{"id":2682,"date":"2023-01-20T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkeleysolicitors.ie\/?p=2682"},"modified":"2023-01-20T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T17:26:47","slug":"decisions-to-revoke-eu-fam-residence-cards-and-irish-passports-potentially-unlawful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkeleysolicitors.ie\/decisions-to-revoke-eu-fam-residence-cards-and-irish-passports-potentially-unlawful\/","title":{"rendered":"DECISIONS TO REVOKE EU FAM RESIDENCE CARDS AND IRISH PASSPORTS POTENTIALLY UNLAWFUL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two recent judgements of the Superior Courts have called into question the legality of all decisions made by the Minister for Justice in retrospectively revoking EU Fam residence cards, immigration permissions, Irish passports and declarations of refugee status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please see our previous blog articles on the Supreme Court judgement in <a href=\"https:\/\/berkeleysolicitors.ie\/significant-supreme-court-decision-refusal-to-issue-irish-passport-to-minor-child-born-in-ireland\/\"><strong>U.M ( a minor) v Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ors <\/strong><strong>[2022] IESC 25<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0 and the High Court judgement in <a href=\"https:\/\/berkeleysolicitors.ie\/high-court-decision-relating-to-revocation-of-an-eu-residence-card-and-the-irish-passport-of-minor-child\/\">AKS v the Minister for Justice [2023] IEHC 1.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have received a decision to revoke your EU Fam residence card on the basis that it was never valid or that it was cancelled with effect from a date in the past or have had your application for Irish citizenship deemed ineligible on the basis of revocation of your EU residence card, these decisions may be unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If a child previously held an Irish passport that was cancelled by the Passport Office as a result of revocation of their parents EU Fam residence card or permission to reside in the State, it is also possible that the decision is unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is important to seek legal advice if these judgements are relevant to your case.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to contact Berkeley Solicitors if you have been impacted by these important issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two recent judgements of the Superior Courts have called into question the legality of all decisions made by the Minister for Justice in retrospectively revoking EU Fam residence cards, immigration permissions, Irish passports and declarations of refugee status. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[418,233,73,423,116,12,29,321,359,419,295,421,420,182,422,412,413,417],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DECISIONS TO REVOKE EU FAM RESIDENCE CARDS AND IRISH PASSPORTS POTENTIALLY UNLAWFUL - Berkeley Solicitors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two recent judgements of the Superior Courts have called into question the legality of all decisions made by the Minister for Justice in retrospectively revoking EU Fam residence cards, immigration permissions, Irish passports and declarations of refugee status. 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