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Aus citizen, Garda card, work in th UK?

  • 13-11-2009 5:17pm
    #1
    Nelson Muntz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭


    Hi,

    In short can I do it? I am not an Irish citizen but have been working here for 7 years & married to an Irish citizen. I have a Garda national card allowing me to work here.

    To work in the UK, do I need to become an Irish citizen? I actually want to become a citizen but just been made redundant & it costs around €700.

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Paul_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Paul_D


    The short answer is no, you can't work in UK if you have Stamp 4. You may get some sort of permission to work in UK if both you and your spouse move to UK and become normal residents there, but I'm not 100% on that.
    Becoming an Irish citizen will take over a year and 950E.


  • #3
    KP81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭KP81


    Hi Nelson, You should be able to. As the spouse of an EU citizen this gives you the right to live and work anywhere in the EU. Catch is that you have to exercise these rights by applying to whatever office deals with this in the UK. Find info here LINK. In particular "All non-EU family members are entitled to work in the UK without restriction. Non-EU family members rights to remain in the UK are however, dependent on the EU family member continuing to exercise Treaty Rights in the UK e.g. In employment, in business, or economically self sufficient."

    There's a list of documents you have to send them and it's all free, no 1000 yoyo fee:). It would mean your spouse would have to move with you though. But as the UK and Ireland are so close I don't see why you couldn't have an address in both countries even rent a place up North to get your NI number and off you go.


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