I complained to Solvit and European Commission.
In terms of immediate intervention, any other tools available?

Hello everyone, I need an advice please. We as family members of EU citizen - myself (a non-EU) spouse and my non-EU dependent mother - applied for Lithuanian Schengen visas at the visa centre as we will be travelling with my Irish wife together and benefit from Directive 2004/38/EC. Despite us aski...

Understand a spouse and a minor child of an EU citizen is not in the same category as dependant relatives. Parents need to proof dependency or hardship. Tourism can not be used for this purpose. An Irish is an EU citizen in the EU and an Irish in the UK. beneficiaries of Irish citizens except spous...

Under EU law your mum is allowed to use the directive only if there is hardship or she is soley dependent on the EU citizen or his/her spouse. This rule does not apply to spouses of EU citizen or minor children. You can not take your mum to other EU countries for the purpose of tourism. Now UK or N...

Hi everyone i originally posted in the Irish thread (https://www.immigrationboards.com/ireland/are-dependent-family-members-of-irish-citizen-beneficiaries-of-directive-2004-38-ec-or-not-now-confused-t341016.html) and realise that, to my surprise, this is more of a question in the UK thread, specific...

Hi Angel, I may have misconstrued the tone of your post but I have read the Directive, very, very carefully and numeorus times. An Irish citizen can not live in a non EU country and bring his *dependent family* to Ireland via EU law. There's exceptions for spouses and minor only thus if they have al...

Hi, Since Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and no longer in EU, you can no longer bring your mother to Ireland via EU law. If UK was still part of EU then you could bring her to Ireland and use the EU citizen returning to original country after exercising freedom of movement. It is po...

Hello forum! Through necessity, I became rather familiar with the EU law, specifically the Directive 2004/38/EC. I am now confused. My mother is a dependent family member of an Irish citizen. She resides with us in Northern Ireland. Her dependency was established in an appeal against the refusal to ...

A google search returns this: https://www.irishimmigration.ie/my-situation-has-changed-since-i-arrived-in-ireland/without-condition-dual-citizenship/ Thanks! However, my original question still stands - the page says about the free stamp but not the re-entry visa being issued free of charge. I woul...

Stamp 6 is not a visa. It’s a stamp in the passport that is not recognised by airlines. The correct process would be to first apply for a Stamp 6, and then apply for a Re-entry visa, both of which are free. Can you direct me to confirm free isuance of the re-entry visa for Stnap 6 holders? Last tim...

Do people receiving / sending documents from the UK using Royal Mail experience delays? My passport application to Dublin has been held by Royal mail for nearly 10 days with no progress and i am worried.

We are all aware that FBR does not post certificates/supporting docs back to UK. Has anyone received any documents since that policy was enacted in mid December?

Postage of documents to the UK has not yet resumed :evil: :evil: :evil: 11/01/2023 As a result of the recent postal strikes in the UK and operating on advice from both Royal mail and the Irish postal service, we are not currently posting documents to Great Britain and Northern Ireland . Therefore, t...

Passport Documents Received-Sept. 27, 2022 Estimated Printing Date Oct. 25, 2022 Engaged with WebChat on 12/03/22- Said my app was still in progress and "hopefully", I'd receive an update soon. Received email the photo was not acceptable on Dec. 14, 2022 -60 working days after docs received! Engage...

I'm sorry your infant child has been waiting for two years, but she's not stateless, the Irish government has not neglected their duties towards her or you. OK, finally spoke to someone experienced in the section. My child application was approved on 04/12, some 1 week ago byt we never got notifica...

my child's FBR back in 2018 was approved in under 2 weeks. Thankfully, it was handled by an experienced consular worker, not some lass who did not qualify for a M&S christmas job and landed FBR one instead to clear the backlog Input-output do you think you could be a little more civil when discussi...

I'm skimming through the fist few pages of this thread and it's remarkable how different things were back in 2018-2019. Applications were sent to your local consulate or embassy where there was (perhaps) some kind of initial review, then sent on to Dublin for further review. Also funny to see peopl...

I consider complaining because the person who deals with our application is inept at best or simply throwing every spanner in the works. Recently, she asked for address confirmation again, having been provided one less than 3 weeks ago. Not a word on actually processing an application, which is a b...

I consider complaining because the person who deals with our application is inept at best or simply throwing every spanner in the works. Recently, she asked for address confirmation again, having been provided one less than 3 weeks ago. Not a word on actually processing an application, which is a bi...

1989! wow that goes back a ways. You shouldn't have any problems I don't think. It's an official document. I'm sure they're aware that the photo requirement was added sometime after that. I got mine in July, and it has a photo for sure. When I was researching applying in 2019 the application then r...

"The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was snowed under with a backlog of more than 30,000 complex foreign birth registrations, many from British citizens looking for Irish passports after Brexit." 30,000!! https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41021117.html Mr Hackett also explained how the ...

if it's a tourist C visa that you require you don't need to travel to london, just send your passport with the required documentation and it will be posted back to you. I just got a multiply vist visa for my wife which is valid for 18 months, it took just under a month to get it. wow, thank you for...

They are moving fast with the simplest applications. As soon as a congitively overbearing task like requesting additional photographs comes into the picture, the whole efficiency is thrown out of the window. The most pathetic is to (1) overstretch the process for 2 years (yes, most countries operate...

I am not aware t of FBR certificates now having a photo of the applicant - the one issued to our eldest child in 2018 does not have one. Just like that weblink removed by moderator . Is this a recent thing? Please do not post links to unofficial website, especially ones that detail so much personal...

They create unnecessary bureacracy (e.g. updated photos) for no reason I'm sure you're aware that child's appearance can change a lot in two years. You're may be unaware that the photo becomes part of your FBR cert. So that's why they're asking for updated photos. I am not aware t of FBR certificat...