Doctors from outside EU waiting up to year for family visa decisions

Liqa ur Rehman said visa rejections and delays are leading to depression and ill-health among doctors from outside the EU who are working here.

Doctors from outside the EU working in Ireland are waiting up to 12 months to hear if their families can get a visa to come here, the Irish Society of International Doctors (ISID) has said.

Many have waited eight months only to get a refusal, a survey of its members shows.