I am an Irish national living in Australia with my partner who is Zimbabwean. We are not married but in Australia we are "de facto" which is considered mostly equivalent to marriage in legal terms. I am looking to get my parter a "Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen" card so that ...

I see, so there is no reason that she should have her ILR removed just because she is granted Australian PR? That's good and our misunderstanding. In which case, we are planning to return to the UK next year for a year for study. By the end of that year she would have been in the UK for a period of ...

Hi guys, I have an Irish and British passport and citizenship, my partner is Zimbabwean but has a blue refugee passport from the UK and ILR in the UK. However we moved from the UK to Australia last year for work and are now applying for Permanent Residence in Australia. We are looking for practical ...

She may lose her ILR if she spends longer than two continuous years outside the UK. She should return for the purpose of settlement within two years. Thanks, two questions: 1) If you lose ILR do you lose your travel document? 2) How do they determine if you are returning for "the purpose of ...

Hi guys, My girlfriend is a Zimbabwean national, she moved to the UK 8 years ago (following her parents) and lived their continuously for 7 years. Se has indefinite leave to remain (she says that this is a "refugee" version of ILR) and a blue refugee travel document. I am a UK and Irish dual ...

Anyone got any answers as opposed to just questions!?

Any reason why she does not have a Zimbabwean Passport? Does she realise that ILR is lost if she lives outside the UK for 2 years or more and will likely have to start again from scratch if she wishes to return to the UK? Does she not plan to apply for British citizenship? Her Zimbabwean passport ...

Hi there, I am a UK doctor emigrating to Australia following a job offer and successful visa nomination. I have applied for a 457 temporary worker visa (skilled) and have included my partner in the application. She is from Zimbabwe, living in the UK with a UK travel document and indefinite leave to ...

Casa wrote:Is this solely for a visit?

Just for 3 nights, my family is Irish and I wanted to show her Dublin during the Easter Rising celebrations.

Looks like the above is the only solution ^^^

Is there likely to be any issues with returning to the UK in that scenario?

Is this a possibility?

She flies to Belfast, gets the train to Dublin, then comes back with me from Dublin to the UK?

Hi there, After weeks of hearing nothing from the Irish embassy and weeks of their visa office phone line not working we have just been told they are closed for just the right number of days between now and our trip to Ireland on the 28th that not even if we attend the embassy in person can my ...