with an accusation that you were abusing the system to allow your parents to live with you. I don't know how well such an argument would fare with the courts. Not sure what you mean there Richard. If abuse quantified in terms of reliance on social benefits than this issue is a non-issue. On the oth...

How many hours a week are you working at making money when you're in the UK? 10-12 hours has been suggested as sufficient for a 'worker' in Kempf (case C-139/85), though I do wonder if he was in fact self-employed. I presume time spent drumming up business also counts - is your published research a...

Thank you all guys for finding time to respond. I will try to state fact, feel free to spin it either way. 1. I am Irish and was resident in NI for at least 5 years (but after 2006). I selected last 5 years as the qualifying period for simplicity. 2. During this time I was employed as a postgraduate...

I would kindly ask for an advice from experienced forum members. My parents, non-EEA nationals, reside in UK on foot of an EEA Residence Card. We gone through the tribunal to prove their dependence, it was duly attested in court, it was ruled in our favour. This ruling was accepted by UKBA who subse...

Dependence can be out of choice. In plain English, it means that if your parents CHOSE to be dependent on you and you can provide evidence of supporting them over a period of time, their background and vast estate is immaterial. Lim is a good case (google it). you might need to re-submit the applica...

"Irish nationals enjoy separate rights, under various pieces of legislation, which allow Irish nationals residing in the UK to be treated in the same way as British nationals in most circumstances. There is no change to this position" will this mean that their family members will be migrated to UK-i...

A simple question but I am confused. Citizenship: Ireland, resident in NI, starting the qualifying period from 2011. Continuity of residence is not broken if absent for no longer than 6 months. So, residing in UK for 6 months counts as maintenance of residence. So if I submit proof of residence and...

A simple question but I am confused. Citizenship: Ireland, resident in NI, starting the qualifying period from 2011. Continuity of residence is not broken if absent for no longer than 6 months. So, residing in UK for 6 months counts as maintenance of residence. So if I submit proof of residence and ...

Any suggestions?

Citizenship: Ireland

Hello, I genuinely need some help. I have thought to apply for a confirmation of PR. During the past five years I was in the mixture of employment and self-employment. My employment was with the university and was patchy (in macro terms; in fact, it coincided with my ability to teach during 3 study ...

LilyLalilu wrote:National ID cards are fine too, no need to send a passport.

Lilly, many thanks!

I am going against the flow, but whatever! I am applying for a PR and want to submit an Irish passport card in support of the application (https://www.dfa.ie/passportcard/). I will need my traditional, paper-based passport for travel during the application time and don't want to risk loosing it. Wou...

The only treaty rights you have in a Union state are as dependent of your EEA sponsor. That is assuming your Irish sponsor can exercise EEA rights as an Irish citizen in Eire can you please tell me if Ireland treats their citizens as EEA citizens from 'day 1' (as Spain), or one needs to exercise tr...

When I worked at DVLA at Swansea I needed my Government Security Clearance so there is more data to protect than just a permit to drive, plus I'm not sure I'd want to share roadspace with an undocumented driver or person with no legal status. I interpret for the Police and need more security cleara...

What are you on about? If a law is enacted you follow it, simple. As for the Star of St. David, was that meant as an anti-Semitic remark? There was a law prohibiting german women marrying Jewish man. Lobotomy - expressed in inability to connect sensical and non-sensical - is not a requirement to be...

I will respond because not many would, unless have held a personal experience. Your father WILL NOT have any problems. Please supply your father with a letter signed by you outlining that you are in UK, that you wait for him at the arrivals gate and that you can be contacted on a number: 07^^^^^^^. ...

It makes sense, to deter those from coming to the UK unlawfully. The background to the government discussion of the Immigration Act ( sections 46 & 47 ) can be found here (click). What makes sense to you, I find non-sensical. Wearing David's star on your forearm and to walk around the perimeter of ...

great effort MGB IRELAND: GREEN LIGHT http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/si/473/made/en/print 3. It is hereby declared that the following classes of non-nationals are specified as classes the members of which are not required to be in possession of a valid Irish visa when landing in the State :...

Czech republic: GREEN LIGHT http://www.mzv.cz/london/en/visa_and_consular_information/visa_information/family_members_of_eu_citizens_who_do_not.html I. Exemption from the visa regime for family members of EU/EEA nationals: For clarification purposes holders of passports of European Union member stat...

Hello I am not sure if this has been done. Please don't throw rotten tomatoes but point me in the right direction. I am interested to see if efforts were put to identify how different EU nations transposed 2004/38/EC and which ones (e.g. Ireland) allow RC holders visa free even in the absence of EEA...

I suspect that it's due to the fact that a UK driving licence can in some cases be used to verify identity. Something that the HO want to prevent for someone who has no legal residence. It is rational explanation. However, DL primarily is a driving licence, i.e. THE PERMIT TO DRIVE A MOTOR-PROPELLE...

For Citizenship it is necessary to show 5 years of residence, in accordance with the regulation, such that the requirement of Schedule 2(2) of the EEA Regulation is engaged and after that, 1 year of continuous residence during which there is no requirement for treaty rights to be exercised, and dur...

noajthen@ thanks for your reply could you please share any updated story of surrinder singh success story ? You could start here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-route-applications/eea2-surinder-singh-3-month-success-story-t169701.html?hilit=surinder%20success - but do keep abreast of the late...

Oh, How I miss Northern Irish rant.

It is all about being protestant / catholic, Sinn Fein and all that gimmicks. Some people did not grow over their totemism mentality. How is this ever relevant to the immigration decisions whether to relinquish one citizenship in favour of another?! [sigh].

Borat Sagdiyev was supposed to be Kazakh :wink: and was filmed in Romania. hence, the connection! On the subject, I lived in Sweden, where ability to get a personnumer (equivalent of NINO) requires identity and immigration checks. Once done and ID issued, I do not need to scan and email my passport...