UK Citizen married to Non EEA member

[Tara03]

Hello, please if you could help me. I came to Ireland I'm September with my spouse on an "accompany" EU spouse visa. I am a UK citizen. My husbands visa runs out in December, however we applied for a residency card but have heard no reply.
Also I have been looking for work but have not found a job yet. I am worried because I know they have given us 3months to exercise my eu treaty rights. If I do not find a job within the time period will my husbands rights to stay be affected. Also they immigration have not returned our documents or even given us a decision as to wether they intend on giving my husband a temp stamp4.

Please can I get some advice. Thank you.

[Latintraveller]

Where are you living? Jobs are easier to find in Dublin than elsewhere. Any temporary Christmas jobs in your area? 12 hours a week may be sufficient. Could you get a job in a field unrelated to your profession. I have been cleaning houses and window cleaning since my arrival in February. This is despite me having a Degree in Computing to ensure I am exercising my treaty rights. A friend of mine arrived in February and is working in a meat factory and another friend cooks breakfasts at a hotel.
Maybe you could find a job through an agency or get some leaflets made up and call from door to door offering services like cleaning, teaching English, painting, repairs or anything so you could say you are self-employed.
I am assuming that you do not have enough savings to say that you are self-sufficient.
All the best with that. It must be a nightmare for you with the clock ticking.

[chaoclive]

I think you can go to register with the government employment agency, FAS. Hopefully they can help you find something. Also, register with all the recruitment companies in your area. Jobs in a cafe/bar/hostel will all be ok. May not be what you are qualified to do but, as long as they provide pay-slips/formal contracts, that's enough.

Please remember, for Surinder Singh back to the UK, self-sufficiency does NOT work. You must be working or self-employed!

Tell us where you are and some people may have some more detailed suggestions. Bridgid from Ireland is always good with suggestions! Hope she will come to the rescue.

Good luck!
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[Brigid from Ireland]

You need to either get work (with a payslip) or to register immediately as self employed.

Self employed - it is basically anything you can do (babysitting, minding the old, making craftwork and selling it). The critical thing is to complete the paperwork. 1. Register with revenue 2. Show income through your bank account and be able to explain it (eg sold hats door to door for ten euro, sold 4, lodged 40 euro to account, took out twenty euro to buy wool, here is receipt for the wool). Literally that much detail. So if you babysit keep a record of the address and the amount.

The place I know is hiring is care of the old/disabled, basically agencies or nursing homes. Tough work, they call you when someone is sick, but it gets a payslip. The great thing about this is that if you get one payslip you can register for Jobseekers Benefit, and if you have enough prsi paid in UK, you get this for yourself and for your husband as a dependent. If you do not have enough prsi you can still register but there is a means test and habitual residence test.

Your husband will not get a card/stamp until you can show payslips or registered as self employed. That is the delay for him.