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I would highly recommend you to extend it if you can. I am in a same/similar situation as you wife.Tullynagardy wrote:On 21st January 2016 my wife will have been married to me (a dual Irish/British citizen living in NI) for 3 years and thus be eligble to apply for Naturalisation.
On 31st March 2016 my wifes current UK spouse visa will expire.
My understanding is that the whole naturalisation process takes around 6 months. This leaves a 3 month gap when her current visa has expired but naturalisation not taken effect.
I am reluctant to pay for the UK visa to be extended when she is just weeks away from being an Irish citizen.
Can i therefore ask if anyone knows do INIS only care about the documents at the time they were submitted? i.e if it finally reached the decision making stage in May would they look at the original documents from January and naturalise her or would they see she currently has no legal right to be in NI and refuse?
i was on EEA 2 (5 year permit). To apply for EEA 4 (permanent residency), you have to complete those EEA2's 5 years first. after those 5 years have past, you will have no valid visa but you are not illegal either something INIS did not want to know. So I had to apply for Permanent residency (EEA 4) and then send INIS a copy of it.Tullynagardy wrote:Thanks for the reply.
Out of curiosity, how did you re-apply for the UK visa if you let the previous one lapse?
Not actually true. You don't have to pass the full 5 years of the EEA2. If you applied for the EEA2, for example, after entering the UK as a spouse of an EEA citizen who was already exercising treaty rights in the UK, you won't need to wait until the EEA2 expires. E.g my civil partner's situation:ninjaman wrote:Tullynagardy wrote: To apply for EEA 4 (permanent residency), you have to complete those EEA2's 5 years first.