You definitely need to put through an application in Ireland for authorisation to work in the Republic, a UK residence card won't suffice. It's black and white in this respect - a UK RC allows you to live and work in the UK/NI, and an Irish RC allows you to live and work in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Sunshine86 wrote:
I also have received all our documents back and a letter to go to Garda for the temp Stamp. YAY

It took exactly 4 weeks for us.

That's great news!

Thanks for your reply I am going to the garda on thursday regarding this and would be going with the eu route. I rang them last Monday to see where I should go first and was informed that I should report to them first. I'll be posting the results then.. Welcome, hope it all went well. Did they advi...

As a non-EEA spouse of an Irish national who has exercised their treaty rights in another member state, the UK, and you have now moved to Ireland using the RC issued to you under the European Directive as the equivalent to an entry visa, you can now apply to remain in Ireland under the Directive by ...

Mystica09 wrote:Hi Sunshine86 and Elizabeth,

I received my passports and documents back with the letter to go to garda.
So thats 5 weeks for me.

That's brilliant, congrats

Hi Elizabeth and Mystica I have received a reply for my email from EU Section. They confirmed that they received my application on the 27th Feb, the same day when I sent it. The timeframe given is 6-8 weeks due to the volume of applications. Im glad that they confirmed my application, I just have t...

Thank you so much for the detailed information Elizabeth09. I didn't expect this much information in this post. I'm more than confident now about this. I would definitely take your advice to take some photocopies of marriage certificate for just in case. My wife will be coming to pick me up in airp...

It's absolutely fine to travel on your residence card, but if you are travelling alone and your wife is not meeting you at the airport, make sure that she has access to a telephone when you are due to go through immigration, because they can stop and question you, and they may want to speak to your ...

Hi Elizabeth Thank you for the reply. I have emailed them today and lets hope that they get back to me with the confirmation. You're welcome. I've heard of some people getting responses within 4 weeks again in the last day or two, so maybe the 6-8 weeks has been reduced again. Let us know what time...

You can email them and ask them to confirm receipt of your application at: eutreatyrights@justice.ie. They send out a generic reply, but they will confirm when they received it and the current approximate processing time. The average time currently to get a written acknowledgement seems to be 6-8 we...

How are you getting on with everything Elizabeth? Did you manage to get any news from Dublin? Hopefully will have some good news to report soon, fingers crossed, thank you - will give you an update as soon as I know myself as well, so that hopefully it will help you too. Hope everything is going we...

Just so this will not mislead anyone in future, and that the rules is very clearly understood, as a returning citizen, the husband of the OP does not have to engage in any economic activity in Ireland before the wife can receive stamp 4, what is required to show is all the documents that proves tha...

Yeah sure, here is a link to a summary of the guidelines I found by an Irish solicitors: http://watterssolicitors.ie/non-eea-family-reunification/ And here is a link to the new guidelines on the INIS website: (read 17.2 on page 47 for financial requirements for Irish citizens) http://www.inis.gov.ie...

True, but I think that the Irish situation is must better than the UK one. Don't forget that you could also consider the Irish spouse visa. I'm not exactly sure of their requirements re: finance etc, but I'm sure it's a bit better than the UK. Since you're in the UK now though it might be good to k...

Aww, I understand! We all just want to go home. I really hope it works out for you too, sooner rather than later! One step at a time, just get started and keep going and you'll get home together. The national immigration rules within both Ireland and the UK are ridiculous when it has come to the poi...

I'm never 100% on how it works with dual-nationality in Northern Ireland - does that definitely exclude you from exercising free movement rights in both Ireland and the UK, because you are a national of both? I assume it does, but what if you have never lived in the other country? I have heard of pe...

My husband got his residence card issued by the UK under Article 10 of the Directive at the start of December, so that's solved the issue of an entry visa, also INIS have since updated their website (December 13th 2013) to state the following things: ''Holders of document called "Residence card of a...

Yeah, we're delighted

EEA1 and EEA2 (Married application)

Applied: 11th October 2013
Acknowledgement letter: Dated 15th October 2013
COA: Dated 24th October 2013
Residence card received: 6th December 2013 (dated - 30th November 2013)

8 weeks!

Good: things are starting to become clearer. See this: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=147072 That's really good to know, thanks for that :-) Will update you here with any new info I find out along the way too :-) PS Going to start job hunting in Northern Ireland from here as of no...

You might want to drop them an email to: INISsinu@justice.ie and eutreatyrights@justice.ie. They generally reply within a few days. If you get any answers, please post them on here so we can help other Irish citizens to understand the process! All the best! CC Thanks for all of that :-) I have sinc...

If you're not in a major rush to get back to Ireland, you could still have your partner stay with you in Northern Ireland under the UK EEA Family Permit. Thanks for your reply :-) I've thought of moving to Northern Ireland alright, although his passport is with the residence card application at the...

I've asked something similar previously and had great tips from people but I was wondering if anyone here has used the Surinder Singh route to return to Ireland, and could they answer a few questions for me. I'm the Irish national and my husband is the non-EEA national. I'm working full time in the ...

Jobcentre Plus will arrange an 'Evidence of Identity' interview always Not strictly true. My husband didn't have an interview or provide original documents, and this was just recently. On their website, here, it states the same, though it doesnt clarify exactly here which applications are by post a...

giorgosa wrote:
Can you share with us the telephone that you called and you requested this form?

Thanks

Yes, I rang 0845 6000643 to apply for the NI number.

Good luck