ireland (I think they give you a stamp 3, which means you cannot work unless you get a work permit/green card). Other members may be able to help you out more with the relationship factor. I know the rules aren't exactly liberal here when it comes to partners when compared with a country such as New Zealand.
