In addition to the above, i believe you should appeal and reapply. That way the ECO/ECO will have 2 opportunities to review your application. If they are satisfied fine, if not, you will have the opportunity of an appeal without you time being wasted any further. To succeed in obtaining residency a...

You have been living in Ireland for more than ten years. Can't you solve your problem by applying for citizenship? Six years as a student and they won't count your student period. My valid duration only start from 2007. I am qualified to apply for citizenship, but the new rules in Ireland stated th...

Punjab wrote:so what was in Kinky letters

haha. things that you don't write to your normal friends or parents.

Unfortunately, the immigration officer who refused my application is the exceptional one.
the cheek of ya

The ECO Decision: You have applied for an EEA Family Permit as a person who is in a durable relationship with an EEA national. You have failed to prove that you are in a durable relationship with an EEA national. Whilst I note that you have provided some documents such as utility bills which suggest...

You seem to have sufficient proof. Appeal and reapply. Thx Vinny, the link that you provided is bang on. Do you think it is unusual for home office to ignore or reject other EEA country's unmarried partner equivalents. Don't you think that it is quite ignorant? Also, do you think home office consid...

Dear Gurus and all forum members, I recently applied for eea family permit and got refused by the UK Embassy in Dublin Ireland. I'm from Malaysia and have been living in Ireland since 2001. I started seeing this Irish girl since 2006. In 2010, the Irish immigration granted us de-facto relationship s...

Dear all, I have been living in Ireland since 2001 as a student status. I was then employed and obtained my stamp 1 since January 2007. By February 2010, I was made redundant and I applied for stamp 4 based on my relationship to an unmarried partner of 5 years (Irish citizen). I got my stamp 4 statu...

Can somebody help us please.... Me and my unmarried Irish partner were living together for 5 years in Ireland. We applied the de-facto relationship 2 yrs ago and were granted stamp 4 status. Now we are looking to move to London to look for jobs thus need to reapply the UK version of de-facto. I have...