edk2007: I think your wife is then being treated as a "visa required" citizen. It doesn't matter where you married, it only matters where you are when you apply for residency status. If you are inside Ireland and apply for a change of status in Visa because of marriage, you slip into the ...

Thanks Scrudu, I contacted the visa section and they told me that because we actually got married in Ireland we would need to apply to the marriage to Irish national section. We have been waiting 6 months now and on the letter they said we would have to wait between 8-10 months. This whole situation...

edk2007, Do you hold another EU citizenship or are you solely an Irish citizen? I *think* if you are Irish, what you would need to apply for is a spouse visa, not EU1. EU1 is for non-EU family of EU citizens residing in Ireland (ie; family of British, French, Italian and so on) There is a different...

I am really worried especially after the Irish Times article. Apologies if this question has already been answered but please advise. My wife is Chinese, born in Hong Kong and holds a Brittish National Overseas passport. I am an Irish Citizen. We got married in Ireland and applied for the marriage t...