EUFAM entry visa

[ChebKhaled]

Hi, I am a EU-resident and we’ve applied for my spouses (NON-EU, currently hold resident card, but not according to article 10 of my native EU country) entry visa to come to Ireland. Does anyone know the current waiting time for the entry visa for qualified family members?

We’re thinking about a holiday to the UK, will an eventual tourist visa application to UK affect the EUFAM entry visa application for Ireland?

[Angel99]

Hi,

You should have applied for Irish EUTR entry visa. You can also use it for visit purposes and has more privileges.

For qualified family members it can take 2 weeks - 1 year depending if the embassy access your application or sents it to Dublin for review.

*Travelling to any country will not affect your EUTR visa even if overstayed.

[ChebKhaled]

Hi! Thank you. Yeah this is what we applied for Irish EUTR visa, to join EU family. Our embassy sent the application to Dublin as they cannot handle this application themselves.

So we can apply for a UK visitors visa, without any negative effect on the Irish application?

[Angel99]

Yes, the UK visa won't affect it.