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Denial of visa to Ethiopian man who married naturalised Somalian woman is upheld
Summary
In a High Court decision on 10 November 2022, Justice Siobhan Phelan upheld the Minister for Justice's refusal to grant an Ethiopian man a visa for family reunification with his wife, a naturalised Somalian-born Irish citizen. The judge found no grounds to overturn the Minister's decision, citing deficiencies in the documentation submitted to the Irish National Immigration Service. The couple, who met online and married in 2018, had a traditional ceremony in Ethiopia in 2019 and lived together for several months before the husband applied for a visa under the family unification scheme. The refusal was based on insufficient evidence of the couple's family life, lack of passport copies, incomplete travel records, and concerns over the woman's name spelling and accommodation proof. The court advised the couple to resubmit their application with updated, complete documentation, noting that significant new information had not been properly considered in the original refusal.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Denial of visa to Ethiopian man who married naturalised Somalian woman is upheld. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 2019 and 2020 Other
- 2022-11-10 Publication
Places mentioned
- The High Court
- High Court
- Ethiopian High Court
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