I'm really confused as I thought as long as you were employed, even self-employed, that there are no income requirements, but the IND website provides different information.
Here is what I am looking at on the IND website:
The following purposes of residence are regarded residence based on the EC Treaty:
* Work
* Study
* Not active economically
* A stay as a family member of a citizen of the European Union
We should eligible to apply with her listed as self-sufficient or self-employed.
Conditions for the self-employed:
This concerns real and actual work other than paid employment. The income from work is more than 50% of the income requirement applicable to you.
Income requirement links to the following web-page providing income information:
http://www.ind.nl/en/algemeen/begrippen ... dragen.asp
Additional conditions : If you are not a spouse, (registered) partner or child younger than 21 years, you must demonstrate that your family member provides for you or that you lived with him in your country of origin.
We are currently residing together with both names on the lease in Ireland, so I know we meet this requirement.
Economically Non-Active
Conditions
* You have health insurance;
* You have enough money to prevent a situation in which you have to rely on public funds during your stay. Your means of existence will in any case be sufficient if you satisfy the income requirement.
Enough money is linked to the following website:
http://www.ind.nl/en/algemeen/begrippen ... dragen.asp. However, it doesn't state the total amount. Will we need to prove that income for at least 6 months, 1 year or longer?
All of the above information was pulled from the IND website:
http://www.ind.nl/EN/verblijfwijzer/ver ... en&lang=en
I answered the questions as such:
stay longer than 3 months
Ireland (Dutch isn't an option, so I went with where we will be coming from)
Marriage or relationship (and I also searched using self-employed - the same requirements are listed)
If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'd appreciate it. It would be great if someone else out there who has gone through this could shed some light.
Thanks again. I really appreciate it.