RC is optional for you. And optional for wife really, but obviously useful. Yes, working makes you a qualified person. As to rest, just generate a papertrail with official/government agencies: tax, employers, housing, medical, local government, voter registration, utilities, banking, library, EHIC ...

My understanding is you couldn't have been exercising treaty rights before your renunciation as you were then a BC. So you only became a qualified person once you became a solely EEA (Irish) national. Yes, this makes sense. In that case, I've been exercising treaty rights since November 2015. Worki...

I was a dual national, but I renounced my citizenship. I now hold only Irish citizenship. My wife already has her EEA FP; my question was centred on whether I need to apply for EEA [QP] Residency card as someone who only returned to the UK in 2014. Congratulations on your foresight & determinat...

The situation is complicated. Are you a dual national? Normally an EEA national who is also a BC is only considered to be a BC by HO. If this applies in your case you could not sponaor a family member under EU rules unless special provisions apply. I was a dual national, but I renounced my citizens...

I could be wrong on this, but here is my twopenn'orth. You are correct that you have "settled status" in British law as an Irish citizen from the moment you arrive. However, that is your status as an Irish citizen in the UK and has nothing to do with EU law or PR and does not benefit your...

Hi all, I apologize beforehand if this question has been answered already. My wife will finally join me this week on an EEA FP; and of course once she is here we will apply for EEA [FM] Residency Card. My question is this: as an Irish passport holder, I know I have right of residence here in the UK ...

Hi RJF1979 I'm good thanks. I havent sent my RN yet as I am still waiting on my irish passport card so that i can send that with my RN rather than my irish passport as I will need that for travelling to turkey whilst Im waiting for my RN. Hi magimus, I sent my Irish passport with the British one, b...

magicmus wrote: Hi white Emerald, When did you send your RN off and when did you recieve it back. I am waiting on my irish passport card at the mo then will send off my RN.

Hi magicmus, I got mine back after 4.5 months; it was sent off last July. Good luck!

Just to let everyone know, I received my RN in 4.5 months and my wife got her EEA last week in only 7 days. She'll be here by the end of the month. Waiting for the RN is the worst, I really feel your pain, but stick with it and make sure you have all your other documents ready and good to go so that...

I'm fairly sure (someone correct me if wrong) that under the Common Travel Area arrangement, Irish citizens are considered 'settled' immediately they move permanently to the UK :) I was thinking about this myself ohara, but I'm not sure. I'm thinking of how to get her name on something. Is it diffi...

... So I've got these 3 questions: 1) Do we need it or not? 2) Is it part of the requirements for us to apply for a permanent residence card as they say? 3) Am I save with my business if Britain leaves EU? 1) It is optional; it is a document that simply confirms rights (it doesn't grant them) 2) No...

Hi all, Looking for some advice. I received my RN renunciation document in December and we're in the middle of completing the EEA FP application. This question: EEA National Registration Certificate number? Has us a bit confused as it seems to be linked to new Home Office legislation as of 20th July...

My wife in the Philippines today went to collect her documents, as she was informed that they had been 'processed' by the Embassy. Cutting it short, she was given a rejection letter with them, on the grounds of: I am satisfied that you are party to a marriage of convenience and are therefore not th...

Truly I am pleased for you and hope you can proceed soon, I will be aiming to complete the visa application by this weekend and forward the supporting documents by monday via an express tracked method. Please let me know how you get on and hopefully we can assist each other in the process! :D Also ...

Truly I am pleased for you and hope you can proceed soon, I will be aiming to complete the visa application by this weekend and forward the supporting documents by monday via an express tracked method. Please let me know how you get on and hopefully we can assist each other in the process! :D Also ...

I wish I had thought of that! But it didn't say anything on the form or the supporting documentation, so I assumed they would send it back via a courier service as other documents I have sent off in the past have been returned. (to different offices etc) I phoned and spoke to the RN department and ...

Hello, I'm new to the group and in need of some help. I live in Northern Ireland and my husband is turkish. We got married in a very private ceremony and haven't made it public knowledge that we are married as my family are unable to travel and would be upset that we had done this without them pres...

yay! Congrats WhiteEmerald. :) even though anticlimactic im sure it will be very exciting when you start planning the next portion of your journey . I will be calling tomorrow and hopefully get someone to speak to me whpocan help me! did yours come via the normal postal system? Thanks Lissa :) Yes,...

Thank you, i'm sure yours will appear soon, its been a long and crappy road. I feel like I am near the summit though. We can keep each other up to date on whats next and we will likely frequent the same parts of the forum lol. I hope the fact that three of these that we know of have been sent back ...

Yes i think it applies no matter what! I will have a check for a link for you. I was told by a immigration company that I was chatting to and who have helped us during this whole process! They are a London based company., I actually was just looking on the gov website and I can't find it on there a...

WhiteEmerald, there is that 6 month waiting period after she has entered the country. So it would probably be a good idea to scrap the visitors visa. We've looked at doing that but decided to rather wait it out., As I'm sure the RN won't take another 6 months. Are you sure that rule still applies t...

Lol yes, Id hope so.. i'm a born pessimist (as much as I try to fight it) so I will pretend January and if it works out as Dec then its a nice surprise. You given up on the visitor visa then? I think it bans your spouse from entering for 6 months after.. might complicate things.. I am not an expert...

Thank you, i'm sure yours will appear soon, its been a long and crappy road. I feel like I am near the summit though. We can keep each other up to date on whats next and we will likely frequent the same parts of the forum lol. I hope the fact that three of these that we know of have been sent back ...

I got mine today too.. Lol BC congratulations !!! That's fantastic news, was everything stamped and ok? What was your exact time frame of waiting? Stamped and all good, even my slight name issue, they didnt care lol. Mine was 4 and a half months.. you still going for the vistor visa? Yes, that's al...

Hi, everyone. I wanted to share that my husband got his RN form today, stamped November 11th. He submitted it around the 8th of July. I'm not sure why it took less time than the others who turned theirs in around the same date, but I hope this means they are speeding up/clearing through the backlog...