RAT == Refugee Appeals Tribunal

looks like a bad joke

HamzaCork wrote:I have recieved my CoN today, however I am missing my GNIB card , as the only documents they have sent is (CoN , recipt of payment €950 , my Birth Affidavit

yes, you will never see your GNIB card again - Irish citizen does not need one.

enjoy your new status now

Crozier wrote: but we also have her daughter from Hong Kong living with us now for the past year

I presume her daughter is under 18 yo.
Check Form9 - she must be present in state (Ireland) for 3 years before applying.

Trinx wrote: aquiring visa at passport control in the airport?

NO, there is no such thing. He has to apply for Irish visa (D-type) at his country of residence.

alpha_1 wrote: This 6 month time frame for naturalization is nowhere near.

according to mr shatter, the backlog will be processed by the end of *next* summer.
only then it will be 6 months.

dory wrote: Did they ask you over the phone whether you're available or not?

they sure did

horay ! just got a call from INIS - 29July it is
(formal invitation to follow)

payment submitted on 11/07.

aim wrote:
I had sent my dd for 950, Garda and photos on 13th July.... Anybody in similar situation?

yep, in the same boat - they said "we got a backlog of _approved_ applications" .
laugh&cry

Arrived as minor 10 years ago,
had stamps 2A and 2 for the last 4 years.

Applied: May 2009
Extra docs: May 2011 (P21, sent without request)
Approval letter: July 2011

Also, I have noted that the Dept gives quicker decision if they are aware that a student is being prejudicied - having to pay higher fees, because of the delay. so I would recommend you send them a letter explaining this, and enclosing a copy of your college's account for fees, and I think this ...

HamzaCork wrote: I applied in April 2010
No additional Documents requested
Applied on the basis of 5 years IT working visa
Recieved Long Term Residency in January 2011
Reiceved this Yellow form of today.

Congrats, HamzaCork.

Looks like your LTR made the trick - no new checks with Garda or SW.

Southern_Sky wrote:Stamp 4, then you don't require permission for holding multiple jobs simultaneously.

not exactly, true .
ICT Stamp 4 require one to be an employee.
yes, you can get a second job, even as self employed/contractor, but only in IT.

walkindublin wrote: And am wondering if its okay for me to have a second (part-time) job in Non-IT sector?

yes, only if you get a workpermit for that.
on practice, only revenue will be chasing you to get taxes.
your (second) employer may get into trouble employing you without a workpermit.

...there is a backlog of 60k (16k?) applications for garda vetting. In early 2011, the Garda Vetting Unit is going to under immense pressure because the Census of Population is taking place in April 2011 and the Central Statistics Office will be recruiting 5,000 field staff, which all will need to ...

hiya! ...I came into the country in 2002 as a minor to join family ... My parents recently got naturalised but the problem is that i am now of full age and will have to fill the form 8 form for my application as i am not a minor anymore. ...Every member of my family are naturalised except me. Plus ...

HOTSPURS wrote:... so, the garda report continues to be a bottleneck in the process...

Newstalk FM have reported this morning - there is a backlog of 60k (16k?) applications for garda vetting. not only immigrants are in a queue - teachers and people of medical professions too.

victor8600 wrote:€10. Some people said they paid like €30, but that is a rip-off.

it is 10 euro per document, so it can easily be 30 - application, birth cert affidavit, marriage cert affidavit.

strongbow wrote:@misterindia, your timelines seem to indicate approval in less than 2 years!! This is good going!!

He is a spouse of Irish citizen - http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 151#181151

fatty patty wrote: this was sent a while back and i still havent seen any thing mentioned about naturalization times apart from the program culture shock a mere mentioning once r twice.

FYI:
13.01.2010 22:00 Newstalk - Coleman at Large
One lad from South Africa was in studio talking about delays.

got mine today

applied 9/10/2009
signed 14/01/2010
posted 21/01
arrived 22/01

can do anything from Nanette's "DONT" list now

good luck to everyone still waiting

cheer up lads !

someone from Russian forum got through INIS help line today:
his (docs were sent at the end of October) and another 200 certs were printed and sent to Dublin for signature .

should be posted to us before end of January.

I would like to find out the possibility of an 18 year fulltime student whom has been legally living in ireland since 2001 You will be just fine :) just get a attendance letter from every school you were at since 2001 and same from your current college then docs to confirm your status as a full ...

and we have to make a short urgent trip to London. edit: just realized you were talking about return flight ... Hi Tiggs, <cut/> I also found that on return flight non-EU queue (the one called 'ALL PASSPORTS) goes much faster as there are very few non-EU passengers on flights within EU. Good luck!

doing leaving cert on stamp 3 ? that's a bit unusual ...

you certainly may go to any college (provided you have enough money)
... when enrolled , visit your nearest GNIB and get your stamp 2 .

8k per year - looks like EU fees already.
you wan't get any lower than that,
even if your son gets an Irish passport while at college - fee paying status can not be changed.