Travelling with EU spouse and non-eu national frm EU to IrL

[confusedinpakistan]

Is is possible without a residence card for a family to travel from the Netherlands to Ireland without a visa?

If the non-eu national who is the spouse of an eu national is granted a schegen visa is it possible to travel to Ireland without a valid visa for Ireland?

We would also probably not have a resident card at this point yet.

The reason I ask is because we are planning on using the Surrinder Singh route to eventually get to the UK, and rather than spending 6 months in a European country where the language would be a hinderance we would prefer to be in Ireland.

OUr best bet would have probably been to apply for the visa from our home country but the honary consulate sends applications to Dublin and those can take upto 2 months to process, something that we are not really interested in.

EU National: British
Non-EU National: Pakistani

[EUsmileWEallsmile]

It is always possible to enter an EU country under article 5.4 of directive 2004/38/ec; but you would need to get to a border first.

Short answer in your case is to get a visa.

[Amber]

Please continue in your other thread