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Need for 'Re-entry visa'

  • 09-10-2018 1:52pm
    #1
    pras1729
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭


    Hello folks, 
    Not sure if this has been discussed already, but I'm wondering what is the actual reasoning behind the need for a re-entry visa for residents in Ireland? So, a non-EEA national residing in Ireland has to register their residence in Ireland with the GNIB and get an IRP (Irish residence permit), which is basically the proof that you are a resident of Ireland. In the legal sense, I don't see why 'residence in Ireland' isn't enough reason to enter Ireland? I mean the IRP proves that you legally live in Ireland, so why need a separate document to obtain entry to your 'home'? 
    I'm not aware of other countries (at least in Europe) having a system like this. If you are resident in a country and have a residence permit (equivalent to the IRP), you are simply allowed to enter the country. Your residence permit serves as the 're-entry visa'. Seems pretty legal and logical to me! Why isn't it the same in Ireland? I'm really curious to find out the rationale behind this system!


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  • #2
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,086 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    A number of countries have a similar arrangement. It makes sense if one of the conditions of your residence permit is that you should actually reside in the country, and if it will or may lapse if you remain outside the country for more than a stated period. The fact that you have an IRP doesn't necessarily mean that it hasn't lapsed, and the re-entry visa requirement may be a way of policing that.


  • #3
    pras1729
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭pras1729


    That makes sense in some situations - for example in the USA where your residence permit might be valid for 10 years, there is a chance that your situation has changed meanwhile and your residence status might have lapsed. But in Ireland the bulk of the IRPs are given for only for 1 year at a time - for precisely the same reason - to keep a check every year that your residence is always valid. 
    Also the expiry date of the re-entry visa in Ireland is always the same as the expiry date on the IRP. So, if your IRP is valid for 2 years, then you also get a re-entry visa for 2 years. As you suggested, your residency status might have changed by then, but the re-entry visa does nothing to police that.


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