rajj13 wrote:Thanks for the reply Joe.
I came to Ireland on a working visa before the laws were changed. I'm married to a Polish girl and almost applied for the EU1 residence; however, I changed my mind after reading the various posts on this forum in relation to the issue.
My working visa is up for renewal in January next year; do you have any idea how long the DOJ takes to renew it? I'm planning to renew my working visa first & then apply for the EU1 after the renewal.
bring you p60, passport, gnib card AND a letter from you employer saying that you have a job and how much you getting pay. anything missing. you wont be walking out the GNIB in dublin with a new gnib card and stamp in your passport.
since you have a work visa. i dont know how to renew you reentry visa. but to renew your permission to remain(stamp in your passport and gnib card), it takes how ever long you have to wait to get to the counter in gnib. once when they see everything you show. as long as you have been working in the same category on your work visa and you have been paying tax. the gnib will give you another 2 years stamp on your passport and a new gnib card for 2 years. i renewed my work authorization almost 2 years ago. i showed up with passport, p21(which is the tax statement similar to p60), gnib card and a letter from my employer saying that i have a job. they renewed my permssion to remain in the same day. so it doesnt take long other then i had to wait in the gnib in dublin for few hours. thats all, so good luck.
one more thing, dont show up too early to renew your work visa. only show up may be 2 or 3 weeks before your permission to remain expired because if you show up too early. they will tell you to come back. so 2 to 3 weeks would be good.
