Irish Family Permit!!

[LittleFingers]

For anyone who is living in Northern Ireland and planning to get married to a Filipino a suggest you look into bringing her/him here using an Irish Family Permit which is much simplier but you need to get an Irish passport.

Let me know if anyone needs more info!!

Interesting John.
It's been tricky enough finding out the procedure to go through to acquire a UK fiance visa. Finding info on the procedure for acquiring an Irish Family Permit is proving trickier.
There appears to be certain benefits (according to a person on another forum) for going the family permit route such as -
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EEA family permit is a "right " under EU Law, unlike a UK visa application which is often easily rejected.
EEA family permit is completely free.
EEA family permit is nothing like as strict as a UK Spouse visa, and it is issued quickly without the exhaustive evidence that a UK Spouse visa application requires.
A UK spouse visa would not allow benefits including GP/Housing/Income support etc. for at least 2 years: whereas an EEA family permit allows your wife to work full time immediately or claim benefits in the unlikely event that one or both of you fall ill or hit bad times.
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- I am trying (labouring!)to find a site which would give me a "step by step".
Thanks for the advice. looks interesting.

[Shamrockdave2003]

Wish i had gone that route, but i'm too far down the line now.

Applying for it (UK Spouse Visa) in a few days time

SD

[A_flyer]

EEA family permit is a "right " under EU Law, unlike a UK visa application which is often easily rejected.

EAA family permit is valid for a EU national married to a foreigner (non EU citizenship) already residing in a EU country. Meaning this person have a residency card in a EU country (outside UK).

So it do not mean you didn't go thru a Fiance or Spouse visa, this process was followed in the residency country. A Filipina needs a visa in all E.U. countries ...

So I don't see how it can ease the process in UK...

Getting a Spouse or Fiance visa in a country where you are not citizen is more complicate and really not easy. Don't dream!