Wife and Stepson - Visit to Southern Ireland

[ynwa]

Hi Last Viking

Did you manage to get a visa for your wife and stepson? If yes, I would like to know some feedback as we are planning to go in September. Thank you.

Hi, I am looking for help on a visit to Southern Ireland. My wife and stepson have indefinite leave to remain in the UK and I want to take them to visit my sister in Co Donegal.

I understand that as my wife is a non-EEA citizen married to a British Citizen she needs a visa to enter Ireland but that the visa is free. What I cannot find is why it is free.

[Terpe]

Hi Last Viking

Did you manage to get a visa for your wife and stepson? If yes, I would like to know some feedback as we are planning to go in September. Thank you.

You should have absolutely no problems at all in securing a visa for Ireland.

Please look here for full details on how to apply for a visa.

[ynwa]

Thank you Terpe. I will apply near the time.

You should have absolutely no problems at all in securing a visa for Ireland.

Please look here for full details on how to apply for a visa.

[LastViking]

Hi Last Viking

Did you manage to get a visa for your wife and stepson? If yes, I would like to know some feedback as we are planning to go in September. Thank you.

Hi in the end we could not go because I had further health issues. We will have to try again later - although I did discover that, as a British citizen, I should be able to travel under European freedom of movement rules and my wife and her dependent are entitled to travel with me or to join me in another EU country. Therefore, technically no visa should be required. Unfortunately, it appears that not all Irish immigration officers are aware of or prepared to acknowledge the rule.

http://www.solvitireland.ie/Living-a...ing-in-the-EU/ Is a useful link. as is http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies...vement_low.pdf I was recommended to take the legislation with me to proof the entitlement in case it was challenged. This is at http://eumovement.wordpress.com/directive-200438ec/

[Arthur Little]

Hi in the end we could not go because I had further health issues. We will have to try again later - although I did discover that, as a British citizen, I should be able to travel under European freedom of movement rules and my wife and her dependent are entitled to travel with me or to join me in another EU country. Therefore, technically no visa should be required.

So you would think ... !

Rightly (or wrongly - depending upon one's viewpoint!) the British Government (under John Major at the time) declined to sign the Treaty of Maastricht - accepting the Euro as the standard mode of currency and allowing to open up its Borders to other EU countries - hence the need for our non European partners having to apply for a separate visa, since the ROI is not part of the Schengen Agreement as Terpe has explained in #2.

's how I understand it, anyway.

But ... ... at least it's FREE of charge to the wives (and/or husbands) of British nationals - if a bit of a palaverto arrange!

Hopefully, your health has improved since your original inquiry.