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can I travel from Dublin with an EEA Residency card?

Post by husobey » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:43 pm

Hey guys,

I'm a Turkish Citizen living in Northern Ireland with my Irish wife. I have an EEA residency card for the uk. Me and my wife are planning to go on holiday to Turkey in April, from Dublin. The problem is I will be travelling out first, 4 days before my wife, I am just wondering if I can do this with a residency card or I have to be with my wife to enter the republic of Ireland, just like when you have the family permit.

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Re: can I travel from Dublin with an EEA Residency card?

Post by Malika » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:23 pm

husobey wrote:Hey guys,

I'm a Turkish Citizen living in Northern Ireland with my Irish wife. I have an EEA residency card for the uk. Me and my wife are planning to go on holiday to Turkey in April, from Dublin. The problem is I will be travelling out first, 4 days before my wife, I am just wondering if I can do this with a residency card or I have to be with my wife to enter the republic of Ireland, just like when you have the family permit.
Either your are travelling with your wife or you need a Visa if alone. apply soon enough, I think the fee might be waived.
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Post by husobey » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:44 pm

what type of visa will i need? any idea of who i could contact about it,i would just be travelling down on the bus straight to the airport alone then travelling back with my wife.

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Post by Malika » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:08 pm

husobey wrote:what type of visa will i need? any idea of who i could contact about it,i would just be travelling down on the bus straight to the airport alone then travelling back with my wife.
No problem when accompanied by your wife coming back, it's the initial part that might be a problem. Some people just ignore the border issue but to be on the safe side in case of Immigration checks when crossing, better get the info needed.

You could possibly telephone and ask...... I think INIS deals with Visas, though not sure.

http://www.inis.gov.ie/
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Post by Directive/2004/38/EC » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:34 pm

I do not see any reason that you require a visa.

You have a UK issued Residence Card. That should enable you to enter Ireland without a visa.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/0146.html
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:
(c) non-nationals who are family members of a Union citizen and holders of a document called “Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen”, as referred to in Article 10 of the Directive of 2004.
Even better is if you travel with your wife to Dublin airport. If you and she are carrying your marriage certificate, then you can at all times prove you are legally in Ireland.

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Post by Malika » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:19 am

Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:I do not see any reason that you require a visa.

You have a UK issued Residence Card. That should enable you to enter Ireland without a visa.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/0146.html
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:
(c) non-nationals who are family members of a Union citizen and holders of a document called “Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen”, as referred to in Article 10 of the Directive of 2004.
Even better is if you travel with your wife to Dublin airport. If you and she are carrying your marriage certificate, then you can at all times prove you are legally in Ireland.
He plans to travel to Turkey initially by himself, will be joined by Irish wife later then travel back via Dublin Airport.

When he travels down to Dublin, by bus, when not accompanied by wife is what am unsure of. You know there's a supposed border between the two political divides but to many people it doesn't exist.

What if on the day of travel there happens to be a random immigration check, which happens, and he produces his UK residence card.
I would like you to picture that scenario, what happens? does he quote the above Law?

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Post by Directive/2004/38/EC » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:45 am

Yes he should quote that law.

I also said:
Even better is if you travel with your wife to Dublin airport. If you and she are carrying your marriage certificate, then you can at all times prove you are legally in Ireland

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