Marita I can understand your worry, I was in the same situation this time last year. My husband was an illegal immigrant in Ireland for 3 years, I am Irish but have lived in the UK for 6 years which meant I could apply for a spouse visa under UK law. He travelled home to Moldova with a travel docume...

We got married September 2006.

Yes I am working in the UK, but I am also a student in my final year.


Thank you so much for your reply.

Hi There, I want to apply for a visitor visa for my husband(moldovan) to travel to Ireland from London with me (Im Irish) for Christmas week. He was there illegally for 3 years so I know they will have difficulty granting him a visitor visa, as far as I am aware under EU law they do have to grant us...

Thank you so much for your reply. Tried to look on the Irish embassy in londons website for visa forms and issue times etc, but it does not seem to be working- typical!

Hi There, I am in a similar positon. I am Irish, my husband is from Moldova. He has just two weeks ago moved to London on a 2 year spouse visa. I have been here 6 years. He lived in Ireland illegally for 3 years. He was not deported, he left legally. All my family are in Ireland and we want to go ho...

Hi Zhenia, Thanks so much for your reply, Just writing to vent my anger really. We applied almost three months ago now and we have not had any contact from the embassy since. We phone every week and get told that there is no news and we must wait, I have tried to speak to the ECO, somehow he is neve...

Hi there, I know from extensive reading of this site how frustrating waiting for a answer from the ECO can be but are they allowed ignore your application? My husband had an interview with the embassy in Moldova on the 17th of January, the ECO said he ran out of time after one hour and wanted to int...

Hi there,

Its six months for the spouse visa.

Hi There, Another question for you, My husband applied for asylum in Ireland three years ago, he left before the case was decided as he knew it would not be granted because he had a stable life in Moldova. I am at the moment preparing his spouse visa for the uk, I dont think we need to mention his a...

Hi Scrudu, Thank you so much for your post, it answered a lot of questions I had. I have decided to try and get my husband a UK spouse visa. It's a risk as I met him whilst he was in Ireland illegally, he spent 3 years there and then went home himself on a travel document from the moldovan embassy i...

Sunnydayz,

I am so so sorry, god I cant imagine how you must feel, I am so scared about the whole process.

Do keep us updated on what happens.

Thanks Scrudu,

I thought that. My children having Irish passports is really important to me.

Thanks again Jaj, I am confused as you said in my other post on Irish law. Im just trying to gather all the info I can. Im going to speak to my solcitor tomorrow about switching to a spouse visa once he is here. Im also going to discuss again about trying for a spouse visa as the EEA Permit just sou...

Hi, I'm irish living in London for 5 eyars,currently trying to bring my moldovan husband here on an EU FAMILY PERMIT. We are thinking of moving back home(ireland) in 5 or so years. I know under uk law if you have been married and living together for 4 years straight then your husband has the same ri...

Thanks again Jaj for the quick reply. I spoke to my solicitor today and again he stressed how we should go for the eu family permit. I expressed my concerns about the residency permit and the 7 years waiting for everything to be sorted. I did ask him about having children as I am only 24 now but pla...

Hi Jaj and Brett, Thanks for the replies, I am of focused on geting my husband here asap so we can finally start our lives together, but I do know that in the long run of course a Spouse visa is a much better idea, I have e-mailed my solicitor to re-asses our case for a spouse visa. Jaj, In what way...

Hi there, The reason he has advised a family permit over a spouse visa is because my husband had a 1 month visa for the UK but left after a few days to go to Ireland where he stayed for three years,(where we met). Also little things like the fact that our accomodation will be my sisters 3 bedroom fl...

Hi there, I have spoken to a solicitor who has advised us to apply for an EEA Family permit rather than a visa. He has said the Permit is granted for 6 months and within the first month we should apply to the home office for 5 year residency. How does the application go? Is it difficult to get resid...

Thanks so much for replying. I have been reading the posts here everyday and everything else I can find and think I am pretty clued up what is required for a spouse visa. Please do keep me up to date on your application sunnydayz.

Thanks again.

Hi, I just want to say what a relief it is to read about someone in the same situation as me. I met my Moldovan boyfriend 2 years ago in Ireland (my family home)where he was working illegally for 3 years. We fell deeply in love and made the decision for him to go home so we could do things properly ...

Thank you for your reply, I and my husband plan to move back to Ireland after 5 or 6 years so I dont plan to apply for Naturalisation. Do you think in this case an EEA Family Permit is a better option for us.

Thank you so much for your advice.

HI, I'm Irish, living in london 5 years,a fulltime student(getting student loan) and working. I recently married my partner of 2 years in Moldova. And have been preparing to apply for a spouse visa until I read one of your threads saying how much simpler an EEA family permit is. What are the Regulat...