realgunner wrote:After approval it should be within 6 weeks. Most of the time its 7 weeks.

Nope. I've been waiting since 23 October 2009. This Friday it will be 12 weeks. Granted, we did have the Christmas break in-between.

My friend has been contracting for the past 3 years Please could you tell us if they have asked him this before or this is just a fresh request. I was asked this last year and I still waiting I am 2006 June. I dont think he was asked this information before, otherwise he would have known what a Not...

Yes Cafunke, you're right

I really like the surpanational diagram of the EU on the Shcengen wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_countries
My bible on who's who in the EU.

Hi there

I had to ask my family at home to go to the local department of home affairs of my country and request the unabbridged birth certificate. (took about 6 weeks if I remember correctly: South africa) Sometimes its required for visa applications too so it's handy to have it.

Good luck.
Hussie

Hi Luha I'm in the same boat. Called a few months ago and could only get October in Dolphin house. I'd almost recommend the Dubliners to call before you get the letter and book the court. Worse thing that can happen is you need to cancel the court again :) Here's the following courts who wouldn't ta...

Just wondering for those poor guys in Dublin still waiting... Have any of you considered to pre-book the court? It seems like the guys on the forum can give you a pretty good estimate on when your letter will arrive. Courts are booked at elast 4 months in advance now so as long as you're more accura...

this is the strange bit. (I'm selfemployed. don't know if that has an effect) I was asked for extra docos in November last year and sent back everything in december. I didn't hear anything back until April this year when they asked for tax docs again. I send them the same stuff again. I don't really...

Hi guys I finally got my letter. Called Dolphin House court for Dublin today and received an appointment for 22 October. Tried Dun Laoghaire but they only deal with locals. Any tips? What's the process after this? I send the Form7 back... wait x weeks and then apply for pasport and wait y weeks? Any...

Hi guys

any news on dublin court bookings? How long in advance do you have to book dublin courts these days. I see there's an auth date in the tracker. Shall we add the jurisdiction as well?

Hi guys Can someone tell me if the letter confirming successful application (the one before you arrange the court proceedings) is sent by registered mail? I'm travelling on business trips and hope that an post won't send it back if I don't pick it up within x days. If it's registered, do you know ho...

ok guys, appreciate your ethics. But there is no rule which says that you can't relocate post application approval OR you can't rent out 2 places at same time. What I am suggesting is that you can rent out a room/apt in nearby county, get your address changed officially on driving licence etc and t...

Hi Guys I'm totally puzzled. I'm divorced and have been since 2004. Was married to non-EU citizen. When I applied in 2005 I was already divorced. Now they want a marriage affidavit. (I already sent them the final decree of my divorce and civil status cert proving my current status as divorce). I don...

Hi guys I see that they're now busy with applications received in APR-06 for naturalisation. http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Contact%20Details%20for%20Citizenship%20Section I've been tracking this since APR-08 and found more or less the following trend. For each month since APR-08 (until SEP-08...

Hi guys Some stats if you want to draw your estimates with graphs in excel ;-) Check date : Busy with applications received in 20-APR-08 : SEP-05 18-MAY-08 : SEP-05 1-JUN-08 : NOV-05 9-JUN-08 : JAN-06 C'MON IRELAND!!!!

Ah man, Jambles. You're not serious! I was hoping that I'll have citizenship next year Jan (based on 30+ months waiting etc) but I assumed citizenship=passport. So now my question. How long after citizenship do you actually have the passport in your hand? Probably another 30 months??! :-s Where woul...

Hi Pahadia I'm interested in what permission you have to work in the UK. I would have liked to consider something similar. I doubt if it can affect your application as you will already qualify to apply. They only 'rule' that I saw was the 1 year residence before application and another 4 in the last...

Hi guys I applied in MAR-2006 for the first time. Had some admin issues, and then successfully resubmitted my citizenship application in AUG-2006. In SEP (07) I received a letter now stating the following: - It is likely that my application will take longer than 30 months. - They are currently exami...

Hi

You can read my story here:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=13279

Not sure what you mean with unlimited WP. I've been working with 2 different companies, having WP's at each. After 6 years I applied for citizenship and got 5 year long term. So no WP required anymore. So if you're NOT talking about residency, then I recommend applying for long term residency. If yo...

Hi I got a stamp in my passport for the long term residency. It reads: Permitted to remain in Ireland until 11 October 2011 And then some signature and date. So my passport is fine for 5 years. My GNIB card expires on that same date. So that is fine for 5 years as well. Stamp 4 this time. So there's...

Hi Now that I have the long term irish residency and working as self-employed in ireland: What are the requirements for working elsewhere in Europe? (e.g. do work for an irish company [self-employed though] with operations in a different schengen country) Suppose it is less than 90 days? What is the...

For those who care, here's the response from the immigration office. (Per email. About 2 weeks after the original letter was sent to them) "Dear Mr. Coetzee, Thank you for your recent letter concerning the above. The situation is as follows,:- as a self employed person you are liable for tax and Soc...

Hi TRV I applied after being here for 6 years almost. (laziness mostly and the fact that there's SO much details and paperwork to supply). However somewhere I missed either permission to stay in the country in the final year (3 months missing) so I had to wait until I have one full year of legally r...

Hi Guys I've been seemingly lucky enough to get hte 5 year residency while only applying for Citizenship by naturalization: MORE INFO ABOUT MY APPLICATIONS (if you need) WHAT I RECEIVED: Permission to remain in Ireland for 5 years without any further work authorisation requirement. (HOORAY! No more ...