Posted by Robbie
on December 2, 2011, 11:57 am, in reply to "Re: Mother in-law"
93.107.73.194
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: This one's tricky, but I think it should be
: doable. There's an EU directive - DIRECTIVE
: 2004/38/EC - which you can look up here:
: DF">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:en
: DF
:
: It says that family members are defined as
: follows:
:
: 2) "Family member" means:
: (a) the spouse;
: (b) the partner with whom the Union citizen
: has contracted a registered partnership, on
: the
: basis of the legislation of a Member State,
: if the legislation of the host Member State
: treats registered partnerships as equivalent
: to marriage and in accordance with the
: conditions laid down in the relevant
: legislation of the host Member State;
: (c) the direct descendants who are under the
: age of 21 or are dependants and those of the
: spouse or partner as defined in point (b);
: (d) the dependent direct relatives in the
: ascending line and those of the spouse or
: partner as
: defined in point (b);
:
: So, if your wife's mother is a
: "dependent" then she should be
: able to come along per sub-paragraph (d).
: That "ascendant line" bit means
: parents/grandparents etc.
:
: Paragraph 6 of that directive lays out the
: problem, which is that each government will
: set its own rules regarding family members.
:
: (6) In order to maintain the unity of the
: family in a broader sense and without
: prejudice to the
: prohibition of discrimination on grounds of
: nationality, the situation of those persons
: who are
: not included in the definition of family
: members under this Directive, and who
: therefore do
: not enjoy an automatic right of entry and
: residence in the host Member State, should
: be
: examined by the host Member State on the
: basis of its own national legislation, in
: order to
: decide whether entry and residence could be
: granted to such persons, taking into
: consideration their relationship with the
: Union citizen or any other circumstances,
: such as
: their financial or physical dependence on
: the Union citizen.
:
: So, this is one where no one will be able to
: guarantee you an answer. You'll need to
: contact the Immigration Service and start an
: application. I have no doubt they'll want
: proof that you can support your wife's
: mother and a bunch of other things as well,
: possibly including health insurance.
:
: The Immigration Service website is at
: www.inis.gov.ie and there you'll also find
: contact details. There'll be a load of
: paperwork to do, but it seems hopeful. The
: starting page on the site for what you want
: - a residency permit both for your spouse
: and her mother - is to be found at
: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000031
:
: Best of luck.
:
: Scott
:
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: Hi I’m an Irish citizen and my wife is from
: south africa but has been granted
: citizenship before we got married,
: Can we bring her mother from south africa
: here to live with us here in Ireland. she’s
: in her early sixties.
:
:
:
:
Thanks a million Scott for your reply.. looks like bait of paperwork ahead of us 
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