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Pasha wrote:Under EU Law, to enter the UK you can apply for an EEA Family Permit which will state your right to reside and work for 6 months with your EEA Fiance. Prior to expiry of your EEA Family Permit, you can apply for your residence card whilst in the UK using the EEA 2 form once you and your fiance are married.
Are you fully aware of the difficulties in the Irish immigration and naturalisation system? You might want to consider staying in Belfast long enough to get your British citizenship, and move to the Republic of Ireland using your British passport.dscott15 wrote:Thank you all for the info. To answer your questions:
I am a U.S. citizen and do not intend to become a U.K citizen. As my fiancee is Irish, but currently working in Belfast, and that we do not plan to live in the U.S., I would be more interested in becoming an Irish citizen when we move back to Ireland within the next 6-12 months. That's where we intend to start a family.
For the U.K. (including Northern Ireland) you need permission to marry, as a non-citizen, unless you fall into one of the categories of those exempted from the rule. (EEA/Swiss citizens, British permanent residents etc).Again, so I can be sure I'm clear, I am looking to move to Belfast/marry in the next 2-3 months and need to work as soon as possible. Does the order in which that occurs matter and does the country where the ceremony takes place matter? We are planning to move back to Ireland within the year, maybe less. Will I need to go through an additional process/waiting period to work there when that happens?
Hmm... you might find it easier to negotiate the UK naturalisation and immigration processes than the Irish ones. ("Might" – "would" is probably more accurate as things stand now, anyway. The Irish immigration process seems to be particularly chaotic. The Irish naturalisation process is just slow, I think.)dscott15 wrote:I am a U.S. citizen and do not intend to become a U.K citizen. As my fiancee is Irish, but currently working in Belfast, and that we do not plan to live in the U.S., I would be more interested in becoming an Irish citizen when we move back to Ireland within the next 6-12 months. That's where we intend to start a family.
Again, so I can be sure I'm clear, I am looking to move to Belfast/marry in the next 2-3 months and need to work as soon as possible. Does the order in which that occurs matter and does the country where the ceremony takes place matter? We are planning to move back to Ireland within the year, maybe less. Will I need to go through an additional process/waiting period to work there when that happens?
Thanks again...I look forward to reading your replies.
And if they decide to settle in Belfast there is an additional "bonus". The spouse of an Irish citizen can apply for Irish naturalisation after 3 years legal residence (subject to certain exclusions) in Ireland or Northern Ireland, provided the marriage has lasted at least 3 years and the Irish spouse has held citizenship in that period of time.Christophe wrote:[
Hmm... you might find it easier to negotiate the UK naturalisation and immigration processes than the Irish ones. ("Might" – "would" is probably more accurate as things stand now, anyway. The Irish immigration process seems to be particularly chaotic. The Irish naturalisation process is just slow, I think.)
If you were to become a British citizen, you could retain your US citizenship. There would be nothing to stop you becoming an Irish citizenship later, in which case you could retain both your US and Irish citizenship.