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peterhuli
  5/2/2017 04:06 EST

Hello all,

I'm planning to move back to Ireland with my wife who is an Australian national. I am going to organise a spouse visa when we arrive.

My question: Would the Irish spouse allow her to work in the UK? (we are going to expand our job hunt to London after arriving back).

Joshuak
  5/2/2017 13:22 EST

As a Irish citizen, you have the right to bring your spouse into Ireland and she will be given a residency card for one year that is renewable, and there is no cost to you. However, when I moved there in September 2013, my wife was given a residency card and I am quite sure she was told she could not work. Of course we are fully retired and she did not want to work. I do not know if there is a way your wife can apply and be able to work. Look At : www. citizensinformation.ie

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Joshuak
  5/2/2017 13:47 EST

By the way, when you get to your place of residence, as you will need a Irish postal address, go to the nearest Garda office and see if that office does immigration. (Not all do) You will need to set up a appointment with a immigration inspector or officer and give him your proof of marriage, and Irish address. If he accepts your information, he will issue a residency card on the spot that day. No cost. That card will allow your spouse to then get a PPS number and if you don't have one, you will also need one in order to work. It is important you go through the passport control point in the arrival airport with your spouse so you can show you are already a citizen and explain to officer your intentions to apply through Garda office as soon as you get settled. The reason is you want to make sure the officer does not stamp your wife's passport with a short stay that might not be long enough to get residency card. She should be allowed 90 days max but when my wife came through I was already in Ireland and they only gave her 2 weeks even though she showed a return plane ticket in 89 days. She had told him I was Irish and we were staying for at least a year, but since I was not with her, he was making sure she would go to Garda office before the 2 weeks was up. In other words, he did not believe her. I already had rented the house, opened Bank account, and made the appointment with the inspector in Enniscorthy for the following week after her arrival so we had plenty of time.

DebAckley
  5/2/2017 13:51 EST

We lived in IE last year. I have Irish citizenship. We had to bring the long form of our marriage certificate. He had to check in with the garda every 3 months.

Joshuak
  5/3/2017 11:03 EST

Debakley: I think some of these officers make up their own rules such as checking in every 3 months. The official website does not say anything about that. We were there a full year and then later came back for some shorter stays to equal maybe 4 months more. We never had to check in. The Residency card is renewable every year. Wife was told if she renewed and completed 3 years she would get passport. I don't know if that has changed or not. Her last card was in 2014.

Joshuak
  5/31/2017 19:51 EST

Update: I got a chance to look at my wife's Residency card. Initially I was wrong, she could have worked, although we had no intention or need for her to work. There was a #4 stamp on the card which allows work. This means if an Irish Citizen brings a non- EEA spouse into Ireland, the spouse gets a residency card with a stamp 4 on it when they register with Immigration (Garda) All stamp 4 are allowed to work.

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