me again being a torture today! I've spoken to the irish passport office this morning, they have a bit of a back log for the irish passport card and mine is not due to be dispatched until the 5th March. I have decided i will just send my irish passport and request that they return it asap as I need...

Yes, that was about right, it was just about 5 months (the date stamped on the letter) and then just a week shy of 6 months and then I received it! At least it was through a registered mail. Otherwise I think i would still be waiting! It is a very stressful situation! the saving grace is that the f...

Sp84 I feel the waiting time now feels even more stressful with the current situation. I just can't see why it takes them so long. I almost feel like getting a flight to Liverpool and walking in with the paper asking them to sign and stamp it there and then lol if only that would work. Do you know ...

Hi sp84, yes I seen that the timescale in turkey for the eea fp is 100% of applications processed in 5 days. It's just the RN holding us all up. Have you thought about getting an mp to torture them on the progress of your RN. I plan to do this once I send mine off. Speaking to my husband today he s...

I misread the posts at 6am. Oops! You don't have the ordeal of the eea fp though! Fingers crossed for you. My wife is settling in very well, she's just eaten 99.99% of an oversized English breakfast! Haha brilliant! You'll have her watching Ant & Dec and xfactor in no time! Glad to hear its going w...

Glad to see so many people are getting things quicker than expected! Well done bannoi, sp84, white lightning et al. Hey tigerram, I haven't gotten anything back yet haha! I wish! ... I'm almost finished my 3rd month of waiting on my RN, so I still have some time left yet! Hope the wife is settling ...

chaoclive wrote:
I mean the visa for a non-EU spouse moving to ROI. At least that option still will stand after the UK referendum.

Aahh OK thank you! That's true.

That story sounds familiar!! Don't worry...there's always the Irish spouse visa as another option! Hey Clive! Just to clarify the Irish spouse visa ... is this when an Irish citizen, living in the UK, applies for a spouse visa for their non-EU citizen? ... Which under the new proposals would mean h...

I'm sure everyone here is following the news closely and if your anything like me probably feeling sick to your stomach. So the referendum will take place on 23rd June. If we stay in David Cameron has struck a deal. The part that concerns me most is that UK can deny free movement of eu national and...

Hi sp84, yeh i got a tracking number and i have been checking it each day but no update since the 10th February. My husband is from Turkey. Yeh i really want to get the ball rolling asap but like everything to do with immigration it isnt an easy or fast process. It will be nice to hopefully look ba...

Yeh I'm unsure it would make it any faster either but worth the try. If they are on there case every week they may just decide to process it to stop the call, wishful thinking on my part I think Wish my Irish passport card would hurry up I applied on the app last Tuesday so hoping it won't be much ...

I'm applying from northern Ireland so the sdlp office are going to call for me being a nationalist party they are keen to have people renouncing British citizenship. When it's constantly being talked about on the news it is worrying. Haha funny you should say that - I was going to write in my last ...

Hi RJF1979, when are you getting married? I spoke to my solicitor yesterday as I was feeling concerned about proposals and the referendum, his reply to me was "Draft proposals are aimed at British nationals doing surinder singh, you are going to be an Irish national so it would not impact you, I wo...

Just to let everyone know, I received my RN in 4.5 months and my wife got her EEA last week in only 7 days. She'll be here by the end of the month. Waiting for the RN is the worst, I really feel your pain, but stick with it and make sure you have all your other documents ready and good to go so tha...

Hi all! Well, our news, we got our EEA family permit in 4 working days! we were shocked... haha.. but very happy! So we are flying to the UK in March 2016,. All scary now that it's finally happening, but happy we are able to go over before any "changes" take place. Happy to hear everyones good news...

My renunciation arrived today 13th it was dated the 8th. I posted my application on 15/09/15 it arrived back 13/02/16 so just short of 5 months. That's the first hurdle cleared now for the next one :) Brilliant Bannoi! The time frame for getting them back seems to be complete pot luck - I am glad t...

Thanks to common sense amongst Manila cfo staff, my wife is currently halfway here on a plane. We are delighted. Technically they could have made us wait two to three months. But we explained the european law was changing so they moved to issue the CFO sticker and cert just using our courier receip...

This was on the BBC website this evening, it appears an hour or so ago, regarding a release of documents today: The documents issued by the European Council on Tuesday briefly restate the broad areas of negotiation set out last week, including proposed limits on the payments of migrants' benefits, ...

Hey chaoclive! Good to hear from you! (I sent you a PM last week, not sure if you got it or not)? I didn't want to mention you by name without having permission. Aahh I never even thought of sending a copy of my passport picture page - I made a point of saying in my cover letter though that the Iri...

I will be able to send wedding cert, photos joint bank account and I'm on the Turkish rental agreement aswel so perhaps visa stamps won't be needed I also held residency for a year which I can include also. Hoping nothing changes between now and September . Going by current timescales I reckon it w...

I will be able to send wedding cert, photos joint bank account and I'm on the Turkish rental agreement aswel so perhaps visa stamps won't be needed I also held residency for a year which I can include also. Hoping nothing changes between now and September . Going by current timescales I reckon it w...

Hi sp84. I thought I would need to include the visas iv had on my British passport for proof of genuine relationship? Aaahhh OK, now I get you! I'm not sure to be honest - I planned on using wedding photos, general photos and as I am living with my wife already overseas - I have proof of shared add...

Hi all. My irish passport has finally arrived and I am now waiting on my irish passport card so that i can send this away with RN. Can I ask, will photocopies of my visa's for entry to turkey from my british passport be ok for the eea family permit application or do I need to have the photocopies w...

Hi everyone I hope all is well with you all.. What is happening with David Cameron eu deal, I've seen on the news and the papers the PM wants the referendum on the 23rd of June I hope not because I'm waiting on my RN.. SP84 I'm the same as you I'm on my 3rd month on the 20th of Feb What is the jist...

Hi sp84 Feeling a bit down myself at the moment especially after reading the Draft declaration of the European Commission on issues related to the abuse of the right of free movement of persons. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/president/pdf/free-movement_pdf/ I am really unsure h...