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Work permit for wife

  • 06-02-2019 10:04pm
    #1
    jommer01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭


    Not sure where is the best place to post this kind of thing. If one were to marry their Colombian girlfriend, does anybody have any idea what the process of securing work status would be like? That's assuming it's possible at al.

    She's a green card holder if that makes any difference although I suspect not. She qualifies for citizenship soon however so I'm guessing it'd be a lot easier as a Yank?

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    No difference between the process whether she's from North or South America, just might be harder to prove it's not a marriage of convenience.

    Does she already live in Ireland or where is she? If she's here what stamp is she on?


  • #3
    jommer01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭jommer01


    Caranica wrote: »
    No difference between the process whether she's from North or South America, just might be harder to prove it's not a marriage of convenience.

    Does she already live in Ireland or where is she? If she's here what stamp is she on?


    Interesting - pleasantly surprised to hear it makes no difference.

    We are both currently living in the US. I'm not even aware of the situation around stamps although I know as a Colombian she needs to apply for a visa to even visit Ireland.

    What visas are the Brazilians on as there seems to be plenty of them? Are student visas generally the ticket in? I really haven't a notion of the visa situation in Ireland

    Thanks for any advice


  • #4
    Credit Checker Moose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Credit Checker Moose


    Brazilians are visa free for tourism purposes.


  • #5
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    jommer01 wrote: »
    Interesting - pleasantly surprised to hear it makes no difference.

    We are both currently living in the US. I'm not even aware of the situation around stamps although I know as a Colombian she needs to apply for a visa to even visit Ireland.

    What visas are the Brazilians on as there seems to be plenty of them? Are student visas generally the ticket in? I really haven't a notion of the visa situation in Ireland

    Thanks for any advice

    Don't think of anything as "a ticket in". Do this by the book. The INIS website is really helpful and goes through the different options. Also look at the critical skills list and the ineligible roles list on the dbei website if you're not married or don't qualify for a de facto visa. Remember you can't apply for work permits from within the State.


  • #6
    mdebets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭mdebets


    Don't know what it would be in Ireland, but assuming you are Irish, you could move to another European country first, and stay there for a while. You can then exercise your treaty rights and your wife can join you with the same rights an EU citizen would have. After a while (don't know the exact length), you could move to Ireland and her rights would move with her, independent of whether she fulfilled all requirements for a visa in Ireland.


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  • #7
    jommer01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭jommer01


    "Ticket in" was a poor choice of words, duly noted. I was thinking of my time in Australia when I knew many who milked the student visas. Will check out the INES website, thanks. In terms critical skills she didn't complete university unfortunately :(

    Moving to another European country sounds like a very interesting option indeed and one to explore.

    Cheers


  • #8
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,218 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    Caranica wrote: »
    Don't think of anything as "a ticket in". Do this by the book. The INIS website is really helpful and goes through the different options. Also look at the critical skills list and the ineligible roles list on the dbei website if you're not married or don't qualify for a de facto visa. Remember you can't apply for work permits from within the State.

    You 100% can apply for an employment permit from within the State.


  • #9
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    bobbysands81 wrote: »
    You 100% can apply for an employment permit from within the State.

    Under what circumstances? Changing job maybe but not a first, in my experience anyway. You may qualify for a visa that allows you to work eg stamp 2 (student) or stamp 4


  • #10
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,218 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    Caranica wrote: »
    Under what circumstances? Changing job maybe but not a first, in my experience anyway. You may qualify for a visa that allows you to work eg stamp 2 (student) or stamp 4

    Once you have the required visa permission to be in the country you can apply from within the country for an employment permit, including your first employment permit.

    Exceptions to this are Working Holiday Authorisations, you can not apply for an employment permit from within the state whilst on one of these.


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