Non EU spouse of Irish / British citizen

[antgal23]

Hello

I 'm from NI and have Irish/ UK passports. I married my Georgian wife in London in 2006 but have been living in Georgia since 2008.

She got denied a UK tourist visa in 2009. They said she'd been given a Student visa 2004 - 2005 and that she'd extended this without leaving the UK, ie violating the visa conditions.

Now, we intend to relocate back to NI in 2013.
We have been back to NI several times since each time getting an Irish visa.

The situation is do I take a chance and go for the UK ILR visa or go for a similar one from the Irish? A diplomat told me unofficially to get and Irish tourist visa, and then when there apply for UK citizenship using the CAB

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Anthony

[Obie]

Anthony i find your question a bit confusing.

Why do you need to apply for British Citizenship in Ireland, you can apply from anywhere in the world.

Provided you lived and work in Ireland, you can use you Irish passport to apply for an EEA family permit for your wife, which is free of charge and considerably easier to obtain than a UK Entry clearance as a spouse of a British Citizen.

[antgal23]

apologies for the confusion

so the EEA family permit covers my wife living in NI?

we intend to live in NI so would she be able to get a UK drivers license / go to the doctors etc using her EEA permit?

also, would the fact she was denied a UK tourist visa in 2009 (due to her violating her first UK student visa - she applied for another student visa whilst still in the UK therefore breaking the temporary admission rule) affect her EEA application?