Issue: Whether A Person Ceases To Be A Refugee After Being Granted Their Citizenship M (M A) (Somalia) and ors v Minister for Justice and ors, February 2018 Facts Three cases were combined to resolve a common issue as to whether a refugee continued to be a refugee after acquiring citizenship of the State. The [...]
What Is an Asylum Seeker? An Asylum Seeker is a person who seeks to be recognised as a refugee in accordance with the terms of the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the related 1967 Protocol, which provide the foundation for the system of protection for refugees generally as defined in [...]
On the 11th of December 2017 the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service introduced the new Irish Residence Permit (IRP). This card replaces the old Garda National Immigration Bureau Card (GNIB card). The new permit was introduced to conform with EU standards and intensify security and identity protection of individuals. The rights and restrictions attached to [...]
Defacto Permission to Remain in Ireland is a form of permission to remain granted by the Department of Justice and Equality to non EEA nationals who are in a loving and durable relationship akin to marriage with an Irish national or non EEA national who is legally resident in Ireland on a Stamp 1, 4 [...]
New Work Permit Rules For Chefs “Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys has signed off on the changes, which remove some chef grades from the ineligible occupation list.” Read this article from the Irish Times on new rules for work permits for chefs.
As highlighted in previous Articles on our website, over the last two years Sinnott Solicitors have instituted High Court Judicial Review proceedings on behalf of clients in a number of cases seeking orders of Mandamus to compel the Visa Office to issue decisions on outstanding visa applications for family members of EU nationals. These applications [...]
Becoming an Irish citizen through the process of naturalisation is a legal procedure whereby a non Irish citizen can become an Irish citizen. The process involves submitting an application to the Department of Justice and Equality. The Minister for Justice and Equality makes the final decision as to whether an individual is a suitable person to be granted [...]
Over the last eighteen months Sinnott Solicitors have had to take a significant number of cases to the High Court to compel the visa office to issue decisions on outstanding visa applications for family members of EU nationals. The High Court directed that two of our cases be heard as test cases on the point [...]
Since the announcement of Brexit, this office has received a noted increase in queries from non EEA nationals seeking to obtain permission to reside in Ireland pursuant to the Immigrant Investor Programme. As a result the shock referendum result in June, Sinnott Solicitors understand that many business organisations from UK and elsewhere are presently looking to [...]
The Court of Appeal has issued a judgement which has far reaching consequences for students that are not from the European Economic Area. UPDATE Landmark Supreme Court Judgement on Student Visa Overstay In December 2016 we published an Article about a Court of Appeal decision on Student visas called “Ground Breaking Court of Appeal Judgement [...]
