Why Does Irish Immigration Service Make My Thai Wife Feel so Unwelcome?
Every year thousands of Irish people arrive in Thailand to enjoy a bit of time relaxing in a tropical paradise. Most of these will be given a visa upon arrival with no questions asked. My family travels to Ireland each year to visit our family. My wife is Thai and both my son and I have Irish passports. Each year my wife has to go to apply for her Irish visa months in advance and each time the hoops she has to jump through increases. My wife has no plans to move to Ireland we are quite happy where we are. She has visited on numerous occasions though, and always sticks to the conditions of her visa. I want my son to enjoy his Irish heritage and to know his Irish family and this is the reason for these trips. Up until a few years ago my wife could have just applied for Irish citizenship just on the basis of our marriage; these days have changed and now we have to practically beg for a holiday visa. I am a registered nurse and always do some agency work during my time home. I am good at m
