I would say that until you hold an Irish passport in your hand, the fee for the GNIB card for your spouse will not be reduced.

as your wife is not irish, you have to wait until you complete 5 years on stamp 4 / EUFAM before you qualify to apply for naturalisation. You will still have to renew your current permission when it expires in 2013 by applying for EU3 or EU1. You also have an option to change your permission to resi...

it's a standard reply, meaning that it could take 6 months or it could take longer, lets say 12 months

I would say that you have to wait another year. then lets say a month before your stamp expires, try to renew your permission with stamp 4. that way, you will covered, and can submit your application exactly a year after your jan 2013 stamp without any gaps. or you can apply for long term residency ...

once your husband starts employment, he will register his employment with Revenue and will be issued a tax credit certificate, which he then can submit with EU1 form

people mainly went for Stamp 5, because it is valid till the expiry of the passport. lets say passport is valid for 10 years, so Stamp 5 covers you for 10 years and you dont have to renew your stamp and pay for the GNIB card every year, which is 300 Euros now

if you application is based on de facto with irish national, i am not sure if you can consider yourself as having stamp 4 while waiting. If you are in de facto relationship with an EU citizen other than Irish, then you should receive a temp stamp 4 shortly if you and the EU citizen satisfy the condi...

well, it's possible that back in 2010 they did not check the 'character' whether you have been good or bad. that's why you were granted stamp 5. but if they checked now and something came up, i am not sure how it will be dealt with. by the way, with a drink driving conviction you would have a proble...

are you an asylum seeker and still waiting for your application to be processed? if not, what is your current situation, what kind of permission do you have.

if you want to renew your stamp 5, you have to send them ORIGINAL passports.

i believe it can be done anonymously, like for the social welfare anonymous reports about people claiming and working for example (cheating the system). you can just write in a letter to Eu treaty Rights section if the marriage is with the EU citizen or to Spouse of irish national section if it rela...

Simple : if you can produce all the required documents in relation to your EU citizen spouse's residence and exercise of EU treaty Rights. Complicated: you have no documents in relation to the EU citizen's residence and exercise of Eu treaty rights; EU citizen did not live and work in ireland at all...

Retention should take a few months to process. It depends on how complicated or simple your case is.
When applying for PR in November you will get a temp stamp 4 for 6 months until the decision is issued.

if your divorce is finalised, you have to apply NOW to EUTR for Retention Form EU5.
then when you complete your 5 years (nov 2013), you can apply for naturalisation, and apply for permanent residence Form EU3 (10 years) in your own right, if granted Retention.

passport is issued for 10 years

I believe, that you can submit EU1 as soon as you have all the required documentation as long as the EU citizen is exercising EU Treaty Rights. You can drop the application in the box in Burgh quay, but that will get looked after with the rest of the applications. I believe in takes a month to get y...

I think it would be a standard thing. However, the next stages are much slower and can take a year, so don't expect to get the decision shortly.

I think on Fridays they are open till 4pm only. But the last tickets may be gone prior to that.

there would be a team that deals with payments, fees and certicates being issued (post approval)

If you reside in the the republic of ireland, you would satisfy the residence part. However, if you are employed in the northern ireland, you will fail the exercise of EU Treaty rights part, because you are not working in the Republic of Ireland.

No.

it's pretty much correct.
your wife will be issued with a temporary stamp 4 for 6 months allowing her to work.

i would agree that processing of EU3 applications and retentions would take more time than a simple EU1 application. Also the holiday period adds up to it.

If the EU citizen is in employment, the following documents should be provided: Current letter from employer setting out terms and conditions of employment and full contact details for employer AND/OR signed contract of employment Two recent payslips Most recent P60 or Tax Credit Certificate If ren...

I don't think it is done on purpose. It's most likely due to huge amounts of EUTR applications. I think thousands of applicants were granted under metock in 2008 with their permissions backdated to 2007. now they are all applying after 5 years, thus creating the backlog. also just see this board and...