Dear All,

I’m really glad I came across this website! I never thought that our case will get so complicated. Right now I just feel like no matter what we do, arrest and deportation is unavoidable. I’m tired of living in fear every day thinking that the immigration officers may knock at the door any minute and arrest my husband. Please help me find a solution to our problem!

I’m a Lithuanian citizen married to a Nigerian. My husband has applied for asylum in Ireland in Mar 2004. When we moved in to live together he simply abandoned his asylum case. Our son was born on the 28th of October 2005, we got married on the 5th of May 2006. We sought legal advice on his status matter in Jan 2006 and the lawyer started acting on our behalf trying to regularize my husband’s status in Ireland. The lawyer confirmed that there is a Deportation Order issued for him. We have notified the Minister of Justice in March about the change of circumstances in his case (i.e. birth of our child and our intension to get married) asking to revoke the Deportation Order. Another letter informing about our marriage was sent in June. I have also applied for residency for him based on his marriage to me in June.

Our lawyer suggests that he should now turn himself in to the Immigration Authorities which will more then likely result in his arrest. Is this really the only possible way out? Would it be possible to regularize his status without being arrested and possibly deported?

Thank you very much for your support and help!!!

 

Thank you very much for your reply!

Our lawyer insists that there are no guarantees he will be released after he is arrested in spite of all the evidence we can provide. He also warns us that if my husband is deported, the Immigration Authorities may refuse to grant him stay based on the fact that we are not living as a family unit. The way he puts it, it kind of looks hopeless.

We have an appointment with another lawyer today. Will see what his advice is. Hopefully a little more positive

 

Hi!

We got a second opinion from another lawyer yesterday. He believes there is no need for my husband to turn himself in. There is a possibility that he could be arrested and deported but it’s very unlikely to happen, it wouldn’t be a typical scenario of such cases. So in the meantime we simply have to wait until we receive a confirmation that our application for stay based on marriage to EU citizen was received. This should be enough until they make their final decision on this. I think we are going to follow this advice.

I’ll keep you posted on the progress of our case. Though it could take over a year as we were told

Thanks a lot for your advice! It gave me the encouragement I needed.

 

Hi!

Thanks for the link Mark!

It looks like the EU 1 form is worth a try. I’ll speak to the lawyer about it and see what he has to say. To be honest, it seems like none of the lawyers here understands the Immigration Law in Ireland fully. Can’t blame them, don’t think anybody does.

Will keep you posted on the progress of our case.

 

EU1 Form

Hi Everybody!

We have seen our lawyer and another one for the second opinion. Neither of them is aware of EU1 form. Our lawyer was asking us where we got it from, then came up with conclusion that it must be a very recent form that nobody knows about His advice was to fill it in a.s.a.p as it probably is a part of the new regulation.

Filling in EU1 form and submitting it is the best thing to do the way I see it. It’s just that I don’t feel completely confident doing this as I don’t know anybody who had gone through this process before. Do they actually keep the passport for 6 months after we submit it? What can ‘other evidence of relationship’ include? Is it better to submit it in person or via registered post? Is it better to have the lawyer do it?

If anybody has submitted an EU1 form in Ireland before, your advice would be very much appreciated!

Thanks!