TC & Anor v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Court/s:Supreme Court
Citation/s:[2005] 4 IR 109, [2005] IESC 42
Judgment Date/s:20 Jun 2005
Category:Citizenship, Deportation
Keywords:Citizenship, Deportation, Deportation Order, Marriage of Convenience, Residence Permit
Country of Origin:Romania
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/ec40c004-4cb9-4c1e-9e22-7522e052ebe7/2005_IESC_42_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

The Romanian applicant, having been deported to Romania, married an Irish citizen and thereafter sought to revoke the deportation order. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform refused his request stating that the couple had not been residing together as a subsisting family unit. The applicants challenged the Minister’s refusal, contending that in requiring them to have lived together … Read More

Principles:

The Minister is entitled to consider the length of time during which parties have lived together as a family unit in deciding whether to grant residency to a non-EU national married to an Irish citizen.

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