A Supreme Court judgment could positively affect the rights of thousands of people from outside the European Economic Area who came to the State as students before 2011 and stayed on to work. Both applicants applied under Section 4.7 for permission to remain on the basis of “change of status”. The couple’s “Stamp 2” permissions were regularly renewed until 2013 after which they were refused a Stamp 4 permission. Mr Justice MacMenamin found the manner in which the Minister sought to apply Article 4.7 in both cases was unlawful. There was no statutory basis for how the Minister used Section 4.7 in refusing their applications, he ruled.

Source: The Irish Times April 24, 2018 21:22 UTC