Graham Just a quick question if you have time. When you applied for the entry permit for your wife, did you do so in Beijing? Did you have any issues with the German Embassy there? They have asked me if I want to stay in German permanently (of course I said that I am exercising EUTR by looking for a...

Hi there

I'm a British/Irish citizen who would be interested in hearing about jobs that require fluent Mandarin in the EU (especially Ireland/Spain/the Netherlands).

If anyone has any information about this, I'd be really grateful.

Best wishes
Chaoclive

Just had another useless answer from the Embassy. They just asked me to see their website (which doesn't even mention moving back to Ireland from another country with your spouse/civil partner). All I wanted to ask was the address thing (no address in the State; temporary residence in hotel for the ...

Thanks a lot Brigid!

Loads of info on all of this in these forums.

Start from here:
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EU ... y%20Rights
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EU ... hts%20FAQs

Thanks for all your answers guys! I'm now toying with the idea of having my partner apply for an Irish spouse visa (obviously unrelated to the UK and EC Treaty Rights). Dual N. Irish (Irish/Brit) citizen working in China. UK Civil partnership registered with Chinese national in 2011. Couple of quest...

Hi there I'm back for some more advice! Please excuse my long/confusing post. I'm a dual Irish/British citizen (born in Northern Ireland) with a Chinese civil partner and currently living in China (we got our partnership in the British Embassy in Vietnam, 2011). I really want to go back to Europe to...

Obviously he, like myself, is a dual national with 2 citizenships (Irish/British). I'm guessing you're thinking about the EEA Treaty Rights... If so, after the results of McCarthy, he would not be able to rely on his Irish citizenship to help you apply for a visa in the UK. Nor would he be able to r...

They will definitely require his passport photocopy...otherwise, how can you prove he is an EU citizen?

Hi there Thanks for sharing your story and i'm sorry that you had such an ordeal! i hope that it all turned out well in the end and wish you both all the best :) re: myself. -I was born in Northern Ireland (got a British passport really early, about 10 years old and an Irish one when I was 22; altho...

@ Mod: Sorry for starting a new thread on this... Hi again Just wanted to know if anyone has experience of applying for an a visa under the EU Treaty regulations (I'm British and plan to move to Ireland with my spouse/civil partner) with a hotel address? We're currently living and working in China (...

Hi there Just wanted to know if anyone has experience of applying for an a visa under the EU Treaty regulations (I'm British and plan to move to Ireland with my spouse/civil partner) with a hotel address? We're currently living and working in China (he is Chinese) and I want to move back to Europe i...

It's another British citizen and his Chinese wife.

I never expected the German Embassy to be like this

Clive

I see! But I still remember there was a judgement about this. Perhaps it was in relation to Surinder Singh in the UK? About not having to prove that you are exercising treaty rights on the return back to the UK after a period of employment in another member state. The German Embassy in Beijing is re...

Hi there A really quick question. Can anyone provide the name of the Case and it's relevant judgement that says that an EU citizen moving to another state (e.g. British moving to Germany) does not need to prove that he/she is a 'qualified person' under the Directive on Free Movement for the first th...

Better safe than sorry... That way I would be in complete compliance of the EU Directive (i.e. not working a country of which you have citizenship). That way there would be no way that I would face problems later! Renouncing Irish citizenship is no big deal (quick, cheap process and the option to ge...

Stuts Thanks for this information. I guess my situation would be quite like you. Unfortunately, I don't have the resources to fight a battle in court and definitely don't have the resources to sponsor my partner under a spouse visa. It looks like the only option is renouncing Irish citizenship first...

Ok - that's it decided then
Entry permit from the Irish Embassy here and then Surinder Singh it is!

Thanks for your help
C

Just scared about him getting a black mark against his name...and having to state that he was refused for a UK visa every time he applies for another visa

I'll probably go with applying for the Irish equivalent of the EEAFP due to being a British citizen, rather than a British EEAFP as an Irish citizen.

The British Embassy seems pretty clear that dual British/EEA citizens can't apply for EEAFPs for their partners.

Hi guys I'm looking to find dual British/Irish Northern Irish citizens who have been successful in relying on either of their 2 citizenships to sponsor their non-EEA family member (in my case, Civil Partner) to come to the UK or Ireland. I'm interested in people who have applied post-McCarthy. I'm c...

Thanks for this. It's starting to sound much more complex than I expected :shock: We don't have kids and are currently living out the EU area...not sure if the 2 cases above would apply. I need to get him an EU entry visa first (probably easiest from the Irish Embassy in Beijing as a British citizen).

Thanks for the replies guys. Whilst I know that the UKBA website states: The Surinder Singh judgment is incorporated into the EEA Regulations in Regulation 9. Family members of British nationals who meet the requirements of Regulation 9 are treated as family members of EEA nationals for the purposes...

Hi there I am currently residing outside the EU with my Chinese civil partner (fully registered civil partner, August 2011). I was born in Northern Ireland and hold both British and Irish passports. I plan a move back to the EU and, finally, the UK. Due to the previous changes stamping out the use o...