Hi All, I have recently got the Irish Passport through Naturalisation and now I am planning to apply for OCI Card and Indian Visa together (as OCI Card takes 3 months ) , but i do have below doubts -- 1) What type of visa do I need ? Do i need to apply the visa online(EVisa) from https://indianvisao...
Ok so , today i again went to the passport office in Cork and they have accepted the "Date of Birth Certificate" given by Indian Embassy Dublin (took only 2 days to get it from Indian Embassy). Also passport office in cork have kept my Original Birth Certificate as well which was laminated...
Thanks mCGIW for the response. So today i went to Indian Embassy in dublin and have asked them to give me 'Date of Birth Certificate' , they are ok to accept Naturalisation certificate instead of Garda card. Also they clearly said that they cannot attest any document as long as it already attested b...
Ok , so I have just called the Indian embassy in Dublin ( they picked up the call after many attempts) . They said that there are 2 ways of doing this . 1) Firstly your original certificate needs to be attested by the local office from which my birth certificate is issued in India and the it needs t...
Hi All, After my Naturalisation on 26th Apr , today I went to the Passport office here in Cork to apply for Irish Passport, but they are not ready to accept my original birth certificate which is LAMINATED . They said that they cannot accept the Laminated Birth Certificate and it has to be "aut...
Ok so i have just went to the Passport office of Cork and the lady there told me that the fastest way to get the passport if to book an appointment and get your documents checked at the counter. This will be much faster than going through passport express service. So believing her i have booked an a...
Ok so it looks like if it is 20 working days then I believe that there is a high chance that i might miss my flight on 31st May as almost 3000 (not all) might also be applying near the same time . So is there any other faster way of getting the passport .Does anybody have got a fresh passport (1 tim...
Hi mCGIW, Thanks for the reply . Yes i do have Public services card , just got it recently . Is it 20-22 Working days or total number of days ? Also any comment on below doubt-- "Once I get my Irish passport than can i travel to India just by applying Indian visa without cancelling my original ...
Hello All , I have got my Invitation letter for 26th APR ceremony and I am all set to attend that. Just few questions around passport which is the next step after Naturalisation certificate. I have my tickets booked for London on 31st May so I am wondering what is the fastest way to get the Irish pa...
Does anybody have got the invitation letter for next Citizenship ceremony ( now on 26th Apr) .
I have submitted my Garda card / 950 Euro dd on 27th Jan but still haven't got any invitation letter yet.
Hi All, I just want to know about Marriage after getting Irish Citizenship and leaving India citizenship , so if I get an OCI card and then marry a girl from EU so does she/kids also have to apply for Visa every time we visit India or can she/kids also get an OCI being a wife/kid of an OCI card hold...
Hi mCGIW, Thanks for such a detailed and helpful reply. Yes the only problem which i had was that on my passport i didn't had the continuous 5 years of stamp. The reason is that I am in Cork and it around 2 weeks to get the Garda card here, so I had applied before my expiry of card but i got it back...
I have got mine approved on 22 Jan 2016 , I had submitted the application in Sep 2015 . As the next steps I do have few doubts , I hope somebody will be able to help me there. Approval letter said that they need 3 things -- 1) 950 Euros -- No doubt here 2) Garda Card -- So it means if i give them m...
Thanks for replying.. I have my visa valid till June so i think i will be fine by then. I am just not very clear about the next steps here..Below is what I am thinking is going to happen but please correct me. 1) Citizenship ceremony 2) based on certificate Irish Passport - How long does it take to ...
I have got mine approved on 22 Jan 2016 , I had submitted the application in Sep 2015 . As the next steps I do have few doubts , I hope somebody will be able to help me there. Approval letter said that they need 3 things -- 1) 950 Euros -- No doubt here 2) Garda Card -- So it means if i give them my...
Hi All, Around 3 months before I had made an application to INIS (Dublin) for granting me Stamp 4 since my 5 years on General WP were going to complete in June. Side by side I have applied for my Critical Skills WP. So last week I have got my Critical Skills WP for next 2 years and I have went to Ga...
Hi All, Thanks for replying. I will definitely talk to NCP @ Cork but just wondering if I put Issue date of my last Garda Card in place of last stamp from my passport in Residency calculator then will that be acceptable. Also I will attach the copy of my residency history obtained by Garda office 13...
Hi All, As per the requirement to apply for Irish Citizenship , it says that you should have continuous 365 days in the last year before apply and as per the residency calculator it asks you to add all the dates from stamps on your passport.But the problem is that it takes around 2 weeks to get the ...
Your current employer is not renewing your work permit? They can't because of the below 2 reasons -- 1) I am on Contract For Services type Employment Permit , which you can't renew after 5 Years. Below if from DJEI website -- "Applications may be granted for a maximum period of up to 24 months...
Hi All , I have been currently working with the same employer for around 4 Years and 8 Months . I am on Contract for Services Type Employment Permit on all those years , initially i had got 2 years of Work Permit and then a 3 years after renewal. My work permit is expiring on 27-Jun-2015 after 5 yea...
