There are 2 issues. 1) Your spouse needs a visa. While this is unfair, its a current fact. The Irish Stamp 4 residency card is not a residency card according to Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC, and so the German authority are correct in requiring your husband to apply for a visa. This issue cann...
Ben: I thought it was pretty ambiguous and open to interpretation in the Directive itself, but the 2 documents (Guidance on Directive 2004/38/EC, Guide to Directive 2004/38/EC) are both pretty clear on what is meant. (i.e. the rules apply to all non-EU spouses of EU citizens) What I'm not sure about...
I agree 100% with what you are saying Acme, but I just don't know how to get the German (or other EU) Embassies to listen when it comes to standing in their offices citing the Directive. We've been here before and it ended up in a standoff of either "produce the documentation, or get no visa". We en...
FYI: I complained to Solvit about this, and this is what they said: The Irish SOLVIT Centre have consulted with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding your SOLVIT complaint. The Department of Justice have informed us that a Stamp 4 and a Stamp 4EUFAM are both considered a resid...
I did see them telling students who came in that they wouldn't be dealt with until 9AM all right. They were sent away from the ticket desk without a number until after 9. We stood in the queue for GNIB at 8:30 and got a ticket number at around 8:50 (we were 8th in queue). The queue for numbers went ...
I'd recommend arriving at 7:00 to get a number at 7:30 when the door opens. It depends on which queue you are joining. The queue for GNIB was pretty quick but the queue for Visas etc. at the INIS desks were very slow. Hubbie called in at 10:30AM 2 wks ago, waited 2 hrs to be told there were no numbe...
When did you apply? My wife applied in last Oct.09. I see that some people got very quickly and for other it took long time. My husband applied in early Nov 2009. Not a word since receiving the reference number. Those last 2 entries with the really short times just came in this week. They are shock...
No, not personally. We're also waiting for that stage. From what I've read in other threads here, it seems to be Tax details (P60 / P45 / End of Year Tax Details). I'm not sure how relevant these are for Spouses of Irish citizens as they are not being considered due to employment status in the count...
Folks, Does anyway know what is timeframe for getting naturalisation approval for spouses of Naturalised Irish citizens. I applied for my wife last year (Sept.09) and wondering whether her application will be in the same queue of regular applications or will it be fasttracked. Also, what documents,...
Brilliant. Thanks Acme. I have those printed out and highlighted ready to submit. I just don't know how far we can push it considering we need the visa so we can travel at the end of June. This is his 4th time applying at the German Embassy and each time they have required proof of hotel and flight ...
Thanks for attaching that thread acme! Yeah it's mind boggling they way they make the Directives so ambiguous. I intend to enclose the Directive with a cover letter requesting a MultiEntry visa citing the 9 previous Schengens (showing intent to travel), Spouse of Irish Permit (showing reason to trav...
I think what is more out of line is people being villified and racially taunted by a particular member, because of the colour of their skin or nationality. Where has this been done in this thread? There is only 1 post by IrishTom in this thread and it relates to figures and his speculation on them....
One cannot dispute or deny the fact that Tom is a total disgrace to the vast majority of Irish people. He possesses attributes, which i was unable to find in the vast majority of the citizen of that host nation, when i lived there. Therefore substituting the Irish from his name, should be interpret...
You would had you read the reports on organisations that have been found to be advertising for Marriages of Convenience in those countries. Then I would understand a post about the adverts but not how many people from this country marry from another country. It's irrelevant. It's also dearly belove...
I don't get the point of comparing what nationality marry which nationality other than to get MickTom in a tizzy. You would had you read the reports on organisations that have been found to be advertising for Marriages of Convenience in those countries. And who is mickTom? I sincerly hope you aren'...
Just wondering if the new EU Visa Code will have any actual effect on Schengen Visa applications for non-EU spouses of European citizens. My husband (Indonesian) has a stamp 4 (spouse of Irish) permit to live in Ireland since 2006. He's had 8 Schengen Visas in the last 4 years, each requiring 2 visi...
For what it's worth, I submitted police clearance cert's with the citizenship application including one from the Gardai. It was issued from Phoenix Park Garda HQ (obtained via local Gardai office) not the Tipperary office. The citizenship section said they would not accept these certificates as they...
You could read a lot into the stat's in that document. It's also interesting to note that Latvians and Poles are listed in nearly every row of that document: Indian: 36 marriages to Latvians Ukraine: 30 marriages to Latvians Russia: 27 marriages to Latvians Nigerian: 16 marriages to Latvians Moldova...
Any current experiences from people or advice on when is best to go to GNIB. Husband has been queing there for 3 hrs already and still hasn't been given a number. Is it better to go at 7AM when they close, or perhaps later in the evening?
it takes as long as it takes. it can take up to 5 years going by past figures. for some examples check out this spreadsheet to see how the 146 people who entered their details there are getting on: http://www.editgrid.com/user/scrudu/citizenship_apps
I don't think its got anything to do with race, colour etc. Its because of their LEGAL STATUS. The same would occur if the non national was American who has no entitlement to Irish/EU citizenship (i wonder though) If you look at INIS, it has, for years made its position very clear on this position....
One last note to you Irish Tom, because it actually makes my skin crawl to have to even talk to you.... WHY THE F**K ARE YOU ON THIS FORUM?!?!?!?!?!?! IT IS MEANT FOR ADVISING PEOPLE, NOT CRITICISING IMMIGRANTS AND PROVIDING STATISTICS TO PROVE HOW MUCH YOU HATE IMMIGRATION!!! GET A LIFE WILL YE!!!...
Yes, maybe someone with the financial wherewithal to take such a case on will do so eventually. There have been quite a few posters on this site already who had their visa app's refused for various reasons. What's more frustrating, is that once a spouse of an Irish citizen is granted the Stamp4 they...
