A close friend (non-EU) is living through a bureaucratic nightmare: all their national and Irish IDs including passports they used to apply for the Irish citizenship have been stolen in another EU country while on holidays. They reported the crime to the local police and are now in the slow and expe...

Can i ask where you got your fingerprints done? I've had mine done 4 times now at various Garda stations but they've all been rejected by the FBI due to their poor quality. Thanks I got mine done at the Garda station opposite Busaras in Dublin. Had to pay €60 by postal order, bring proof of ID and ...

Apologies for not replying sooner. Yes I can send one to you if it isn't too late. Hello! I am also new and therefore cannot send PMs, but I'm wondering if I'd be able to get one of those cards or ask you how you got them? I'm aware they ask you for an ORI number on their website so that you can ord...

You need to go to a PPS Number Allocation Centre and explain your situation there. You can find the list of offices by county on the welfare website.

I regret to say that there is no Irish diplomatic mission in Belarus as they would be the best people who could provide an expert advice on this matter. You should contact the Irish embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania who will be able to help. https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/lithuania/

We have travelled throughout all 5 years' residence in Ireland including those 6 weeks prior to applying and we are not going to cancel the upcoming family visit.

You should be ok, all you need to do is wait a little till the new ruling takes proper effect. There is a Stamp 3 Ireland group on a social network that you can join (it was them who heavily advocated for this change) and check if anyone else in this situation got a change in their stamp. Best of lu...

Application Based On 5+ years residency, Stamp 1-4 (NON-EU) Applied On: 5 Dec 2018 Application received On 6 Dec 2018 6 months' bank statements posted on 7 Dec 2018 -- decided not to wait for them to be requested Acknowledgment: 7 Jan 2019 - Passports returned Acknowledgment: 15 Jan 2019 - Statement...

If you navigate to point B here http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000024 and click through the link to access form RES6, there on page 25 of the document checklist you will find an answer to your question to Max. Hope this helps.

Unfortunately you do need to provide evidence showing that you meet the published financial criteria set out at 17.2 of Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification (e.g. P60s for last 3 years, bank statements for previous 6 months, P21 statements, recent pay slips, financial accounts, etc). I am...

Get a job offer Or was your question related to filling in the application form and gathering the supporting documents? If that's the case you will be better off looking up forums where Indian nationals share their past experiences.

I’m working as IT Desktop / Helpdesk support here in Singapore. I’m trying to find job in Ireland but some agency or employer but they preferred physically there. Thanks for the help. I would apply for jobs directly if I were you. There are many IT companies in Ireland constantly looking for suppor...

Your residence is counted back from the date of application so the absences after the application has been posted won't be considered. In case your application is refused and you have to reapply, you will have to take into account this new period of absence. Hopefully, that is not your case! All I w...

I think this is an irrational fear that needs to stop spreading. If your friend is so scared she should seek an answer from the citizenship division themselves by means on an email query. I am not sure it is allowed to post their email address here but she can easily look it up on the INIS website.

I have no intention to post my own or ask anyone else to post their contact details in the open. As for the PM option, this is strange because most forums aren't that strict -- but I am working on it

And there would be no need for her to leave the country after the ceremony, moreover, if you are super organized (have all the supporting documents ready) you can apply for her Stamp 4 as soon as the marriage cert is translated and apostilled, just check if you need to make an appointment with INIS.

Your fiancee can use a visitor visa to come to Ireland in order to get married but be prepared to face the wrath of an immigration person processing her application for Stamp 4. If you are unlucky she won't be approved on the spot and will have to send a lengthy application in the post. Also, Russia...

It would be much easier for you to get married in Russia. All you need is your passport and its certified translation into Russian, a document that says you have never been married (or divorce papers, or death certificate if widowed) and an application form downloadable from the internet. If for som...

If I were in your position I would start looking for a job asap! If you are eligible for a critical skills work permit it takes care of two things: coming to Ireland and supporting your family.

If anyone else is required to submit to immigration a police clearance certificate from the US and finds out that at your local Garda station they ask you to provide your own card for fingerprinting, send me a message. FBI have generously sent me more cards than I requested and I would be happy to s...

Thanks, my intent was to send three. They are also asking for police clearance certificates from the countries I’ve lived in prior to settling in Ireland and give you 28 days to provide them. Utterly unrealistic!

Are you the owner or the tenant?

No there is not.. until you get a letter from Team 1 requesting them. I sent the email query but no response yet. So if someone had to do the same please let me know.

Question to those who have submitted 6 months' worth of utility bills -- what did you do if one bill covered 2 months? Did you send just three bills?

There is a thread above yours where the non EEA spouse of an Irish citizen was refused their Stamp 4 because they came to the country on a student visa. Someone else commented that their non EEA spouse had no issues with changing to Stamp 4 from a work visa. So, putting these facts together, the way...