Yes, he told them that we are looking to move there permanently. I'm getting so aggravated being run around in circles, ya know? Can't they just tell me what we're supposed to do? :( We're definitely going to get back to them. Gonna email their Immigration email address with the same question and se...

To anyone who is interested: My husband emailed the same question to the Department of Justice, and got the following response: Hi Aidan Thank you for your enquiry. As your wife is a US national she is not visa required for Ireland, therefore she does not require a D-visa. As your wife is not visa r...

Thanks scrudu! :) I think we'll be ok in regards to proving our marriage--we've got tons of documents and photos, have been married and living together here in the states since '05, and were living together in Ireland for 7 months. We had to also prove our relationship when applying for my husband's...

scrudu, thank you so much!! My passport does not have an exit stamp...I thought it was all done electronically like they do here in the US. Glad to hear that's not so! :) I've never heard of the D-spouse visa! We're definitely going to do that...it seems like much less fuss than just arriving with m...

You're right, Irish Immigration did not put an exit stamp in my passport. However, it was scanned (don't they track electronically?), and I've got a re-entry stamp into the US. Technically, since I was living in Northern Ireland, I did not overstay in the South at all, but I never got any stamps in ...

I'm going to try to make this very long story as short as possible...here goes. I'm an American citizen. I moved to Scotland to study at the University of Aberdeen back in September of 2003. Travelled to Ireland in April of 2004 for three week's holiday. Met Aidan (my now husband) in his hometown in...