Good job Ben.
I hope there will be good outcome in their meetings as regard to so many breaches here in Ireland.

No, she dont need a residence card to live in Ireland. Once her mom(Eu citizen) is qualified to live in Ireland then she is qualify to live in Ireland as well.
It is only non Eu citizen that is supposed to apply for residence card.

It is really a strange story to hear. Why did he marry you in the first place that he can within one year of the marriage tell you that he got married to someone else in his home country. Well, I think if make your mind for divorce then go for it. As for his residence in the State i think it may wor...

In this case your Lawyer is right. so better go for new application. As your lawyer said the will still go back to your old application for review and even if you send supporting new documents it will not stand as their decision was based your old documents.

Actually, his chances depends on the immigration officer that will handle his application. But there are many things to look at. for instance, did he leave the state on completion of his former course or program? Did he do well on the program or course? Do he has enough financial resources? If the a...

I think this will be between you and your employer. If you can explain to them your rights and if they can understand you clearly on that. then you will be fine. They should know that they wont be having any problem by hiring you. of course this is quite difficult to prove because they will not want...

the best thing to do is to go for review execpt you think the company she worked is not a bonafide company. that means the company is not registered company. And in that case you can reapply. But quite funny that it took them 8months to verify if the company she worked is bonafide or not. I wish you...

I think Obie is right. I am having problem with them too. and i wrote several letters which they dont bother to answer. I went their myself demanding that I must speak to someone from the department and the security guy refused. and I refused to leave the place too. so he has to go in and get someon...

Have they started issuing the stamp 3? I think they are being relutant over it. They delay most applications I think.
Will like to hear from people who have recieved the stamp 3.

it is a sympathatic story. But I think the truth of the matter is that INIS is looking at the genuine intention of your partner. It is not the love you have for him. I think his first mistake was reapplying for student visa instead of applying for spousal visa. And since he got refusal any other app...

I think something is really going wrong at the Eu treaty right section. When one submit a/some document(s) they will want you to resubmit the documents again. just like what is happening to you, monife. if I were you I will package that again and resend to them again and make mention tht those docum...

@ iluvireland, I understand how you feel about your situation. It will be in your best interest to relax and wait for their decision until you get a result. Asking them if you can switch to Student visa looks suspicious. I think it will still be better you stick to your original application of EU1. ...

As some people have advised here, it will be better your girlfriend fly to neighbouring country to submit her application. first she has to call the embassy to enquiry about their procedures. if they accept by post that is fine too. Even if they requested her to come in person when visa is approved ...

I dont believe number of marriages should be the problem here. It is the responsibility of the ministry to investigate and check every marriages perform in Ireland by foreigners. Also Residence card can be revoked if the marriage is found to be "sham" I would bet that in and around 60% of...

The European Court found that our law in relation to using marriage to assist illegal immigration was contrary to the EU's "freedom of movement" laws. Immediately after the European Court ruling, the number of apparent marriages of convenience between illegal immigrants and girls from Bal...

[quote="walrusgumblethere problem is sir, not the amount of marriages, but the genuine deep suspicion that some of these marriages when one looks at the immigration status of the couple and the serious contrasting religion, age, culture and language differences, and length of time together, are...

I was just curious and I come across this website as regard to benefits of EU membership to Ireland. http://ec.europa.eu/ireland/ireland_in_the_eu/index1_en.htm And i was just wondering what is all this noise about immigrants in Ireland especially family member of EU citizen. I calculated about 1458...

@iluvireland, you dont need to be stressed. All these from DOj is a delay tactics and they are there to frustrate people especially Spouse of EU citizen.
You just need to be patient and let us all see where they are heading to.

You know what I think is that DOJ knows that it takes a lot of time now to get PRTB. It takes about 10 months to get a comfirmation from the PRTB. this is why they are insisting that Applicant should submit it. Perhaps, this is a plan deal between DOJ and PRTB. I still strongly believe that the best...

I begining to think they are trying to create an issue where they can make their case as regard to reforming of Eu Directive 2004/38/Ec. This is what they have been aspiring to do. But I think they are doing it in a wrong way. Perhaps, with conservative in Uk in power then they will be expecting a b...

IrishTom Wrote An unemployed accession state citizen in Ireland can apply for the dole. An unemployed accession state citizen in Germany is illegal after three months. I dont think there are any member of EU that will be illegal in any another EU country looking at the current EU directives. Perhap...

@ kabuki thanks, I understand. I am only just wondering why DOJ should be making this as an issue when the law is very clear. I can understand that most of their implementation of the EU Directive 2004/38 is totally unlawful. first the issuance of 1 months visa at the port of entry to family member ...

I will like to ask this question about the EU directive 2004 because I was just reading Ben's post which i think he made a good point there and I have rethink abou the EU Directive 2004. Is there any provision in the EU Directive that state that family member of EU citizen should obtain a work permi...

You know, I sent email to them now that.
Why department of Justice? where is their justice?

Remember the 400,000 Irish unemployed. Then think about the families of those whom were forced to emigrate. Do you really think they will feel sorry for partners like yours? . So because there are high unemployment rate in the state will not make the Department to be unlawful. Well, Tom unemploymen...