Question regarding visas to work in Ireland

NiallC33

im irish by birth, the missus is australian. we met and started a relationship when i was in perth in 2012. long story short, we are living together in dublin and have just applied for a defacto partner australian visa. the current processing rimes are 10-14 months
my partner is on a one year working holiday visa for here but unlike australia , its strictly for one year and it expires end of june this year.
now as an australian citizen she can stay in the country for 90 days at a time, we have savings in our joint account to support her.
but is there any options for her to get a visa for another year. we were looking at student visas but financially it might not be worthwhile to pay thousands of euro for a course.
are there any immigration lawyers or exeprts on the board. immigration advice is really hard to find in ireland, it seems as if most want out , not in
thanks in advance
niall

Peregrinus

She can apply for de facto partnership immigration permission. To get this, she (and you) will need to satisfy the Department that

- you have "a mutual commitment to a shared life to the exclusion of all others akin to a marriage or civil partnership in practice though not in law"

and
- the relationship "genuine and continuing"

and

- you live together or do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis"

Barring unusual circumstances, you will generally need to have been cohabiting for at least two years before an application for DFPIP will succeed, and you'll need documentary evidence of this. More info here.

Dandelion6

You should also do this well before her current permission expires. New INIS policy is that these applications won't be accepted where the non-EEA partner is unlawfully present. There might be some forgiveness if she had been legally present but that status has just expired, but I wouldn't test it. I would start the application process now.