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by takeabow » Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:10 pm
Hi, we are shortly to apply for citizenship for my American wife and would appreciate some advice on how best to illustrate our travel history
We are struggling to come up with an accurate daycount for time outside of Ireland. We have travelled a lot over the last 5 years, especially around the UK and EU for long weekends and weeks here and there (we would travel for at least a weekend trip every month). But my wife's US passport has recently been renewed and the US consulate has retained the old passport with all the entry and exit stamps (of which there were probably a couple of hundred).
We asked for her Advance Passenger Information for the last 5 years from INIS, but INIS API data does not show any travel except for the odd flight to the USA (which we are clear on anyway). For the citizenship application we can dig out the odd email booking for UK and EU trips and cross reference with photos on our phones, but it is likely to be far from accurate. We wont be outside of the daycount limits, but cant stand behind the veracity of the travel information we supply.
In considering our application will INIS reach out the UK or other European authorities in order to get more complete API, or rely on their own. We are considering asking the UK authorities for whatever API they might hold for my wife, and maybe some other authorities, so that we can be accurate in our submission and eliminate the chance that we are perceived to be misleading INIS. Is it worth doing this, or just go with our 'best guess' and assume that INIS will not get other API information from the UK and other EU countries?
Many thanks for any help
Steve