Yes, I heard from another source that Kumar had been living illegally in Belgium and the UK, so the High Court conveniently used the Akrich case to decide on his application. That's so unfair to the rest of us who have not broken any laws and who are following the law to the letter.It's a lost caus...
if i leave ireland for a month or so and live in another EU state and then come back here......would that make any difference? i wouldnt mind going on a month's holiday and living in uk this while :P :P :P Wouldn't help. I provided the DOJ with proof of living in the UK for 2 months before coming t...
Static, apologies, obviously confusing you with the OP here. My husband is British so that won't be necessary. The only way we can immigrate to the UK is if I go back to SA to get either the D-spouse visa or the EU family permit and I am not able to do that. Both of us are highly skilled IT profess...
The only way we can immigrate to the UK is if I go back to SA to get either the D-spouse visa or the EU family permit and I am not able to do that. The term "D-spouse visa" means nothing to me, and given that your husband is British you cannot apply for an EU Family Permit, well not to live in the ...
If people don't believe us... here are some photographs to show what SA looks like now... Don't get me wrong, I am not disagreeing with you, but isn't the problem that in many locations it is all too easy to take pics of places that used to be nice, and now are run down. I could certainly do that h...
Static, Thank you for confirming the truth about the state of affairs here. As this is not the platform for debating the issue, I did not want to elaborate any further when it was apparent that all the facts are not generally known to rest of the world. You should just see the disbelief on the face...
I am actually contemplating immigrating to Singapore at this stage. Even if my work permit works out... I'll still have to eventually leave and not be able to settle I hope this works out. Brownbonno.. thanks for posting and please give us contact details?
joesoap.. that must have been a while ago. Things have drastically changed in SA recently. I haven't been there since last year July but we also fled for the very reasons that Splodge mentioned. Have you seen what's going on in the news with the hospitals and schools? It was bad a year ago and seems...
Loads of us in the same boat. If you read through most of these topics here you'll see. So.. sorry to hear about you also being in the same predicament .... but at least you know you're not alone in this.
Thanks for making that a heck of a lot clearer Static. I hope this all plays out in our favour! My fingers are crossed now as I go to bed. Probably will send up a couple prayers too! Hope you praying for me too! Sure need it :) I am working my BUTT off :D and it's wonderful but so strange for a cha...
Wish I could go but I have to go to work which is, of course wonderful. We are sending the application in hopefully tomorrow and my new boss is very supportive. Thanks to everybody who gave me information and all of you supportive people. 1st paycheck = big party!!
Do you really think they will have an article in the Times? I haven't seen anything about the case until up to this point. Actually, all of the information I know now, I learned from this forum or from calling the DOJ or immigration council. :? I agree. I don't think the non EU nationals married to...
Ok, obviously I'm a newbie at all of this... so please forgive me by asking fairly idiotic questions! Am I right in my assumption that what they are trying to do with this case is to remove the "previous EU state residency" clause from the immigration laws? Is that what it's about? I swear I will h...
Well here's the thing... my husband works in policy and fraud detection, but he does not have any IT qualifications. So it might be difficult for him to find a job in the IT market. I wish I knew if my status as a member of the EU will impact badly on a work permit application. If we go through the...
Congrats Static!!! :D I hope you enjoy your new job. I have my fingers crossed about a job here in Cork. Now that I have this new information about the spousal work permit, I know that it's a little easier for them to hire me! Thanks a stack :D And will definately keep my fingers crossed for you!
I don't want to dent anyones hopes, but remember that you need a formal job offer, and that the employer needs to support the Work Permit application. Unfortunately a lot of companies are not prepared at all to go through this. Very often as soon as companies hear the word work permit they are not ...
Well here's the thing... my husband works in policy and fraud detection, but he does not have any IT qualifications. So it might be difficult for him to find a job in the IT market. I wish I knew if my status as a member of the EU will impact badly on a work permit application. If we go through the...
I called the DETE months ago about this. From what the guy said, this work permit for those waiting on an EU1 is merely a formality: 1. There is NO FEE. Do not let them convince you to pay anything, for either you or the employer. 2. There is NO MARKET TEST. There is no need for the employer to pro...
I called the DETE months ago about this. From what the guy said, this work permit for those waiting on an EU1 is merely a formality: 1. There is NO FEE. Do not let them convince you to pay anything, for either you or the employer. 2. There is NO MARKET TEST. There is no need for the employer to pro...
I think you wiill have to pay as that work permit is totally seperate issue and have nothing to do with u and ur eu wife !! some one correct me if i am wrong ! You could be right. Either way.. I'll make a plan to sort it out. €1000 is totally ok when I'll be earning €3000 more than what I was p...
I'll ring ENTEMP as well. How are your things gong Charl? You here yet?? I met another SA person this morning who's been here for 5 years. She says they came over on holiday, her husband got a job.. applied for a permit, got it and they've been here ever since! Now they're in the process of naturali...
Thank goodness it's not because your mate was an EU spouse. Sorry that they were denied though.
I hope this works out. Brownbonno.. thanks for posting and please give us contact details?