hi, auto_w, thanx for reply, i ve been reading your topic, sorry to hear your husband's visa was refused. I am just trying to get a visa D without the need for my husband to have a job first in Ireland, its all legal and good according to EU law, but Irish refuse to play by EU rules. The thing is we...

Hi all i am starting a new topic, cos we now entered into emailing the Irish visa department and consulate to try and get them to see the EU directive. This morning i ve got this reply Dear Madam, It is not entirely clear from all of this information what exactly you are seeking. Do you wish to * Do...

after all the supporting posts i ve decided to send email to the visa section , i finaly found their contact details. I ve sent a very long and detailed emal with all the links to EU directive, laws, regulations, EU citizen rights, exc. Also explained our situation and asked for conformation that ac...

hi, ciaramc, thanx for posting the info, we are desparate in our attempts to convince the consulate that under EU law the only documents we need are passports and m.certificate, application, photos. The Irish embassy in Moscow doesnt even have the email address for us to write to. Could you pls tell...

right, i ve just sent a long email to the visamail@justice.ie explaining all the rights for us from EU Directive and pasting the link of petition you provided for me, asking them to give us clarification on why the EU regulation is not beeing applied and all the extra documents requered. Phew..........

yes, its all there and i shall definatly use it, just a shame that irish immigration officers still refuse to except it . I am sure they know about it, but choose to ignore to make our lifes more difficalt.

What you are saying is the right thing according to EU laws, i just with people like you were employed at the Irish embassy. To get visa C they requested from me return tickets for both of us and a letter from my husband stating that we promise to leave Ireland on the date of tickets and if we dont ...

hi acme4242 Thank you for your reply, thats what i thought should be, but as you pointed out the Irish embassy chooses to ignore EU freedom of movement and post extra documents requered on their website. I ve got just one more Question- Does my husband need to be in Ireland and be looking for a job ...

Hi, i am starting a new subject, cos will be applying for Visa D to go to Ireland to join my British husband, i am Russian, i was told by the embassy that my husband has to have a job in Ireland in order for me to apply, Is it true? The problem we have is that he will be traveling to Ireland soon to...

Thank you Wanderer, that is what i thought too, but those call operators in visa department of Irish consulate just told me i wont be able to do that. I ve checked the ''Guide on how to get the best out of Directive 2004/38/EC '' again and it clearly states that EU member states must not ask Non EU ...

no job yet, my husband has never been to Ireland yet. We just wanted to arrive there and then for him to get a job

Thanx for suggestion, but barristar advised us this way and my husband already quit his job to move abroad with me, also we thought it would be a little adventure to live abroad for a year, cos till we have kids we can do it and have fun and work. Its just very frustrating that Irish seem to be igno...

hi all, thanx for all your advise and help, as you know being under immigration rules can be very complicated, so my husband and changed our choice of country to Ireland. The truth is my spouse visa to UK was refused and we want to go the EU route. After i got my Schengen visa to France as our first...

thanx for the info, its better to know upfront. it seems that french boader control has found the way to dismiss EU freedom of movement by checking entry visa to ireland.

Hi, i ve got some more Qs to ask, My British husband and I(Russian) were planing to settle in France, i ve already got my Schengen Visa from French embassy in Moscow, now we ve decided to check out Ireland as a second option for settelment. I realy dont want to go begging for Irish visa) ireland is ...

Hi , i am sooo happy, after all the delay, finaly i ve got my Schengen visa from French embassy ! after all they only needed my pasport, copy of my EU husband's passport and our marriage certificate with Apostile and translation. I am sooo happy, will spend Christmas in France with my hubby . Good l...

Hi, i ve been to french consulate in moscow they ve been very helpfull, but didn't know much about the right type of visa for me, so after they spoke to French supervisor, offered to aply forSchengen visa for 90 days. They accepted the photo copy of my husband's pasport, cos he is in UK now, however...

thanx for you advice :) , once i had all the EU laws and regulations printed infront of me, phoned the embassy again, they proved to have no info on entry visas for EU members, except that is free, they kept telling me to look it up on the website, which i did over and over again, but there is no th...

Hi, i am very confused about what type of visa i need to get from french embassy. I am a russian citizen married to british men and we are going to live in France. spoke to visa section , but they told me to bring my ticket to france and insurance, ext, which i believe is not needed if i am EU membe...