Thanks for your input, littlerr. The only, but at the same time, not insignificant, blot on my wife's immigration history is her overstay of 9 months. She was in Ireland as an English language student. Apart from that, everything was done above board: she entered Ireland legally and with the correct...

Hi all, I wish I knew about this forum before, there's no substitute for qualified legal advice but I might have saved myself from shelling out a small fortune ! Mods, feel free to merge this thread with another if my situation has already been covered, but so far I haven't found anything that match...