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by Ben
Wed May 02, 2018 4:32 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: Finally got the 5 years visa as permitted family member
Replies: 9
Views: 1372

Re: Finally got the 5 years visa as permitted family member

slash27 wrote:
Wed May 02, 2018 1:58 pm
We are currently processing applications received in February
2017. All applications are processed in strict chronological order.
15 months behind reviewing applications. So much for issuing the residence card "no later than six months from the date on which they submit the application".
by Ben
Wed May 02, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: Refusal for EU4 - Review Process and other related questions
Replies: 52
Views: 7968

Re: Refusal for EU4 - Review Process and other related questions

You may also choose to ask Solvit to intervene, on your behalf. It is a free service.
http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm
by Ben
Wed May 02, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: Refusal for EU4 - Review Process and other related questions
Replies: 52
Views: 7968

Re: Refusal for EU4 - Review Process and other related questions

The jist of the allegations made are: 1- The facts provided to UK authorities isnt the same as declared in EU1 app So what? The Irish authorities should only be interested in the facts of this application and not in the applications submitted previously to other countries. 2- The UK visa was a ploy...
by Ben
Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:37 am
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EEA family permit-initial right of residence for 3 months
Replies: 21
Views: 2404

Yes, so long as you are not a British citizen.
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:57 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: UK Residence card, can I work in Ireland?
Replies: 85
Views: 15521

Once your wife ceases to live in the UK, your right of residence in the UK ceases and your UK residence card is invalidated. If moving to Ireland with your wife, you have the right of residence (and employment) immediately, unconditionally, for up to three months. After three months, you will contin...
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: UK Residence card, can I work in Ireland?
Replies: 85
Views: 15521

Hi Adnan,

If you're planning on working in Ireland alone, you would need permission (usually by way of a work permit). However, if your EU national family member is with you, you may have an entitlement to work under EC law.
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:00 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: thai wife wants to apply for irish naturalisation . BELFAST
Replies: 6
Views: 1365

So long as you've been working, self-employed, studying or financially self-sufficient throughout the past 5 years, your wife automatically acquired the right of permanent residence in the UK as soon as she'd been resident for exactly 5 years, as your spouse. Permanent residence isn't applied for, i...
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:42 pm
Forum: Ireland
Topic: thai wife wants to apply for irish naturalisation . BELFAST
Replies: 6
Views: 1365

Re: thai wife wants to apply for irish naturalisation . BELF

our baby will soon have an irish passport also like myself, will this make it harder for uk government to send her back to thailand , mother cannot be seperated from her child. Why is this an issue? can you be specific , why can what be an issue ? Your wife has been lawfully resident in the UK for ...
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:51 am
Forum: Ireland
Topic: Citizenship timeline tracker Dec 2012
Replies: 115
Views: 17805

Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Double congratulations!
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:46 am
Forum: Ireland
Topic: thai wife wants to apply for irish naturalisation . BELFAST
Replies: 6
Views: 1365

Re: thai wife wants to apply for irish naturalisation . BELF

dmax wrote:our baby will soon have an irish passport also like myself, will this make it harder for uk government to send her back to thailand , mother cannot be seperated from her child.
Why is this an issue?
by Ben
Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:45 am
Forum: Ireland
Topic: Citizenship timeline tracker Dec 2012
Replies: 115
Views: 17805

Congratulations. Are you still intending on jumping ship as soon as you get your passport?
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:42 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Stopped by immigration with EEA Family Permit
Replies: 17
Views: 3909

The job of the IO is to verify two things: - that document and person belong to each other - that the document is not forged Anything more than that, and they are no longer doing their own job, but repeating the job of their colleague who issued the FP (or RC, whatever the case may be) and wasting ...
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 5:14 pm
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: Dutch passport
Replies: 8
Views: 1818

by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:56 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

I give up. No more energy.
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:27 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

Ok, perhaps I'm insane, but this is my last attempt..
References to “United Kingdom national”

7.—(1) In regulation 2(1) delete the definition of “United Kingdom national”.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2560/made

What do you understand that to mean?
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:47 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

The definition of United Kingdom national has been deleted in Regulation 2(1), but it was stated that it should be substituted with British Citizen. Therefore Regulation 2(1), will read, as a British Citizens is someone who fall to be treated as a British Citizen for the purpose of the community Tr...
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:34 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

Also note that according to the explanatory memorandum, the reason for the change is McCarthy and not Zambrano 7.10 Paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Regulations amends the reference in the 2006 Regulations to "UK nationals" so that they refer instead to "British citizens". An amendment was made t...
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

Obie, I don't know who you think you are, but if you get down from your high horse for a minute, just try and think how frustrating it would be to have the same user, time and time again, coming on a thread arguing with you about something glaringly obvious - especially when the facts are presented ...
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:43 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

no effect on Regulation 9, or the definition of United Kingdom national. Remains unchanged, and has not been ammended. Essentially a Manx Citizens cannot benefit from Surinder Singh. For the benefit of all. The definition of United Kingdom national has not been ammended, and it is still applicable ...
by Ben
Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:56 am
Forum: Ireland
Topic: Need information!
Replies: 7
Views: 1378

Re: Need information!

michaelc091 wrote:and smuggling his wife to Ireland by car.
People smuggling is a crime. I hope his wife finds a way to escape and return to her country.
by Ben
Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:49 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

Thanks Directive! Phew.
by Ben
Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:22 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

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by Ben
Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:31 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

Well i will try and respond to some of you post, and if i find it necessary will respond further when i get home. The thing with these islander is that, it is not all that glitters is gold. Firstly, the UK will not issue them with passport that confers right to Union Citizenship, unless their paren...
by Ben
Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:51 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: EEA Family Permit refused - because I work in Gibraltar?
Replies: 97
Views: 16010

Gibraltarians are classed as BRITISH CITIZENS in their passports rather than British Overseas Citizens. They are British Overseas Territory Citizens. Only those born in Gibraltar (to qualifying parents) before 21th May 2002 and, importantly, they are BOTCs with an entitlement to register to become ...
by Ben
Tue Dec 04, 2012 5:56 pm
Forum: EU Settlement Scheme
Topic: Channel Islander or Manxman? Loophole!
Replies: 32
Views: 3628

Well as i said before, Isle of Man is not part of the European Union, and its citizens are not Union Citizens. The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not part of the United Kingdom nor the European Union, but its' peoples are British citizens and therefore are EU citizens, by definition (see T...
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