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I know of one American who applied in January. It took a couple of months to get a working holiday visa. Mind you, this application was lodged within the first week of this scheme opening, and I heard the Irish embassies in the US didn't know anything much about the scheme at it's inception. So maybe it's quicker now.kabuki wrote:
Do you know if you can change your status in Ireland if you're here on this visa? I would be doing this so my partner and I will have a stronger EU1 application with 2 years on a lease together. Our application would be borderline which doesn't comfort me when dealing with Irish immigration. We'd like the extra insurance, so I'm exploring this option.
Also, does anyone know decent cheap insurance for this? I'm currently on VHI, but will be out of a job soon, so will be loosing that.
Thanks for all the help.
probe him to develop this point further in a few months after landing. He will soon realise that this is a life philosophy of internal ignorance and laziness. Good luck anyway, this island still holds some good sides to itesharknz wrote: and I heard the Irish embassies in the US didn't know anything much about the scheme at it's inception
Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:If you have a long term and well documented relationship with the Eu citizen (who is legitimately in Ireland), then you can do an EU1 application. Traditional Irish immigration law no longer applies at that point. Remember to keep EVERYTHING that shows you are living and travelling together.
You might find it hard to get a working holiday visa if you are already in Ireland. Questions might be raised!
How long have you been in Ireland? How long have you been together with your partner?
Give it another year then apply for Residence Card on form EU1. State that you are a person described in Article 3(2)(b) of Directive 2004/38/EC.kabuki wrote:I've been here on and off for about 2 years (1 year straight now), so half of the relationship has been long distance.
For an update: My place of work is allowing me to resit my exams, so my Stamp 1a will be renewed for a further 12 months.
Also quote Metock:Directive 2004/38/EC, Article 3(2) wrote:2. Without prejudice to any right to free movement and residence the persons concerned may have
in their own right, the host Member State shall, in accordance with its national legislation, facilitate
entry and residence for the following persons:
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(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship, duly attested.
ECJ ruling on Metock wrote:The right of a national of a non-member country who is a family member of a Union citizen to accompany or join that citizen cannot be made conditional on prior lawful residence in another Member State
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Finally, the Court holds that a non-Community spouse of a Union citizen who accompanies or joins that citizen can benefit from the directive, irrespective of when and where their marriage took place and of how that spouse entered the host Member State.