by shannons | Sep 3, 2019 | Immigration Law
The Court of Appeal in its judgment in joined cases MAM v the Minister for Justice and Equality and KN & Ors v the Minister for Justice and Equality [2019] IECA 116, held that a declared refugee who becomes a naturalised Irish citizen cannot use Section 18 of the...
by shannons | Aug 29, 2019 | Blog, Immigration Law
With so much talk of Brexit at the moment, the deadline of the 31st October 2019 looming ever closer and the real possibility of a “no deal” Brexit, the signing of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 – “the...
by shannons | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog, Immigration Law
We recently wrote about the Sadiq case where the High Court issued a judgement which we believe was highly critical of the manner in which the Department of Justice and Equality dealt with family reunification cases (Sadiq & Ors v the Minister for Justice and...
by shannons | Aug 27, 2019 | Immigration Law
Co Dublin firm Shannons Solicitors has announced the appointment of barrister Orla Martyn to head the firm’s new immigration law department. The firm, based in Swords, is now offering a full range of immigration law services, including solutions for British...
by shannons | Aug 22, 2019 | Immigration Law
One of the main difficulties we have noted in recent years is that many applications for Work Permits have been rejected because the person’s skills were said to be surplus to Irish requirements. Happily, the Employment Permit (Amendment) Regulations 2019 were enacted...
by shannons | Aug 22, 2019 | Immigration Law
Many of you will be familiar with the recent High Court case where Judge Barrett ruled that applicants for Irish citizenship by naturalisation requires “a period of one year’s continuous residence in the State immediately before the date of the application”. One year...
