Hi, I am a british citizen looking to gain an entry visa for my Pakistani spouse by under the Directive in Ireland. Just wanted to know the process in gaining an Ireland Entry visa for "Family member of Eu citizen". I know an online application has to be filled. The summary sheet needs to...

Did you have a visit? I don't think they do visits for surrinder Singh applications do they? What happens after you get the rc? How long before you can apply for passport? I didn't have a visit. I'm assuming they invite to an interview or visit you if they have any doubts on the validity of the mar...

Hi. Congrats and thanks for your post, its basically my step to step guide! :) . I have a few questions looking at the first step. I chose to apply for an Ireland Directive 2004/38/EC Visa due to Ireland’s proximity and shared language/culture to the UK (link to visa cover letter). 1) When applying...

Is surender singh route applicable for parents? Yes .."a financially dependent parent of a British citizen can qualify under Surinder Singh/regulation 9, provided the British citizen was engaged in genuine and effective employment or self-employment in another EEA state before returning to the...

I didn't include a cover letter in my application but yours appears to be fine.

Congratulations! I have a quick question. Did your wife receive a temp stamp 4 or a 5 year stamp 4?
Didn't the INIS ask for proof that you were working for the EU1?

Is 4 months enough to satisfy the 'centre of life' criteria? Most folks recommend 6-12 months nowadays for this route since the rules tightened... Also it's not clear from your post, is you wife with you in Ireland? Think the permit is called FAM4 or similar.... I demonstrated that it can be done i...

The letter I used was for accompany spouse, i guess for join spouse there is not much to change except to explain that your EEA spouse is in Ireland and include proof of him/her exercising treaty rights there. You don't need proof of exercising treaty rights if your spouse has been in Ireland for le...

I have a background in Search Engine Optomisation so I created a website promoting my services and used google adwords to promote my site to mainly Irish customers. I'd seen a refusal for someone who traded mainly with UK customers from Ireland. In total I would have had a around 4000 Euro through m...

Thats really fast. You were lucky to get 90 days stamp for your wife, Am a British national and recently arrived with my non EEA husband but he was only given 30 days stamp in his passport Very unfair for them to do that to us... :cry: :cry: Means I ve to do loads of running around within one month...

Thanks, I was self employed for at least 2 months continuously, i'm not sure if intermittent employment would count. You don't need a Ireland residence card as the home office reassess if you have exercised treaty rights. 1. I had no problems getting on the plane in Belfast to Manchester as you only...

I would also suggest Ireland. There still isn't a time frame if you can demonstrate that you transferred your center of life. I lived in Ireland for less than 3.5 months and got my EEA2.

I've created a new thread that answers your questions

http://www.immigrationboards.com/eea-ro ... 69701.html

I've created this thread so I can answer any questions people may have who are considering using Surinder Singh to bring their families over to the UK but are worried about the new 'center of life' rules. This forum contained most of the information that helped with my success. I'm a British citizen...

How did your wife enter the UK without the family permit? We drove from Dublin to Belfast and flew to Manchester Airport. There is no routine immigration checks on internal flights. I did have my relevant docs such as marriage certificate and proof of exercising treaty rights in Ireland to hand rea...

Hello, No. I included a Special Delivery return envelope however I received the RC and docs by Signed For 1st Class

Thanks to all forum members and mods for their help. Just got my wife's UK residency card yesterday. We arrived in Ireland on the 27th of January 2014 and traveled back to the UK on the 7th of May without a Family Permit. She applied for a EEA2 in early June and received her UK Residence card in les...

Surinder Singh Route

Arrived in Ireland with Pakistani Spouse: 27 Jan 2014
Returned to the UK with Spouse without Family Permit : 7 May 2014
Applied EEA2: 08 June 2014
Received COA with right to work: 19 June 2014
Received UK Residence Card: 30 July 2014

i have posted the cover letter here

http://www.immigrationboards.com/irelan ... 66433.html

LETTER OF APPLICATION APPLICANT: (FULL NAME) APPLICATION REFERENCE: (VISA REF NUMBER) DATE: (DD/MM/YY) Dear Sir/Madam I am applying as the qualifying SPOUSE of an EEA citizen to ACCOMPANY him/her when he moves to the Republic of Ireland to exercise his treaty rights by working in the state. Accordin...

That's right, I only sent a photocopy of my passport. I was in Pakistan at the time so I applied for an 'Accompany' visa. If you intend to travel to Ireland before and are not going to be on the flight together with your spouse then you need to to apply for a 'Join' visa. If you want I can share my ...

I applied for a accompany spouse visa in January in Pakistan. I only sent my wifes Pakistani passort and my British passport, attested marriage registration certificate, passport photos and visa form and got my visa in 2 weeks. You can find more info below http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Processing%2...

You could try showing them the Ireland EU Directive visa guidelines to reassure them that they wont face any fine if they allow you to travel. 2.7 Other than the proofs listed at 2.3 above it is not permitted to request the applicant to provide additional proofs (of the sort that would generally be ...

I have been in further communication with the Home Office and they confirmed they will ignore case C-456/12 in an application for a EEA Family Permit and EEA2 in regards to the 'centre of life' test here is the communication below me- Dear Home Office I am enquiring regarding the legality of enterin...

Obie wrote:In light of O B i strongly believe your application is doomed to fail.

I'm currently working in Ireland, at the date of my applications I would have been here a little over 3 months, do you think my application will fail due to 'abuse' or any other reason?