You can apply for both and it will create no additional problems. Some people do not wish to become Irish citizens and they would prefer this route, however they would not be prevented from applying for citizenship if they were to change their mind in the future.
Well I believe that with the slowdown in the economy, and with departmental budget cuts coming, it dosent take a gunius to work out where the cuts will be made. SO EXPECT EVEN MORE. REDTAPE, DELAYS, and whatever they can come up with to slow the process down. Ironically the citizenship department t...
You have a better chance in the UK because they have a much larger call centre industry (despite most of them relocating to India). It has become much more difficult to obtain work permits in Ireland. If you have a large number of years of experience you could go the green card route. Managerial pos...
Regarding the website.. a couple of years ago there was a website that advised people not to move to Canada and contained a large amount of testimonials, their problem was that PhD graduates were driving taxis etc I also recalled that they got quite a bit of attention as a result. You dont need to m...
As a side note, the pound has depreciated significantly against the euro, perhaps this is making them nervous so they start issuing new coins. The main problem here is tit for tat child like behaviour in not recognising visas and resident permits. All visas/resident permits issued by all EU/EEA memb...
The most important thing to look at is whether she held Dutch nationality at any stage in the past because there are simplified naturalisation procedures in such cases. You will need to ask a Dutch lawyer to help, unless you can read Dutch and trawl through the legislation. Like most countries Dutch...
The people who make those kind of statements about legal immigrants are the very same people you will find in the dole queue, along with the likes of white van drivers!
I suggest all US citizens who live in Ireland should contact their Senators to inform them of how poorly they are treated in Ireland and that NO special deal should be made for the illegal Irish. Also, cutting a deal for 50 000 Irish and leaving the 10 million Mexicans to continue sufferring the sam...
ca.funke your proposals are completely unrealistic and the Schengen signatories will never allow the UK and Ireland to cherry pick the benefits of Schengen. Suggesting that people should still be checked goes 100% against the whole purpose of Schengen. Travelling by boat from a Schengen country, you...
Those who get interrogated tend to be the ones that looks suspicious (according to simplistic profiling) ie non-white, its sad but true. To be safe just carry one of your passports even though its inconvenient. I dont think they would put up a fight if you tell them youre Irish.
New decentralised offices of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) open in Tipperary Town The operations of the Citizenships Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) have today commenced in the decentralised location of Tipperary Town. The decentralisation...
Reality is that France, UK, Holland ... want both highly skilled migrants from the full world and low skilled migrants only from white east Europe ... The irony is that now Romania, Poland ... will have to import massively low skilled workers from non-white countries and the kids of these migrants ...
It is time for the US multinationals to pull out of Ireland, move those jobs back to America and take the skilled immigrants along. The government will then hopefully get their act together.
Ireland is a banana republic, its really not worth the pain!
After going through the University system in Ireland and the Netherlands I can say that the Irish education system is hyped up to be something that it is not. Trinity College is the only one I would recommend. I just feel overall studying in Ireland represents very poor value for your money and on t...
The citizenship issue shows how incompetent and inept the Irish government is. They're obsessed with countries like the Netherlands who have large foreign born naturalised citizens, and the Irish government obviously is very afraid of the same thing happening here. No minister for justice wants to b...
I recommend Canada, Australia, US if you're an international student. Irish universities are all sufferring from severe budget cuts and I think that it is bad value for money to study in Ireland compared to the countries mentioned above. Also, Canada has recently made it much more favourable because...
Well, spoke with a good lawyer. He said that they are not a citizens of Romania because in the years they left the country the Romania goverment took their passport away. He said that its possible to re gain citizenship. I will need to learn the languge and it will take 2-3 years. The question now ...
To: joesoap101 I understand and appreciate your point about bringing individual cases to TD or DoJ.... But even though if they'll act on that/those specific case/s, its still not gonna solve the ROOT CAUSE i.e. waiting for almost 3years for thousands who are in the same boat. Well that is exactly m...
What you actually need to do is go to your local TD and get him to ask Brian Lenihan the progress of individual cases, to which he has to reply in the parliament. I think this will work better than merely telling your local TD how woeful the service is. Eventually he will get tired of the questions ...
It is not possible to qualify for the undergraduate 'free fees' scheme unless you are an Irish or EU national or a recognised refugee. If you have paid tax for the last 3 years and have been resident in the EU for the last 3 years you qualify for the EU fees rate which is significantly reduced but s...
Im not sure why your wife left the US but you are taking big risks because she is a conditional resident. Is it not a requirement that you live as husband and wife at the same address to have conditional residence removed and granted permanent residence? In this case you wont be able to do that.
Spousal permits are much easier to obtain because they dont require a labour market test, you can get one for any job and the application is free. Your wife should emphasize the fact that spousal permits are a mere formality and that she will do most of the form filling if they wish because employer...
As far as I am aware benefit eligibility is not based on nationality and rather on the number of PRSI contributions you have made. You will however have to show that you are entitled to work in Ireland and given the residence card this should not be a problem. It is explained here: http://citizensin...
You could take a chance and leave, because chances are they wont look at your documents for 2 years. However, if they realise that you were not in the country its almost certain they will deny the application and you are potentially exposing yourself to a fine/imprisonment- however its likely that t...
"Minister for Integration Conor Lenihan said last week that Ireland would have to "fight hard" to retain migrants at a time of global competition for skilled workers." "The bureaucracy of the past needs to be swept aside and our laws made easier for migrants to negotiate, if they can establish a goo...
