Sent application for EEA2 RC on 24/06/10 Received by UKBA on 25/06/10 Received COA on 16/07/10 Emailed on 26/07/10 to request passports back for travel Received RC on separate A4 document on 06/11/10 - document dated 29/10/10 I never contacted them by phone or email for any updates on my application...

Hi there,

Does the EEA national need to apply for an EEA1 in order for the non-EEA national to apply for the EEA2?

Thanks for that Forza! Just one more question (and please don't shout at me if it's a silly one) :) : What hold-up is their in your life if you have to wait six months for the RC? As far as I understand it, the RC is just confirmation of your rights, so how does it affect a person if they have to wa...

Can I just ask a simple question (or two): Once you've applied for the EEA2, can you get your passport back for traveling purposes? What does the COA that you receive a week or two after application actually say? I will be applying for an EEA2 in a few months and was wondering about these practicali...

You are very welcome Fumo

Hi Heinrich, As far as I understand this: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000278 it does not look like you can use this particalur route. There might be other avenues open for partners of EU nationals. If nobody here can give you a definitive answer maybe you should ask a solicitor for soun...

Hi Fumo, As we went through a solicitor I cannot in absolute certainty say we received a confimation letter (aknowledgement of application), but I don't think we did. As far as I remember within 2 weeks we received the approval letter with no other communication from the Dept of Justice inbetween ap...

Hi, We got all our documents back - except the registration card (GNIB) as it was expired :) Re bills: we sent 3 dated 2 years back (ESB, Eircom + bank statement on joint account) and the most recent ones (the same). Re photos: I don't think they are interested in them :) But why not to send it ;) ...

Here is the details from the INIS website:

http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000278

This is all the info that is available. I made the application just like it states in this link, and I also used a lawyer. That was all. It was surprisingly quite simple.

I'll be getting a stamp 4, renewable every year.

Hi all, Just to let all interested parties know that I have recently applied to the Dept of Justice the permission to remain based on my relationship with an Irish citizen. I got my approval letter yesterday. I went through an immigration lawyer which I think helped as I got my approval 2 weeks afte...

honty wrote:Have you gotten any authentic information on our eligibility to apply for naturalisation/LTR once we have completed our time in Ireland? Would the 3.5 years of training count towards the cumulative 5 year requirement?

I'd also like the answer to this question please

Hi there, I also trained on Stamp 1A, but unlike you I was already in the country so I'm afraid I can't tell you what to bring for definite... nothing is really for definite with any airport immigration officer, so I can understand why you are nervous :D But... you have an initial contract (which is...

yes once u have spend 5 years on this status you will apply for LTR and can live in republic permenently, many of my friendz in dublin are on same status and they have checked with DOJ they told the same story.. regards Hi there, can anybody else confirm this? If it is possible to get LTR on stamp ...

I would love to know the answer to this as well.. I was on stamp 1A for 3.5 years and it would be great if that time counted.. for all the reasons you stated above! But to date, I have never even read anything official about the existence of stamp1A.. so if there are any info out there I'll eat my h...

Hi there,

Has anybody any insight in my assumptions yet?

Firstly, THANKS for those links!! 2.Does the EUfamilyVisa allow me to work in the UK from the first day we enter? Are employers generally willing to take you on or do you have to wait for the EEA1 & EEA2's to be processed? See also Preventing illegal working: guidance booklets for United Kingdom emp...

Wanderer wrote:First, for either route for unmarried partners you need two years provable co-habitation akin to man and wife, do you have that?

Yes we have that

Hi, I've been reading these forums back to front and for the life of me can not find a post that tells me what I want to know. So hope someone here can help... I am an South African, living in Ireland on a work permit. My Irish partner and I want to move to the UK to live and work permanently. My qu...

Hi there, This may seem like a silly question, but I was under the impression that with a green card you get a 2 year stamp 4 on your GNIB card. Last week I went to get my new GNIB card with my new green card and I got a stamp 1, for one year... When I asked tey said that I got the correct stamp.. I...

Hi there... I wonder if anybody here can give any insight into my issue? I have been on a stamp 1, issued by the GNIB office as I was studying for my CIMA qualification and needed to work full-time. So it was not a work permit and I didn't go through the Dept of Trdae & Employment. Now I have qualif...