I have done my little part: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/honouring_residence_cards_from_e/new Welcome back, cool, but still i think the whole ECJ case is inevitable, the Tory government and Ms. May are playing the anti EU card these days. Just read this and smile: http://www.telegraph.co.u...

Does this clarify matters for you? http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/irish_citizenship_through_birth_or_descent.html Not particularly, i read all that and thus posted the question, so could you please clarify? Thanks EU citizens (other than Irish or British) have...

that rule applies to everyone, where at least one parent is not Irish or British. Meaning, if one of the parents is e.g. French or Latvian, they have to prove residency in the state for 3 out of 4 years before their child born in Ireland qualifies for Irish citizenship. Well that is what i initiall...

EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:Does this clarify matters for you?

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/mo ... scent.html

Not particularly, i read all that and thus posted the question, so could you please clarify?

Thanks

Hi everyone, i have a question that is rather unclear to me within the Irish nationality law. The revised version of the Irish nationality law states that a child born on the island of Ireland on or after 1 January 2005 and one of the parents was an Irish or British citizen, or if either of the pare...

Here are some good news and some bad news. Lets start with the good Ireland and the UK are talking about a mini-Schengen between the two countries as successor to the CTA: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/uk-ireland-visa-rules-reform-calls-16158195.html And n...

Whenever you are doing something you are unsure about, or which is not explicitly blessed, it is worth keeping, hidden away in your pocket a plan B As far as i am concerned the plan B option is not a plan B at all, it is a plan A and the only plan and it is our duty to fight for our lawful rights a...

...i knew it

"non-EU nationals who reside in the UK and hold residence permits with a specified validity are required to obtain a visa in order to visit Gibraltar"

Makes a lot of sense as always.

Good article by the Daily Mail about the UKBA:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... ds-newsxml

So even though you had a RC, there was still a little problem at Dublin airport? You had to show your marriage certificate? Well i would not call it a problem, the whole thing lasted 5 minutes at most. We exited the plane and went to the "all passports" stand. I went first and my wife was standing ...

Directive/2004/38/EC wrote: Do you have a German issued Residence Card?

Yes i have a German issued card of a Family Member. We did also take a bunch of print outs about the Directive and even UK EEA immigration Regulations 2006(for Belfast), but we never used them, no need.

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) - recently branded "not fit for purpose" - paid £3.5m in performance-related bonuses to staff in one year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18010568

My wife and i, just came back from Belfast. We originally flew from Germany to Dublin, which was easy enough, i had the Directive and all sorts of printouts with me. In Dublin the IO looked at my card, i saw he was a bit reluctant, so i said: "my wife is traveling with me, would you like our marriag...

Looks like the UKBA is not focusing on silly matters like fighting drugs and weapon smuggling,but rather concentrating on combating the real enemy, evil "benefit tourists" from the EU their family members and other "immigrants". More here On a lighter note here is a suggestion by one famous British ...

I know i have asked this before, but here i go again:

1.Is there a chance that the UK would listen to the EC and fix the mess by 26 of June?

2.If not and they do put up a fight till the bitter end, how long are you predicting that is going to take?

Thanks

News about UKBA

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... daily.html

Apparently the article that was posted in the Financial Times(and that i posted on this forum) is now quoted by other media sources as highly credible, see here: http://www.thetrumpet.com/9356.8202.0.0/britain/eu-to-sue-britain-over-immigration-law Quote: "The other issue relates to the Commission w...

The Home Office said: “We disagree with the commission’s opinion, which is not binding, and we will appeal. As the home secretary has said . . . we will not tolerate abuse of the free movement directive.” It has been more than 8 years since it came out and more than 6 years since they were supposed ...

Take a look here . I don't mean to prove that HO is bad. ;-) Two quotes: "The act enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. But Theresa May told the Sunday Telegraph she "personally" would like to see it go because of the problems it caused for the Home Office." Human rights or...

ca.funke, you had a nice analysis! I think that people in HO misrepresent information the same way Telegraph does. The only difference between the two is that if the Telegraph misrepresent information, you stop reading it and throw the paper in the garbage bin, but if the HO and Theresa May misrepr...

And to put the cherry on the cake with the UKBA mismanagement disaster:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/0 ... sfeed=true

Typical British/Tory attitude, first to criticize everything about the EU especially stuff that has nothing to do with them at all like the Euro or Schengen for the sake of fearmongering and political gains. They have never offered any solutions by the way. Meanwhile the UKBA mismanagement disaster ...

... why is the UK press and government making such a fuss saying that they will not be able to make it on time?. Apart from one badly written Telegraph article who quoted unnamed sources, I didn't notice a fuss in the media. Here is another article from the Financial Times with better sources (note...

I have a little more information. Apparently the EC sent a "Formal Notice" regarding 16 points to the UK. The UK had 2 months to reply, and in that time addressed 12 of the points. So now the UK has sent a "Reasoned Opinion" about the remaining 4 points. The UK now has 2 months to respond. So depen...

mEEA wrote: Let me understand: you think that Home Office will change their understanding of EU laws? Why would that be?

They will lose the ECJ case and would be forced to make the changes, it is just a matter of time