Hi, wonder if anyone can provide a bit of advice. My non-EU wife recently applied for residency under the "self-sufficient" EU1 route.
We provided evidence of around €50,000 in savings in accounts in my wifes name, as well as comprehensive health insurance for both of us.
Question 1 is:
Is this figure likely to be consideed sufficient for my wife to be granted 5 years residency in Ireland?
My next question is a bit complex. As I said above, we applied under the self-sufficiency route. However, we are Likely going to be de moving address in Ireland and starting a business franchise in June. This, I guess, would then count as me being "self-employed". My worry is that if I contact the Immigration Office in June with evidence of my/our new employment status (as we are technically supoosed to do), this may actually work against - as am I right on thinking they would then ask for 6 months accounts figures - thus setting back my wife being granted residency by six months. The EU citizen being employed is supposed to be a good thing, but in our case could it turn into a negative, effectively making us need to reapply?
So I guess my second question is:
Would I be better not informng the powers that be of the change on our circumstances and just wait for the decisikn on our "self-sufficient" application in August? Or is it better to be up front about our new job as soon as I sign the franchise contract and accept that it could then delay the process? Thanks in advance.
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