ESC

Click the "allow" button if you want to receive important news and updates from immigrationboards.com


Immigrationboards.com: Immigration, work visa and work permit discussion board

Welcome to immigrationboards.com!

Login Register Do not show

Surinder Singh Route Is It Too Late?

Family member & Ancestry immigration; don't post other immigration categories, please!
Marriage | Unmarried Partners | Fiancé | Ancestry

Moderators: Casa, archigabe, CR001, push, JAJ, ca.funke, Amber, zimba, vinny, Obie, EUsmileWEallsmile, batleykhan, meself2, geriatrix, John, ChetanOjha, Administrator

Locked
Yazzy
Member
Posts: 200
Joined: Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:42 am
United Kingdom

Surinder Singh Route Is It Too Late?

Post by Yazzy » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:58 am

I got married to my husband December 2012. We applied for spouse visa from India 7th January 2013 and was refused in March 2013.
Appealed and had my court hearing was in February 2014.
Its been Its been 1 year and 4 months and im still waiting to find out the Judges decision if i won the appeal in February.
Im going crazy.

Looking online at the surinder singh i am wondering if it will be easier to do it this way.
I know the new rules have been introduced this year regarding this route but im not understanding it properly.

If i moved to Ireland can my husband join me straight away?
My husband was an over stayer in the UK previously but voluntarily left in 2012 will this affect him coming to Ireland?
How long do we have to stay in Ireland before he can travel to the Uk? Whats the minimum?
Can my husband work in Ireland if i dont or can we both work or does it just have to be me working?
Once we travel to the Uk do we have to go back to Ireland?

Please help someone?
Spouse Application: 7th January 2013
Application Refused: 18th March 2013
Appeal Allowed: 29th May 2014
Visa Stamped: 7th August 2014
FLR (M): Applied in Person at Croydon 12th April 2017
BRP Recieved: 18th April 2017

User avatar
ALKB
Respected Guru
Posts: 874
Joined: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:32 pm
Location: Berlin
Germany

Re: Surinder Singh Route Is It Too Late?

Post by ALKB » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:32 pm

Yazzy wrote: If i moved to Ireland can my husband join me straight away?
My husband was an over stayer in the UK previously but voluntarily left in 2012 will this affect him coming to Ireland?
How long do we have to stay in Ireland before he can travel to the Uk? Whats the minimum?
Can my husband work in Ireland if i dont or can we both work or does it just have to be me working?
Once we travel to the Uk do we have to go back to Ireland?

Please help someone?
1. Yes
2. He has to declare it if asked but it should not be ground for refusal in itself.
3. That's tricky. Every case is different. I think 6-12 months minimum is realistic but I know of a UK/US couple who have been refused after one year in France. I heard that Ireland is slow in issuing the residence card, taking up to 6 months. Just something to be aware of.
4. You can both work but your job is the important one for exercising EU treaty rights!
5. If he travels to the UK on an EEA family permit you don't have to return to Ireland.

SoHopeful
Senior Member
Posts: 948
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:01 pm

Re: Surinder Singh Route Is It Too Late?

Post by SoHopeful » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:39 pm

You have to now prove you have established a life in that country now and integrated into the community, not jusa couple of months working. So yeah I would say to convince immigration you're looking at least 12 months.

Locked