Can you provide some dates as to when you applied? As others have said, the reference number on the letters from DOJ are the key to finding out what is going on with your application. Applying for naturalisation and citizenship means the same thing, so don't worry there. Applications that were sent ...

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know.. i got this from Scrudu's XLSheet - this is as per Applicant who's a Spouse of irish cit...

Or would you consider moving to be with him for a number of months? At this stage you need to offer more evidence to show that it is a "real" marriage and not just one on paper. Going to live together would add weight to your application.

i believe the decision is made within 12 months and it's usually the refusal. then all the appeals start that take years due to the possibility to appeal higher each time the decision is negative. [/quote] It's an absolute joke that we have asylum seekers waiting for 5 years to close out on cases. ...

Bigamy is illegal in Ireland and your husband could be prosecuted under those laws. According to Irish law your husband was not "free" to marry again. I'm guessing by the law of the country he remarried in, he was either free to do so there, or didn't provide details of his marriage in Ireland. You ...

I am just sooooo frustrated with SOLVIT now. It's been a month now, and all they have managed to do is provide out of date information and ask irrelevant questions that are actually already covered in the complaint letter (e.g. have you complained to the DE embassy already, did they answer, when do ...

Does your visa sticker "must be accompanied by EU spouse"? That was written on my husbands German Schengen Visas. In this case you shouldn't be able to travel without your spouse. Having said that, any time we entered Germany we entered separately (EU and non EU queues) and an officer never asked to...

Nomad81 wrote:Does anyone here know what time the queues start? I read on another forum that I should start queuing at 3:30 am, but I would say that's overkill.

queues start before 7AM. If you arrive at 7 you should get in. Doors open at 7:30 for the desks at 8:00

Update: I emailed INIS and got a quick reply :D telling me my current permission to remain will not change with separation and that when my visa is due to expire I should write to them beforehand and explain- email said circumstances would be taken into consideration, although I know that's not a g...

The MRCI defines a Stamp 4 as the following: Stamp 4 indicates that the person is entitled to work without a work permit. It is issued to people on work visas/work authorisations, and also to, e.g., spouses of Irish and EU citizens, refugees, people with Irish Born Child residency, people with long ...

Wisco: I don't think you have any rights to stay on in Ireland if you are seperated from your wife. On the DoJ website it says There are no rights of retention of residence in the event of separation/divorce. As your current rights to reside (Stamp4) were based on your marriage to your Irish spouse,...

EU Visa Code The Regulation will allow third-country nationals holding a long-stay "D" visa issued by a Member State to move freely in the territory of Member States for 90 days in any 180-day period, under the same conditions as the holder of a residence permit. [/b] Chaper 4, Article 24 [/url]sta...

hi every body just want to share the views with you .how long it will take to get irish citizenship based marriage to eu citizens ,workpermit,working visa.because i found out its much quicker compare to last 2 years .i heard processing time is under 20 months .is it true .please share your views . ...

It's the safer option yes. At least you get done quickly that way. otherwise you could be in waiting for a few hours later and still not get seen!

Hi guys, my timeline: applied mid oct 2007 additional docs send like birth and marriage affidates march 2009 social welfare report send on jan 2010 approval on 20 april 2010 oath on 6 MAY 2010,sent documents same day to department cetificate arrived on 18 MAY 2010 applied for passport 19 MAY 2010 p...

haven't heard anything about it changing in the last few weeks. Yes that info is correct apart from the fact you have to go to the GNIB office on Burgh Quay not Garda station on O'Connell St. As you are not from a visa required country it's all pretty straight forward.

Yes you would have to fill in that information. You are still married to her, so still have to give info. It would be the same on any other legal documents.

Acme: Thanks again so much for that link. I'll quote that when replying to them.

I agree it's mad that they didn't include details about family members in the new EU Visa code. It's getting more and more convoluted to try to figure out which law or code as precedence over the other.

One person from the EditGrid list quoted the following: "Oath on May 20th to Cert June 8th"

Updated response from SOLVIT: The Irish SOLVIT Centre understands that Directive 2004/38/EC does not deal with the rules in granting a Schengen visa. The key documents regulating the issuing of Schengen visas are the Common Consular Instructions .OJ C313. Please see link below for Common Consular In...

sideshowsue wrote:I can only wonder who is this Irish national who was able to speed through his/her spouse's approval in only 4 months. Nepotism and special privileges, alive and thriving.

Maybe hold off jumping to conclusions when you know absolutely nothing about the details of the application?

Aha thanks SideshowSue, I hadn't noticed that it was an old thread that had been resurrected. Still there are a few people who have reported processing times of well below the times given by the DOJ, e.g. : Grounds of application | App Date | Dec Date | Duration Spouse of Irish Citizen Jan-10 May-10...

Why are people finding it so surprising that she got her citizenship if she applied in March 2007? That is 3 yrs 3 mths ago which is way above the current 24-30 mths the DOJ is quoting. From the citizenship tracker lots of people from 2007 have had their applications approved, as have a bunch from 2...

acme4242 wrote:Here is the follow-up correspondence between the
Commission and the Irish Authorities on that Petition you linked to in your post

http://acme.posterous.com/reply-from-irish-perm

Download letter from Commission >here< and reply from Irish >here<

Brilliant. Thanks for the Refs Acme!

In short, if the Guidelines of the Directives were followed only passports and Marriage Cert should be required. >> I'm following up with Solvit on this one again. Update on this one. I received the following response from Solvit: Dear Ms X, Could you please clarify if your spouse has made an appli...