Honest mistake in Visa application...

Mr Floyd

Hello,

Need some advice, I'm trying to bring my non-EEA girlfriend to Ireland. She had was initially granted a holiday visa but since it says on the INIS website that these cannot be extended we decided to apply for a long stay visa instead, so she actually did not use the holiday visa. We recently got refused the long stay application but can appeal the decision. The reason given is 'Does not qualify for Join Partner Visa'...which at first I did not fully understand.
Now I am going to admit in the application we did apply for 'Join Irish Partner' as the type of long stay visa because I genuinely did not know that 'Partner' refers exclusively to same sex couples, I thought it meant girlfriend or boyfriend, my own fault fault and ignorance I admit.

We are not the same sex so now I'm thinking I made a very big mistake and should have originally applied for a defacto visa. So I guess my question is does anybody think if I explained all of this as clearly as possible in the appeal that they they could somehow find it in their hearts to take this into consideration and maybe treat the application as de-facto.

To start all over again will cost me a lot of time and expense not to mention heartache.

Any comment or advice much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Mr Floyd.

rockonollie

They may......do you qualify for the defacto? you are required to prove that it is a genuine relationship of over 2 years. There's no harm in asking.

jenokeo85

Mr Floyd wrote: »

Hello,

Need some advice, I'm trying to bring my non-EEA girlfriend to Ireland. She had was initially granted a holiday visa but since it says on the INIS website that these cannot be extended we decided to apply for a long stay visa instead, so she actually did not use the holiday visa. We recently got refused the long stay application but can appeal the decision. The reason given is 'Does not qualify for Join Partner Visa'...which at first I did not fully understand.
Now I am going to admit in the application we did apply for 'Join Irish Partner' as the type of long stay visa because I genuinely did not know that 'Partner' refers exclusively to same sex couples, I thought it meant girlfriend or boyfriend, my own fault fault and ignorance I admit.

We are not the same sex so now I'm thinking I made a very big mistake and should have originally applied for a defacto visa. So I guess my question is does anybody think if I explained all of this as clearly as possible in the appeal that they they could somehow find it in their hearts to take this into consideration and maybe treat the application as de-facto.

To start all over again will cost me a lot of time and expense not to mention heartache.

Any comment or advice much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Mr Floyd.

Sorry this is years after your post but would like to know did you get the visa. I am in very similar circumstance atm. My self and my non eu partner got a civil partnership in spain where he is living. We initially applie for a visitors visa but after a conversation with a visa officer I was told he could change our application to a long stay join spouse visa. After 6 months waiting it was refused because they said partners is only same sex couples in Ireland. Interested to know how your situation worked out