Ireland De-Facto Visa

I'm from N.Ireland and have a British passport. We were advised by our lawyer to fill out the EU1A form.

mountainwrites wrote: »

I was then contacted a couple weeks later, requesting updated health insurance (I accidentally sent an expired cert) and a Police Clearance from every country in which I have resided over the past 5 years (except Ireland). When we applied, I had only resided in Ireland for the previous 5 years, so I sent proof of address covering my entire residence here.

I'm an American who is putting together my application now. How did you acquire a Police Clearance from the US? I'm residing in Dublin right now but everything I am seeing on google says to go to my local US police station...
Thanks, jobie

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/immigrants-have-to-pay-sites-to-secure-visa-appointments-1.3664568

My girlfriend and I have been together for 2 years this January. She is non EEU(Brazil) and her student Visa is expired almost 2 years. We are planning on travelling to Denmark to get married in February and return to Ireland, with marriage cert, apostille etc. My only worry is at immigration. First of all, can she leave on an expired Visa to another EU country and secondly, what will happen once we return at immigration?

Yes, that is correct.

Seek an immigration lawyer. Why did she not renew her visa? That's wildly irresponsible and the state won't look favourably on her situation.

I have great news on our situation!! Our application to INIS has been successful. We received a letter yesterday from INIS....my partner who is Brazilian is getting his residence card which is valid for 5 years. After that he can then apply for a permanent residence card.

We are delighted that this is finally sorted after all the stress during the last 4 years! Getting advice from a great immigration lawyer, based in Dublin, definitely helped our case. Our application and all the information they requested was very well organised and detailed and I think this made a difference to our outcome.

I got in touch with GNIB on facebook and we have our appointment at INIS this Saturday!

mistersifter wrote: »

hi all,

just wondering if anyone has any info about the renewal process for the De Facto visa?

We've had the de facto nearly a year now so just wondering what happens when we renew it?

Do they ask for documentation of any kind or further proof of relationship during the last year, or is it just a matter of going to the gardai and getting stamped?

thanks!

We've renewed twice now and each time they only glanced at both our passports and were told "you can pop your card in there". We always bring updated documents with us, bank accounts, proof of address etc. but it has never been even looked at. My gf has to renew in June and we are hoping that they'll give us more than a year this time but we will see.

(Sorry, meant to say we renewed in the GNIB in Burgh Quay)

kmart6 wrote:

Are you basing this on anything or is just purely hope?

Just gunna ask and see. It's at their discretion.

Hi,

I recently applied for the visa for my girlfriend and myself, we got a letter about providing further evidence (insurance & police clearance) which we will supply.

My question is does anyone know if my girlfriend has to be in Ireland for the duration of the application process? She was here on the date of the application but may not be by the time we provide the further evidence. Im a little worried about this.

Appreciate any replys!
Thanks!

Hi all,

I have a quick question, my boyfriend (Irish citizen) and I have been together for two years and half now, and we are thinking to send our De Facto Visa when we gather all documentation we need. However, we havn't been living together for two years. It will be in September this year, and currently we are apart for nearly a month.

Just curious did anyone of you have your visa approved without living together for two years? Or we better wait till September to send out the application?

Any advise appreciated

hi, my girlfriend and i have been together since Jun 18 and been living together since Jan 19.

our problem is that we only started going out after she arrived here on her first student visa. with student visas only being for 8 months and only renewable twice, that means by apr '20 she will not be able apply for another student visa.

unfortunately, by the time her final student visa expires in april next year, we will be 8 months short of the 2 year living together requirement.

is there any way around this or are they hardline with the 2 years?

if we can't get the de facto visa, is there any other option open to her to stay in the country for 8 months until we are eligible for the 2 year requirement?

Hi There!!
Hoping anyone who has been through the initial steps of the Irish De Facto Visa is able to help

I am Australian and my partner is Irish, we moved to Dublin March 2019 from Australia. I am currently on a working holiday authorisation in which my work permit is due to end on the 28th of Feb. During our year here we have submitted a De Facto Visa application to INIS as of September.
We read somewhere that it can take 6-12months to process - has anyone had there application processed by 6 months?

We had submitted a massive novel (1000 docs) of cohabitation, finances...even a copy of our Australian Registration of Relationship Certificate with the Australian Births, Deaths and Marriages dated back to 2017.

We are weighing up whether its worth trying to live off my Irish partners income for 6 months after my work permit ends whilst we wait to hear back from this visa or whether its more beneficial for myself to return to Aus and get a 2 year UK visa.
We only wish to stay in Ireland for 2 or so years to be close to his family as his parents are elderly and unwell but the whole system seems really rigid and we aren't seeming to have much response from INIS.

Any feedback on processing times would be really appreciated

RMAH wrote: »

We read somewhere that it can take 6-12months to process - has anyone had there application processed by 6 months?


Hi, I sent my application around the same time as you (I posted it on 16/09/2019 and received a confirmation letter a few days later), and on 17/01/2020 I received a letter asked for up to date information like bank statements, private health insurance and utility bills.
I posted what they asked for in a week or less, then I got the letter on 30/01/2020 saying I can stay in Ireland on a Stamp 4 conditions.

So it's been 4 months in my case, and I think you probabely get your visa soon considering we sent our applications around the same time.
Hope my experience helps.

Hi everyone.

I will be applying for the Defacto visa for my partner of 5 years. We have lived together for 3 years, however we are living in an Arab country where it is technically illegal, thus we have no proof such as tenancy contracts or joint bank accounts etc. Has anyone else been in this situation and did you get around it in any way?

Thanks in advance.

Dear Sirs,

I would like to inquire about DeFacto. I am a Trinidadian citizen , with resident unconditional stamp lived in Jamaica. I met my partner (Irish) in Jamaica 2015. We have been together for that period to present. We have been traveling to Ireland since 2016 for holidays. He had an expat job in Jamaica for the duration. 

On the 24th July 2021 we decided to move to Ireland, he has been looking for a a job here. I am on a non-visa required password and was permitted 90 days holiday. 

Since then time has passed as we planned on making an application for Defacto however due to abit of traveling during the 90days , not much has been done. 

We received an extension for my stay for another 3 months to process, however I am overwhelmed by the Webpages and forums how to proceed. 

Known that I have an extension, would I need to leave and apply for for a preclearance letter for a long stay visa or can I pursue under my extension ?

We lived together while in Jamaica however due to the nature of his Job his lease is not in our names but the companies name , we have a private landlord. 

I have read the horror stories , We want to make an application without delays , spending excessive monies to fly back in and out . 

Thank you , appreciate it . Was your application success ? The only problem is he wouldn’t be able to go back to his company for confirmation of the address so we are going to ask our landlord to confirm as he lived on the said premises as our cottage.

the timeline is crazy oh my the thought of spending monies to go back and forth tears me - do you know if Northern Ireland is consider a whole or under the UK jurisdiction?

most of what we read stated defacto has to be submitted prior to , the cases are spiking with COVID and exposure I hope their will be some kind of leniency if not I will have to leave and return using our time to combine our documents. If you have any recommendations of docs will be nice I have an idea but with experience tend to know abit more .

did you submit to Dublin or send to the nearest immigration guarda ?

how long did your get for stamp 4

thanks again was delighted to see a response.

being a non-eea and my partner away from ireland so long we both feel at loss with standards rules etc and as much advise we can get will go a far way especially when we can decipher what is helpful and additional knowledge cheers

Hey guys. Have a question here, hoping somebody knows the answer to. We got out de facto letter granting the permission to register recently but there weren't any instructions for the registration itself, just "register in person together with your partner". We reside in Dublin and this won't be my first registration (change of circumstances, moving to stamp 4 from another stamp). On previous occassions I've been told not to attend Burgh Quay without making an appointment. For the life of me I can't find any information on how to make it and whether we should make it at all or if it is alright for us to just show up with the letter. The online appointment system has been replaced with a phone number but that is only used for first time registrations - called them, they don't know much, told me to email immigration support - well, I did that back when we received the letter and it's been nearly two months now and I still haven't heard back from them.