Sorry to bump this again with what to seem to many like an idiotic question...but can you just turn up in Ireland (or other EU state) with your spouse and register them with you? You don't have to go there first and then apply for them to join you, or some such? But to get my wife from Ethiopia to I...

I am glad to see this topic has woken up again! So, do i understand that i could arrive in Ireland, with my Filipina wife and British child, with sufficient money in the bank to last for several months without the hastle of a visa? If i could, i reckon i would not give a damn about bringing them to...

I have heard it is 6 months however the UK government can not enforce that particular rules, but I would make sure you live in Ireland or whatever EU Country for 6 months just in case. What I dont understand is whether you have to be in employment, be self employed, be a student or just be self suf...

Just to bump this thread instead of starting my own, does anyone know what the 'period of time' the OP mentions is exactly - i.e. how long a British citizen has to live with his non-EU spouse in Ireland before they could settle permanently in the UK and be treated as exercising treaty rights in the ...