Family Reunification – dependent parents, children and other family members

  • We can advise and assist with family reunification applications for a wide range of sponsors who wish to apply to have a family member to come to live with them in Ireland including Irish citizens and certain Non EEA nationals who are lawfully resident in Ireland, employment permit holders, full-time non locum doctors, investors, entrepreneurs, business permission holders, intra corporate transferees, persons lawfully residing in Ireland with a stamp 4 or stamp 5, researchers, INIS approves scholarship, programme students, PhD students, Ministers of Religion and refugees.
  • Family reunification applications in relation to spouses, civil partnerships and de facto relationships
  • Family reunification applications in relation to children (including step children and adopted children) under the age of 18 and children over the age of 18 where the child is dependent upon the parent sponsor
  • Family reunification applications in relation to other dependent family members such as brothers and sisters or grandparents
  • Dependent parent applications for stamp 0
  • Immigration applications for the Non EEA parents of Irish citizen children seeking to immigration permission stamp 4 to lawfully reside in Ireland – the Court of Justice of the European Union in the “Zambrano” case provided for a derived right of residence for the parents of an EU citizen child where the child would otherwise lose the useful effect of its EU citizenship by being forced, as a minor, to leave the European Union with its parents. The general policy of the Irish immigration authorities is to grant immigration permission where the non EEA parent can demonstrate an active and continuous involvement in the child’s life, providing real emotional and/or financial support.
  • Applications in relation to the retention of immigration permission for a non EEA national in circumstances where the sponsor dies or leaves Ireland, divorce or legal separation or domestic violence
  • Applications for a long term residency independent immigration permission where the Non EEA has lawfully resided in Ireland for 5 years
  • Our firm can advise and assist in the preparation of appeals against decisions to refuse an application for family reunification – it is important to act quickly following a refusal decision and to note the prescribed time limits that apply in relation to lodging an appeal
  • The Irish Immigration authorities have indicated in their Policy Document on Family Reunification that the immediate family members of Irish citizens granted immigration status through the family reunification process will have a stamp 4 immigration permission which includes the right to work without employment permits and to establish or manage/operate a business in Ireland. Immediate family members of non-EEA sponsors or non-immediate family of Irish Citizens will, if granted immigration permission under the family reunification process will continue to be subject to the employment permit requirements as provided for in Irish law.