Unless she overstayed her visa.

Dont even contemplate that.

My girlfriend is in Ireland on a holiday visa which expires early January. According to the visa rules she can not extend her stay. She should have had type D, long stay visa. More info in here @ http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000157 http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Information%20on%20Compl...

You will also note that EU citizens are excluded from the fingerprinting plans. That is because it is not legal to require them to provide the fingerprints unless you require your own nations to provide it. Their families have the same protection I expect all non- EU to be fingerprinted (at GNIB) r...

They can only fingerprint the family of EU citizens living in Ireland if Irish citizens also are required to be fingerprinted...

Hmmm,!
Where did you find that one?

Irish Examiner.
Link wont work,thats why I could not post it.
Google the title and will come up.

THE fingerprinting of all non-EU nationals living and working in Ireland will begin early next year with the roll-out of a new hi-tech print-taking and identification system. The automated system takes digital images of fingerprints and replaces the traditional paper and ink method. It allows for m...

I hope this explains things a little better.

OK.

I was under impression that one can apply for a permanent residence after 5 years of continious residence , regardless which stamp 4 one may have.

I think what he was trying to say was that with the two year stamp4 permit they might decide not to renew it... That is very unlikely. On what grounds they could do that!? :? So how did one get it?Which law applies there then? I have read while back that some "national law" applies.Havent got the l...

Hmm...OK.

doesn't mean that you have given permmission to remain in Ireland coz you are married to EU

So how did one get it?Which law applies there then?


I still dont get argument put by Lex that after 5 years one can have a problems asking for a permanent residence.Thats what I was getting at.

Oh... OK. If they dont accept that you are legally resident here under EU law then you may have problems getting permanent residence here in 5 years time as you will not be able to produce evidence that you were legally resident here under EU Treaty Rights.. So,under which law you`get 2 year stamp t...

Permanent Residence - EU citizens and their family members may apply, respectively, for a Permanent Residence Certificate or Permanent Residence Card after they have resided for a continuous period of 5 years in Ireland. The new status of permanent residence for EU citizens and their family members...

We would like bring some change to the system and call the government's attitude to account.

Good luck mate!

We were offered an out of court settlement by the DOJ to drop our case against them by offering us the same 'dodgy' 2 year stamp 4...I don't know if this stamp 4 is something they just made up on the spur of the moment to keep us quiet, and how reliable it can be in a couple of year's time when it ...

answer before the 3 months

No chance of that happening.

Knowing that Israeli citizens can automatically get a 3 months tourist visa.

I think thats the only visa you can get.
All other stamps/visas are at DOJ/GNIB.

she has been approved for a Stamp 4 for a period of 2 years

Congrtas!

I can not have it untill we get married

Thats the whole point.You have to prove that you are indeed married.

It will also take 5 years to obtain a divorce in Ireland - I know that's terribly pessimistic

They aint married yet

You could always travel with a new and old passport,my wife had done that in the past.
She has also transfered stamps without me being present.
But as you know there is no guarantees with these people.

schwdhry : How can someone get a Stamp 4 visa? You can not. Case you refering to is diferent to yours.They were applying before this EU1 thing and got extension and his partner is non visa national. http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=119611&highlight=#119611 Out of interest where did ...

geoffsinclair wrote:Countries like, India, China, Arab and African nations should issue travel advisories to their own people based on these findings..

Yeah.Some parts of the world you just mentioned are beacons of freedom. Religious and facial tolerance they provide should be envy of us Europeans.

Botvot:

As I don't understand your question I'll give you my timeline:

Thanks.
I just wanted confirmation of the steps you`ve taken.

bovot wrote I went to GNIB in Jan to get a stamp 4 renewal Date of application for residence card for spouse: 01 Feb 2007 Approved, Denied, or Pending (if approved, supply date of approval): Pending Got it renewed for 1 year again until Apr 08. You applied with EU1 but got the renewed in the meanti...

streamlined naturalisation process such as the one in the UK.

That is only recently that they improved service(3-4 years).
I`d waited 22 months from the moment I applied till I got my passport prior to that.

Does anyone know about the Kumar case ( Supreme court)decision?

That takes time,few weeks if not months.