Quote Originally Posted by bigmarco View Post
Hi Terpe
Would I be right in assuming that this now would prevent us from applying to bring my wife here on an EEA permit once I receive an Irish passport.
Hi Marco, I'm so sorry to say this but yes. That route now appears to be closed.
Here's how the Home Office has changed the wording:-
An EEA national is therefore now defined in amended regulation 2(1) as “a national of an EEA State who is not also a United Kingdom national”.
To be honest Marco it's been a "loophole" ever since the EU courts made their ruling on the McCarthy case.

I've always made the point of warning people that the home office is making discretionary approvals as a policy decision.
So in effect the "law" hasn't changed but the wording and policy is now introduced retrospectively.