You'll want to go here and look at form 10 - http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP ... w-to-apply - I do understand money is tight but a good solicitor's advice is worth an awful lot.

Weirdly, I always used the non-EU queue with my wife and daughter (daughter is natural-born Irish citizen) and last time the officer somewhat brusquely said "families with an Irish member use the EU queue)

Application Based On: NonEU (Stamp 1 + Stamp 4 - over 5 years in Ireland) Applied On: 01/04/2019 Application received On: 02/04/2019 Acknowledgement : 08/05/2019 Received passport back and receipt of payment + letter of acknowledgement Second Letter: 14/06/2019 Approval: Pending Date of Ceremony: Pe...

You need to talk to an immigration solicitor.

They only said they hadn't gotten to April yet. Mine was 1st April which I knew was cuting it close but still left 7 weeks until I needed it back to travel.

I just got through to them! Took about 15 tries - note that Google Voice is really helpful for this. They were quite helpful once I got through. One thing to note is that I haven't received a reference number, and they wanted to know the An Post registered mail item number (An Post #######IE etc.) i...

I called about 40 times and either got busy signal or "your call cannot be completed". I don't mind if there's a delay but I need my passport back for a work trip...

I just went to Burgh Quay with my daughter and that was that.