jesus you must be around a lot of idiots then. a majority of Irish citizens are pro europe, the euro polls will show this. never mind, shouting is all they can do, no substance when they are challenged about their ill formed views. Definitely not an educated elite, but if I had an euro for every ti...
I was informed by our solicitor that the Department of Justice through it's solicitors have offered us a full 5year E.U FamStamp4, in return for our agreeing that they are not at fault and a confidentiality agreement. They also agreed only to a limited amount for our solicitors fees...this seems to...
if they do change the "rules", does anyone know if couples who have already been rejected (and received stamp 3) can re-apply? It'd be stupid if they do this... They already have everything in record, if they just request people that had already sent their paperwork to send it again - mea...
Thats pretty much what it is. I think its funny when you run across those irish types that seem to think that Ireland is the "richest" country in the world. Where did they get that? Tis a good country, don't get me wrong - but the processes and procedures are in the dark ages. Example: Do...
By the way, the reference number of my complaint is: 2007/4857 SG(2007) A/8611 If you write the Commission or log a complaint online, feel free to quote it. To reiterate: My complaint was recorded by the Head of Unit of the Directorate C (Civil Justice, Rights and Citizenship) as a confirmed issue d...
Hi All I am non-Eu citizen and my wife has Italian citizenship…We are sorting out the documents to apply for UE1, but Its been very hard to get information through the GNIB office. The documents on the UE1 form are not the same shown on the internet etc etc. My wife has never lived in am UE count...
Im surprised you are more worried about being unpopular than apply pressure on the Irish government. Hope it works out for you both, and your wife gets well! :) If it comes to gathering public support, last thing I want to seem is someone just trying to get their own situation sorted by screwing ot...
She doesn't actually have to go through with it. The Irish American lobby seems to have Bertie Ahern's ear and if she wrote to them that she would do her best to get them arrested in the U.S unless they can convince Ahern to change his government's policy regarding her situation in Ireland. Yeah, b...
It's got the inbreeding and corruption but at least your entire salary doesn't go to buying a house and the drink is cheap in Alabama. Drink wasn't all that cheap actually, their tax was pretty step. Probably cheap ER than here if nothing else due to the dollar-euro rate though :D Property prices a...
Damages have been sought in a number of recent judicial review "leave" cases where EU residency has been refused. It would be important in these cases to be able to show actual damages. Well, I think a year of inactivity is damage enough - No income produced means that we had to manage on...
These letters have been sent to people since june I think (check these forums), but until now nobody has figured out what criteria the GNIB is using to decide whether someone is getting this stamp or not.... We've asked the Immigrant Cpuncil about this, and they had no clue, they even denied exista...
I got a response from the Head of Unit from the Citizenship and Fundamental Rights Directorate in the EU on behalf of Mr. Frattini. He indeed confirmed in a written missive that this Regulation 3 (2) was out of line with community laws and asked me for a copy of the letter I got from the DoJ with th...
Anyone else got letters like this one? Your case sounds very similar to mine, but I got denied a few months ago without any offer for stamp 4 - Wonder if they've changed the policy and it'd be worth heading to the Garda...
Why don't you get marry in US (as i heard it could be done in 24 hours) and then come to ireland with Irish spouse and go to GNIB for stamp 4. (that is one of the option if you want to avoid waiting so long) Yep, when we got married we went in the morning and acquired the license - went for lunch a...
Kazana, you are giving out information which is completely out of date and may have been only relevant a few years ago. Unless the couple had been living in another E.U state before moving to Ireland they will be treated as complete 'pariahs and undesirables' by the Irish Government. Correct. Unles...
JAJ wrote: Has your wife looked into getting Italian citizenship by marriage?
Yep, we're working on that as well as an alternative. Papers are already sent, but I'm not sure of all the works for that process, nor how long it takes.
* EU-Country of worker: Italy
* Non-EEA country of spouse: USA
* Date of application for residence card for spouse: January 10th 2007
* Approved, Denied, or Pending (if approved/denied, supply date): Denied.
Dear Mr. Frattini, I urgently appeal to you to take action and direct the European commission to address this issue and direct the Irish government to issue a residence card to my Spouse, XXXXX. XXXXX was born and has citizenship in the United States of America, but has been forced to live with me ...
8. Organised letter writing backed by phone, fax and e-mail to Vice President in charge of Justice, Freedom and Security, Franco Frattini 9. Organised group use of the SOLVIT system to force them to act more strongly on the issue On point 8 we're working on a template in another thread. I tried wit...
Here's a sample... To:Vice President Franco Frattini EUROPEAN COMMISSION B-1049 BRUSSELS From: Your name, Address Sub: Residence Cards for non E.U spouse of E.U citizen in Ireland. Dear Mr.Frattini, this letter is to complain against the Irish interpretation of the Free Movement of Labour regulatio...
Website from the European commission listing the various options available to someone whose rights as an European National have been violated by Ireland. http://ec.europa.eu/ireland/general_information/legal_information_and_eu_law/enforcement/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/frat...
