eu citizen want to bring american husband and child

[Summerain]

Hi everyone!

I am Lithuanian married to an American citizen, we have a month old daughter who is also American citizen. Just because I am really unhappy here and wanting to be closer to my family, we are thinking of moving to Europe.
So we have decided that English speaking country is the best for all of us and I just LOVE IRELAND, so that would work just perfect.
BUT... I am so confused, please HELP!
As I did some research I understand that all we need is marriage certificate and birth certificate so we can apply for residency card so my husband is going to legal to work? But I dont think it is easy as that.. because we still have no place to live or work yet, but I was thinking to give it a try and look for jobs and place to live online.We know that finding a job while we are here is going to be almost impossible, could we just go there show them that we have place to stay and enough money? or should we just go there as tourists and then apply for residency card??

Thank you for help guys!!!

[Brigid from Ireland]

You can travel to Ireland easily, as an EU citizen.

If your husband and child are non-EU, check to see if they need a visa (it depends on their citizenship). If they do, then the visa must be issued quickly and free if you state that they need the visa because you (the EU citizen) wish to travel to Ireland to look for work, and that you need the spouse/child to travel with you. To get the visa you must give your passport, their passports and an original marriage certificate for the husband and original birth cert for the baby. That is the full amount required - do not submit bank statements or anything else, they are not required.

When you get to Ireland they will be given a 3 month stamp in their passports, and you then have three months to find work.

When you get work (or become self employed) you submit payslips as proof of employment, and they get a six month or five year visa (usually 5 year).

Your non-EU spouse can also work, so long as you are working or self employed.

If you get a part time job, 20 hours or more per week, you can apply for Family Income Supplement money, as you have a child. If you work part time only, you can apply for casual jobseekers payment for the days you do not work. You also get child benefit, about 130 euro per month per child. BUT you must work at least some days to have these rights, so it is very important that you work.

There is usually work available through agencies, especially difficult work such as caring for old people.

[Latintraveller]

All three of you are entitled to live in Ireland unrestricted for three months due to you being a member of the EU. After three months you (the EU citizen) will have to work or be self-employed. Your daughter will be entitled to €130 per month child benefit. If you work over 19 hours a week you will receive Family Income Supplement (for which there is no Habitual Residency Requirement). This will help you if cash is short.

If you study are or self-sufficient there are further requirements (such as medical insurance).

At the moment there are not too many jobs in Ireland (so choose the location carefully), but things are slowly improving. I know many people who have got jobs in Ireland over the past few years so things are not impossible here in that front. You may have to be willing to clean, stack shelves in a supermarket, work as a waiter, do anything! If that fails then set yourself up as self-employed. Search for Brigid from Ireland on the forum as she has great ideas and knows the Irish system inside out.

Study the directive that will govern your stay in Ireland.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex ... 123:en:PDF
This is a guide in simple English. I found this useful before becoming conversent with the legal document linked above.
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/ci ... nt_low.pdf
Regarding Family Income Supplement -
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/so ... ement.html

Another consideration are medical cards (it may take a few months to get one). If your income is under a certain level you can visit the doctor for free, have prescriptions for a few Euro and have free hospital and dental treatment.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/he ... _card.html

You need very few documents to live in Ireland under the directive. The Visas are free.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Jo ... EU_Citizen

They will probably stamp the Passport of the non-EU national that they may not work. I and others have challenged this with Solvit and whenever challenged it has been confirmed that the non-EU national can work on entry to Ireland.