Pasha...thanks for the tip. The reason I hadn't applied for an Irish Passport before now (other than I didn't need it for everyday purposes) was that while I realised I was entitled to both Irish and British passports by birth, I'd never actually realised that you could hold these SIMULTANEOUSLY. I ...

^Yes..I first came across the EEA route (and must acknowledge both this board and Yankeegirl as the original info source on it) while looking for a way around the ridiculous (I'm paraphrasing loosely here) 'A british citizen has to get permission to get married to someone from abroad (eg. Asia) and ...

He he. What I meant, Sakura, was that neither of us are interested in switching citizenship, I guess... ;-) Something I wanted to say about the European immigration route that the HO tries to make us all forget as much as possible is that we have rights that exist whether or not they've 'approved' t...

Thanks again for replies. As I said, British citizenship would not be our aim in this case because, if anything, I'd be more interested in becoming a Japanese citizen than she would in becoming a British citizen.

JAJ, if you don't mind explaining the disadvantage of the EEA vs UK, that would be appreciated too. Thank you in advance.

Thanks for replying. She doesn't want to become a British Citizen as doing that would negate her japanese citizenship (you cannot hold dual nationality in Japan). It's too close to the expiry of her current ONP (overseas Nursing Programme) for me to hang on for an Irish passport so I'm going to assu...

Hi...my partner is currently on the Overseas Nursing Programme visa and recently received her nursing registration for the UK.
I did talk to the law centre via the Citizen's Advice Bureau and it was they who said that birth certificate is normally acceptable as evidence of Irish citizenship.

Yes, it was the British one I want to hold onto and your suggestion is spot on, I know. I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it earlier but I just got to grips with all of this a few weeks ago and it's probably just a little too late to apply for an Irish passport just now. My partner's current vi...

Hello folks.. Some great work goes on around here and since it's most often a very lonely business trying to figure out where the goalposts have been moved to, I've had a great read so far. I'll give you my situation right now (partly to try and understand it myself by writing it down) and would app...