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by whata1da » Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:53 pm
Hi Roddy
My husband and I found ourselves in a similar situation a few months ago when his contract was terminated. Within two weeks we moved to Dublin as a friend had offered him a job, just to disappoint him when we arrived. He started working for Adecco within a few days of our arrival.
We did not inform DOJ about this change as just so much happened within a period of 3weeks-we moved to a new county, had to find a new place, job, etc. Unfortunately for us, in this time they contacted my husband's employer just to be told he does not work there (even though at this stage he had already started working in Dublin). They cancelled my application for EU treaty rights as they said they did not have any evidence that he was in employment and therefore not exercising his EU treaty rights in Ireland.
As far as I know, according to eu treaty law an EU spouse can be unemployed up to a maximum of 6 months and still seen to be exercising their EU treaty rights, but for some reason the Irish have their own interpretation to it.
We've submitted an application to have our case reviewed and it's been nearly six months and still no answer. My stamp4 expired and I have not been issued with an alternate immigration status. Not having an immigration status means not being able to work, or to travel out of Ireland to other EU countries or to visit my in laws in the UK.
I suggest that you inform the DOJ about this change as soon as possible as it seems that they leave checking work references, etc to the very last minute.
Best of luck to you and your wife!!!
