Hi all,
I am really in need of some advice from all you experienced Irish immigration people!
My fiance and i are getting married next year and then we want to apply for a visa for him to come to Ireland with me, we plan to live/work in Ireland for a while before moving to UK. We will be travelling/arriving in Ireland together (i am a British citizen) I just have a couple of questions in relation this move proposed move:
1) Am i right in thinking we need to apply for his visa online at the inis.gov.ie website and then submit docs at the embassy in his country?
2) If the above is correct, what type of visa do we need to apply for? Having read the INIS website i can see that a short stay visa (up to 90 days - category C) is non extendable. Does this mean we need to apply for a category D visa, long stay visa over 90 days?
3) Also i am wondering if a previous UK visit visa refusal (2010) will effect this EEA application as i have heard that the UKBA and Irish immigration people are on the lookout/trying to stop people using Ireland as access into the UK, now that the UK has made its own immigration rules so ridiculous and hard. I refer to this post:
4) I previously did a 'dummy' application on the INIS website to see what questions were asked and one of the questions was about having a 'host' in Ireland. Is it better if we have a host to speak of? Or does this not really make much difference?
5) Another one of the questions on the INIS website asks about dependant children. We have 1 child with a British passport only who lives with me currently in UK. Is this a dependant child or is that question refering to any child financially dependant on my spouse (the applicant)?? Confusing!!
6) Also will me and my daughter need a visa for Ireland of any kind? Or can we literally just turn up in Ireland with just our passports? ANd does it matter that my passport will have my old maiden name??
7) My final question (for now, sorry!) is who makes the final decision on if my spouse will get his visa for Ireland or not? Do they send the papers to Dublin or what? How long does the decision generally take? I'm a bit worried that the embassy in his home country will lack knowledge of what our rights are. I am worried they will refuse if they don't understand the legal side of things
What a headache! Ok thanks so much in advance for any replies
- FAQ
- Login
- Register
- Call Workpermit.com for a paid service +44 (0)344-991-9222