Advice needed - US citizen spouse of Irish citizen and child

[tim131]

Hi All,

So I'm an Irish citizen, born and bread. My wife is an American who moved to be with me in Ireland a year or two ago - she had a stamp 4 card that was good for a year, however before that expired and got renewed we moved to the states for a year - now we are coming back and she has her old stamp 4 card but it's expired - does anyone have any idea if she will have trouble at all moving back to Ireland - will we just have to do the same thing again, go to our local garda immigration officer and get her paperwork processed again?

Also, we had a baby when we were in the states, she is automatically an Irish Citizen, but doesn't have a passport, only a US passport, will there be trouble with getting her to Ireland?

Any advice or help will be gratefully received.

Thanks

Tim

[gb1985]

As an American citizen, your spouse and child do not require Irish visa, so they will be allowed into country. Your spouse will have to register for stamp 4 as she did previously.

Apply Irish passport for your child (either from Irish embassy in US or once you are in Ireland).