gk73 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:24 pm
Our timeline so far is as follows:
I am NON-EU (Ukrainian)
We signed the lease in Dublin remotely (both of our names are on it) -
14/04/2022
My EU citizen wife (Estonian) moved to Ireland -
21/04/2022
Met up with my wife in a 3rd country so that we can board the same flight to Dublin and go through immigration together. When passing immigration - we both went to the NON-EU line (even though she is an EU citizen) and stated that "We want to exercise EU Treaty Rights". An officer asked my wife if she already had a job lined up or if she intended to study. My wife responded that she was going to work but hadn't applied to any jobs just yet. We were then asked to provide our marriage certificate which we did. Our marriage certificate was from a NON-EU/NON-EEA country and had apostille.
I got 2 stamps in my passport:
1st stamp - Dublin Airport IMMIGRATION CONTROL OFFICER 25 APR 2022
2nd stamp - Permission to remain in IRELAND until 25th July 2022 for the purpose of JOIN EU FAM Register at BURGH QUAY -
25/04/2022
Wife started working -
13/05/2022
Wife applied for PPSN -
13/05/2022
Submitted EUTR1 application by registered mail, took a picture of the letter, and shared it with EU Treaty Rights Division via email along with tracking number and a digital version of everything that we had submitted -
27/05/2022
This is the response I got after submitting a digital copy of my application to the EU Treaty Rights email and pointing out that my permission to remain in Ireland expires on 25h of July and that I would need to get a temporary permission to remain (Stamp4) before that:
Dear XXXX XXXX,
Thank you for your email. Applications are processed in strict chronological order.
Due to the volume of applications on hand, it may 6-8 weeks from the date of receipt before a response is issued from this office.
Once your documents have been received and processed, any outstanding documents will be requested.
Please note that the applicant is permitted to reside in the State while application is in process.
Kind regards,
XXXX XXXX XXXX
EU Treaty Rights Division
Immigration Service Delivery
13-14 Burgh Quay
Dublin 2
Received a call from someone at EU Treaty Rights (on a SUNDAY at roughly 4 PM) asking to submit PPSN number, Revenue Registration certificate, and a paystub. I responded that my wife only started to work on 13th of May and that we moved to Ireland on April 25th. I said that we will ask the employer for a digital pay stub and explained the situation that we are waiting for an Irish bank account to be opened and that due to IBAN discrimination my wife couldn't get paid into her Estonian bank account (SWEDBANK) during last pay cycle. Also, noted that we had applied for the PPSN but it will take some time to get it and then to register in the Revenue. I also pointed out that she is currently on emergency tax rate and it would probably be reflected in the pay stub I would submit later that day. He sounded understanding and said "Just send us the paystub as soon as possible and we will issue a decision in the coming days". I said that I will email the Paystub the same evening provided my wife receives it from her employer. I emailed the paystub same day at 10 pm -
05/06/2022
Received response by email that they are waiting on confirmation from my wife's employer and that once that is confirmed, my application would be brought forward for a decision and that the correspondence would be issued in the coming days -
07/06/2022
My wife received 2nd pay stub which I emailed to the EU Treaty Rights division by replying to our previous email thread -
08/06/2022
Received response by email on the same day that "the contents have been noted" -
08/06/2022
Wife asked employer and they said that they got a letter from EU Treaty Rights to which they responded that she works where she stated she works. I sent an email to EU Treaty Rights with this piece of information as well as asking if there was anything else they need from us -
18/06/2022
Received response by email that "the contents have been noted" -
20/06/2022
Wife received PPSN and applied to register with the Revenue -
20/06/2022
Once she registers with the revenue, I will share the PPSN number with EU Treaty Rights Division by email.
That's it for now. Hoping to get the temporary permission soon as it is tough when only 1 person working and the rent is 2000 euros
Also, if I am being completely honest the "application would be brought forward for a decision and that the correspondence would be issued in the coming days" part of the email made me feel like the full decision would be issued in the coming days and not the temporary permission. I wonder if that ever happened before or I shouldn't be getting my hopes up?
