Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
i know if your a british citizen then a family permit doesn't usually apply to you, and i would have thought the gov would not be , as it would be losing out on a wad of
As was said before when living in N.Ireland you can have both an Irish & British passport which my friend does. He only had a British one i think and then when i told him about this option he got an Irish one and seemed to have no problems,

But i agree with an earlier post if you have to wait 5 years before applying for an ILR because your visa is a 5 year one it seems a long time to wait.