Hi All, I am inquiring on a friend's behalf who is in a messy situation and need your valuable advice. Here are the circumstances: She is a non-EU national, married to Irish national 4 years ago. Stamp 4 was granted 3.5 years ago. Always lived together and both in full-time employment. Things are no...
Hi All, Please share your experience. My wife got her naturalization certificate in March ceremony and on 4th March we sent the application by passport office by express post. Today is 23rd July and she didn't received her passport yet. Anytime we call the passport office its a standard reply that t...
Application Date: Jan 2017
Approval received: 27th Jan 2020
Status: Spouse of Irish citizen
Submitted €950 + photographs+GNIB card
All the best everyone
Hi All, I need help with my parents visit visa from Pakistan. I am an Irish citizen and living in Ireland with my Irish born children and wife. I am an IT professional and own a house in Dublin. My parents are from Pakistan and they have visited us in Dublin twice in the last 3 years. Both times the...
Hi All, Since many of us are waiting for a long time for the outcome of our citizenship applications. (In my case we are waiting over two years). The local and European elections are next months. I have noticed the local Councillors and TD's are knocking the doors for support. I would suggest this i...
Never received a second stage letter. A year ago we were told that my wife application is ready to be submitted to the minister and 6 months later we were asked for up to date bills and still no sign
My wife applied as a spouse Irish citizen in Jan 2017 and no reply so far. We fulfill every clause but not sure why its over two years and still there is no sign. We should all write to our TD's that no matter what there should be a decision within 6 months. The waiting is absolute pathetic...
Dear All, I have a quick question and would greatly appreciate if someone could please help out... My brother is a British citizen and planing to invite our parents from (Islamabad) Pakistan to UK on a visit visa for the summer. Could someone please advise what is the minimum period visa can they ge...
Just want to know did anyone received citizenship approval in Feb 2018 so far ? The ceremoney date s not fixed but it is expected in April this year but just want to know if anyone received citizenship approval letter in Feb 2018 ?
Hello, The solution is very simple. You need to contact your solicitor who acted on your behalf while buying the house. They can issue you a letter confirming the FOLIO number. Your solicitor can also give you the print out from the local council that they have changed the ownership of the property ...
Dear All, My wife applied for her naturalization application in Jan 2017 as a spouse of Irish citizen. Last week we received a letter from "Further Processing Team" requesting the travel history which was more than 6 weeks. We sent a letter back with the travel dates / destination details on the sam...
A friend of mine is waiting for 10 weeks now to get his passport back. so, best to apply for your citizenship when you have no travel plan for the next 3 months at-least
A friend of mine is waiting for 10 weeks now to get his passport back. so, best to apply for your citizenship when you have no travel plan for the next 3 months atleast
My wife recently renewed her GNIB card in INIS office and not sure where we have lost it. It is based on spouse of Irish citizen. Does anyone know whats the process of getting another card ?
Dear All, I need some help here. My wife applied for her Irish citizenship in January 2017 based on spouse of Irish citizen. Last week I sent an email to the citizenship division to find the status of her application and I received the below reply: "Your application continues to be processed. While ...
Hi Tersia2010: Irish immigration have very close contacts with UKBA and they definitely carry checks on people. I am saying that from my personal experience. I am an naturalized Irish citizen and back in 2012 when I applied for my citizenship, I was told that I have adverse UK immigration history wh...
Here is my wife's application timeline. Application Based On: Spouse of Irish Citizen Applied On: 17th Jan 2017 Application received On: 18th Jan 2017 Acknowledgement : 1st Feb 2017 Original Passport Returned: 1st Feb 2017 (After 2 weeks of the application) Second Letter: Waiting Awaiting On Approva...
Thanks langtababa, However, your info is not correct. I have searched for it and below explains what is person ID: Person Identity Number, eg 123456-16 A Person Identity Number has 2 parts, eg 123456-16: 123456: This first part identifies you 16: This second part identifies the year you first applie...
Dear All, My wife is applying for her naturalization based on spouse of Irish citizen. In the application form the question 2.8 is "YOUR PERSON ID NUMBER". I am not sure what is the person ID. On the GNIB card / Passport stamps / Visa stickers any of them do not reflect person ID. Where can i find t...
