It depends. I'm an Irish citizen, my wife is from a non-visa required country so we got her spouse visa here at the Garda station. If the non-Irish person is from a visa required country I think they do need to apply from outside Ireland. (By visa required I mean if they would normally need a visa t...
Once married, your wife could enter Ireland on a visa-waiver and then make the application to remain as the spouse of an Irish citizen at the GNIB. I have no idea how long the GNIB takes; try searching through some of the other threads on here. Quite a few people have posted on wait times and I thi...
Kevarms, when did you do that? was it in Dublin or in other city? I am italian, married to an Argentinian and we have been living in spain for four years. Do I have to do what you did or should we aply for a EU1? I also think is INSANE to be kept waiting for 10 months when you can be working and pa...
As somebody who does not need a visa to enter Ireland (I think Fidel's situation is completely different to yours) you just need to arrive in Ireland with your spouse, your marriage certificate and then explain that you are here to settle. You then have x amount of days (I forget how many) to report...
What documentation did u have to provide for the Irish spouse visa? I took everything I could think of (bank statements, letter from employer etc) but the only things I can remember the guard looking at were the Irish passport and the certified translation of our Japanese marriage cert. We were not...
As I reported a while ago I gave up with the whole EU-1 fiasco and got myself an Irish passport (my mum is Irish). We revisited the guards and got the stamp easily enough, notwithstanding the normal rudeness and inefficiency we've come to expect. We have to go back in a year to get the stamp renewed...
Just went to check the mail after I posted that and my Irish passport has arrived. I was entitled through my Irish mother and applied just before we went on holiday. So things may be a little easier for us (although I'm not counting on it). I'm still bloody angry about how EU-1 applicants are treated.
This probably isn't very useful information but I have to vent somewhere where people can understand why I'm so angry. :evil: We have just returned from a short break in Europe. It was fabulous until we arrived at passport control in Dublin and were harangued by an official there. Basically he state...
You wont get far with European commissions and stuff. Best is to keep it simple. I think you are right about keeping it simple. I'm just going to write to TDs and MEPs for now. Interesting to see the anti-immigrant comments in the Irish Times poll. Is there any country in the world that doesn't hav...
Guys, I am sick with worry after hearing the result of the court case. Our EU-1 application was only made a couple of months ago but I can't just sit and wait until the inevitable rejection. I want to fire off a load of letters, but don't know who should feel my wrath first: Justice Minister: Foreig...
Guys, I am sick with worry after hearing the result of the court case. Our EU-1 application was only made a couple of months ago but I can't just sit and wait until the inevitable rejection. I want to fire off a load of letters, but don't know who should feel my wrath first: Justice Minister: Foreig...
That's similar to what the Irish Embassy in Tokyo told my wife and me. They made it sound oh so simple. But after she arrived in Ireland we found out that we have to have lived together in an EU country first. :evil: I don't think that between them the Justice Dept, GNIB and embassies know what the ...
So we can't go anywhere until the rejection and appeal stage is completed? The stamp she got on arrival only gave her one month. Will we be allowed to come and go if we show we are currently having an EU-1 application processed (ie, the receipt letter)? I'm sure I've seen something like that mention...
We submitted our EU1 form as soon as my wife arrived in Ireland and heard back on Friday. Everything was in order except we did not submit 'evidence of legal residence in another Member State.' That's because we don't have any. Previous enquiries to the Dept of Justice (via email) and the Irish Emba...
Seems I was worried about nothing regarding the one-way ticket. Now I've got the previous residence in an EU state thing to be stressed about! :cry: dsab85: you were dead on. I just phoned up the tax office, explained the situation and got a huge rebate 2 weeks later. Some good news at least. They d...
Thanks very much. I can't tell you how relieved I am. She already has an English translation of our wedding cert, copy of my passport and letter from employer. So hopefully should be ok. Now, just so I've got things straight and I can stop my head from frazzling anymore.... 1. when she clears immigr...
I'm British living in Ireland and my Japanese wife is arriving on Friday. We married in July and, due to work and personal commitments, she could only come here now. Reading some of the posts regarding the EU-1 I have a horrible feeling we have misunderstood how it works. We have to have lived toget...
I am also quite amazed to hear that.