New Zealander in London moving to Ireland

inzidz

[font=arial, sans-serif]Hi there. I'm currently a New Zealander living in London on a tier 2 visa until 2020. I have a girlfriend who is Irish and we're thinking of moving over to Ireland roughly July/Auguest 2019.[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I was hoping to speak to someone who has moved from visa to visa and ideally moved from the UK to Ireland, [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I've lived in the UK since 2015 and been in the relationship since October 2016. We have been living together coming up a year but we have proof of our relationship since late 2016 with receipts going to the address we are now living at so with this in mind I was hoping to apply for a De Facto visa from December this year even though technically we haven't been living together for a year I have proof of a relationship around that point and more solid evidence as time goes on such as photos, receipts, joint bank account etc which ideally will show we have been 'living together for 2 years' even if I still had my other house I was living at and going between the two (hope that makes sense)[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Where does this leave me? Is it easy to get a De Facto visa? I know it can take up to 6 months so thats another reason I want to get the ball rolling ASAP for July/August next year. [/font][font=arial, sans-serif]Do I need to apply for this in Ireland and stay in Ireland during the duration? [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Just wanting to try get information on this 
[/font][font=arial, sans-serif]Any advice would be great [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Kind regards[/font]

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inzidz wrote: »

[font=arial, sans-serif]Hi there. I'm currently a New Zealander living in London on a tier 2 visa until 2020. I have a girlfriend who is Irish and we're thinking of moving over to Ireland roughly July/Auguest 2019.[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I was hoping to speak to someone who has moved from visa to visa and ideally moved from the UK to Ireland, [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I've lived in the UK since 2015 and been in the relationship since October 2016. We have been living together coming up a year but we have proof of our relationship since late 2016 with receipts going to the address we are now living at so with this in mind I was hoping to apply for a De Facto visa from December this year even though technically we haven't been living together for a year I have proof of a relationship around that point and more solid evidence as time goes on such as photos, receipts, joint bank account etc which ideally will show we have been 'living together for 2 years' even if I still had my other house I was living at and going between the two (hope that makes sense)[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Where does this leave me? Is it easy to get a De Facto visa? I know it can take up to 6 months so thats another reason I want to get the ball rolling ASAP for July/August next year. [/font][font=arial, sans-serif]Do I need to apply for this in Ireland and stay in Ireland during the duration? [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Just wanting to try get information on this 
[/font][font=arial, sans-serif]Any advice would be great [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Kind regards[/font]

Take a bit of advice go to a good immigration lawyer in the UK who knows EU free movement law. It may save you effort time and money. You may have to move your time table a bit but it may be worth it.

Google Surinder Singh do some research.

inzidz

Thanks will do this.