I understand. Before I applied, I have sent them an email asking questions about absences and they replied to me that a total number of days will be deducted as an absence, not only the days over 6 weeks. I had way more than 6 weeks and I waited until I have enough days to build up for that time be...

Hi Vorona, May I ask why you are so sure that it's needed to recover the 6 weeks as well? That is not really clear to me when reading the form. I've seen some post here and also chatted to people that haven't done that and they got approved anyway. I know it's always better to be sure and wait, but...

Oops, sorry. I meant 6 weeks, not 7. Pressed the wrong key :mrgreen: 42 days or 6 weeks is the maximum time that you can spent outside of Ireland in any 12 months of your residence without declaring it as an absence. If you spent more than 42 days (this does not include days of departure and return...