NON EEA Family Member of EU Citizen

Spouse/Child

If you are the non EEA spouse or the child (under 21 years) of an EU Citizen or the child of the non EEA spouse and wish to join/accompany the EU Citizen in Ireland the following documents are required:

  • Application form.
  • Passport.
  • Marriage Certificate – evidence (apostilled document) that marriage has been registered in applicant’s country of origin/residence.
  • Birth Certificate (long form) for children under 21 years, parental consent, national identity card (signed if required).
  • Evidence that the EU Citizen spouse is exercising their EU Treaty Rights by being employed/self employed in the State or engaged in a valid vocational training programme or has sufficient financial resources and comprehensive sickness insurance cover.

Partner

If you are the non EEA partner of an EU Citizen in an attested, durable relationship that has existed for at least 2 years the following documents are required:

  • Application Form
  • Passport
  • Documentary evidence that will attest to the existence and durability of the relationship – e.g. Registration Certificate of partnership (if applicable) or evidence of common ownership of property, joint tenancy of property, on-going correspondence addressed to both partners at the same address, financial dependence/interdependence, joint bank accounts or any other relevant documentation.
  • Evidence that the EU Citizen partner is exercising their EU Treaty Rights by being employed/self employed in the State or engaged in a valid vocational training programme or has sufficient financial resources and comprehensive sickness insurance cover.

NOTE: The onus is on the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer of the bona-fide of the partnership

Other Family Members of EU Citizen including their parents and in-laws

Any family member of an EU Citizen who is:

A dependent of the EU Citizen or the qualifying dependant of the spouse of the EU Citizen

A member of the household of the EU Citizen or a person requiring the personal care of the EU Citizen, on the basis of serious health grounds may have their application for a visa considered on submission of the following documentation:

  • Application form
  • Passport 
  • Evidence of their relationship to the EU Citizen
  • Evidence of their dependency on the EU Citizen, where applicable
  • Evidence that they are a member of the household of the EU Citizen, where applicable
  • Evidence that they require the personal care of the EU Citizen on serious health grounds, where applicable

Visits

If  non EEA family members wish to accompany an EU Citizen on a visit to Ireland, or visit their EU family member who is residing in Ireland, all the documentation listed previously should be submitted in addition to

  • Evidence that the applicant is accompanying the EU Citizen to Ireland – e.g. return airline/ferry tickets in both names
    Or
  • Evidence that the EU Citizen is already residing in Ireland

The applicant should, if intending to reside with the EU Citizen in the State, make an application for a residence card not later than 90 days of arrival to the EUTR Section, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The bearer of the visa must present to an Immigration Official at an approved port of entry.  Please note that a visa only grants the bearer permission to present at an approved port of entry into the State.  The decision to allow entry to the State is at the discretion of the Immigration Officer and moreover the visa itself does not imply any entitlements whatsoever as to residency in the State.

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