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Hi,thanks for this, but this seems to be UK legislation.

The country where I will be taking up work is Ireland. Is there either a piece of Irish legislation that deals with this issue, or perhaps an EU directive?

Thanks again.

Keloid, are you resident in Ireland in conformity with EU law? If you are, your wife is entitled to live with you in Ireland for as long as you do. Ben, at the moment I am not in conformity with EU law, the reason being that I am not yet unemployed. That said I am mulling over an employment contrac...

Upon applying for a spouse visa and subsequently booking an appointment at the local embassy, does applicant have to be accompanied to the appointment....or can the applicant go by themselves?

many thanks

anyone?

Hi there, Just a quick question. I understand that if you take employment in an other EU state, then you are exercising your EC Treaty rights and therefore your non-EU spouse may able to apply for a residence card. However, does being an independent contractor count as being 'employed'? Or does it c...

I will say there is no "automatic" rights to extend a C-visit visa. However, there is now a new STAMP 0 with which you can request an extension of the C-visit visa in an "exceptional humanitarian circumstances" See: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Stamp%200.pdf/Files/Stamp%200.pdf All the best Thank...

thanks again andy but i think to apply visa from turkey either we need to be resident in turkey or should be resident in any other country which turkey represents . i think staff in turkey embassy well qualified and they know about directives in pakistan the karachi conulate staff hardly knows abou...

anyone?

Hi there. Some advice would be appreciated. I'm a British citizen. Married my wife a few months ago, who is an Iranian citizen. As the Embassy in tehran is closed, we'll likely go to Turkey to apply for her spouse visa. I understand my wife should bring her original passport. Will the Embassy in Tur...

If she is granted the visit visa, how many months will she have before she must use this visa? Thanks in advance Hi Keloid, The C-Visa is usually for 90days in the first instance and it is "supposed" to be for a single visit. To now answer your question, there is a date of issue and a date of expir...

how long does the case take in the accelarated process as we applied about 6 weeks ago n got told another 6-8 weeks when we rang last week From my experience there is no "accelerated process" done by the guys at the INIS. They are not really taking into account EU Freedom of Movement law AT ALL . A...

Thanks for the link Vinny.

The link mentions that there is a 3 year residence requirement. For a Non-Eu family member of an EU citizen, does that mean 3 years residence in
the UK - or 3 years residence within the EU?

many thanks

anyone?

Well, we'll be here at least until December 2012 before we consider our options again. Just the visits to the UK I was thinking about. Honestly, just don't fly Ryanair and you'll be worry free. Ben, when you say 'worry free', do you mean that he can get away with taking his non-EU spouse into the U...

If she is granted the visit visa, how many months will she have before she must use this visa?

Thanks in advance

Well, we'll be here at least until December 2012 before we consider our options again. Just the visits to the UK I was thinking about. Honestly, just don't fly Ryanair and you'll be worry free. Ben, when you say 'worry free', do you mean that he can get away with taking his non-EU spouse into the U...

Hi. Im a UK citizen. My wife is an Iranian citizen. I'm about to apply for a spouse visa application for her. Here are the facts. - I have been unemployed since September 2011 - I started my new job on Monday. I work as a corporate solicitor. - My probation period for my job is 3 months. My question...

That's good, because UKBA seem to put a very strict interpretation on the Surinder Singh case law, in that applicants using this route must have been economically active as an employee or self-employed worker when exercising treaty rights abroad. Eind was also economically active in the UK before r...

theuniverse wrote:Thanks Punjab, I emailed them, let's see what they say...

did you get a response?

Lucapooka wrote:Not possible. Such visas are granted outside the immigration rules and therefore don't qualify for switiching (even though they are for more than six months).

Thank you for your swift response. Very helpful.

Hi, My girlfriend is studying english on an extended student visitor visa. The visa was granted for 11 months. We are thinking about getting married (I am a UK citizen) and applying for a spouse visa. The UKBA seems to suggest that switching from any category to a spouse visa is possible, as long as...