Jason

Hello All,

I've been reading this newsgroup for a month or so and it has been very
informative.
I am getting married to an Irish woman in Ireland next March. I have found in
past posts that the engagement visa is for 6 months before the wedding. I have
not seen the following though (we will be living in Ireland):

Which form do I need and where do I submit it?

How long before do I need to do it?

Can I be over there (visiting or on a sponsored work visa) while it is
processed?

I am in New York

Thanks in advance for all the great info- Jason

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Rete

This forum deals with migrating to the US not migrating to Ireland. You might have your Irish lass find out on her side of the Atlantic what needs to be done to import you to the green shores of Ireland. If she cannot find the time to do it, you might want to contact their Consulate here in the US to determine what needs to be done.

Rete

Targaff

[email protected] (Jason) wrote in
news:[email protected]:

Hi Jason,

As Rete says, this isn't really the right newsgroup because
you're "going the other way", as it were. However, here's a
couple of links for your reference:

http://www.irelandemb.org/living.html - US Embassy of Ireland,
DC (I'm guessing this is where you will have to apply to,
since it's a bit closer than San Fransisco where the other
embassy is That said, I would suggest that you first
contact the following directly:

Consulate General of Ireland,
345 Park Avenue,
17th Floor,
New York, NY 10154-0037
Tel: (212) 319 2555
Email: [email protected]

Since this is the office which handles post-nuptial
declarations for your area, they will no doubt also have a
handle on what you will need to do.

I couldn't find any information on the engagement visa you
mentioned for Ireland. In fact, most of the pages I saw seemed
to indicate that (a) you didn't need a visa to go there, and
(b) marriage is recognised after the event by taking it to the
relevant authority in Ireland. That seems somewhat suspect to
me; either that or they're very trusting? Either way, again,
check with one of the above.

Finally:

http://www.justice.gov.ie/ the Irish DoJ, the relevant
governmental authortiy dealing with this sort of thing.

Incidentally, and completely OT, I note from the DoJ's
documentation, the following declaration: "You will come
across the term 'alien' throughout this leaflet. This is
because the term 'alien' is a legal term defined in the Aliens
Act of 1935 as a person who is not a citizen of Ireland.
Please be assured that there is no intended offence in using
this term." I like the fact that they've gone to the effort to
state this fact rather than just use it in the almost
derogatory manner it's bandied about in most immigration-
related places these days, in the US and UK particularly,
because quite frankly, the phrase is kind of offensive.

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Targaff