freedos12

I'm living here in USA at the moment with my wife on a GC, (I'm a UK Citizen, she's USA Citizen. ) we're planning on going back to England for three - four months for a visit, I may pick up work in this time, for some extra funds while I'm seeing family..

The real question is can me and my spouse have a holiday in England then travel from England to Southern Ireland together to start the Surinder Singh route as normal after I apply for the directive visa and both work for six months in Ireland before applying for the Family Permit? ( Would the holiday or the fact we're both traveling from England to Ireland make any complications?) Any information would be very helpful as I've been googling anywhere and unable to get a definite answer.

Thanks! Help heavily appreciated!

BritInParis

Better to leave the Common Travel Area and enter the RoI from another country in order to be stamped in at the border otherwise you may have difficulties demonstrating how long you have been in the RoI when you come to apply for your EEA Family Permit.

freedos12

But if I'm arriving by ferry wouldn't that be proof of arrival and the date of when I moved there? Like the itinarary.

quiltman

Brit in Paris is, as always, correct. Arriving by ferry does not give you an immigration stamp. Ferry tickets are not proof of entry - useful as a backup maybe but that's all. Take a weekend in Paris, fly to Dublin, get stamped in and away you go!

freedos12

So would this be extremely mandatory is there any other way to get an immigration stamp? Or like you said would I have to fly to Paris then Dublin to get it? Funding will be kind of tight and we was wanting to get a car in England as all. 😣