I was almost barred from Lisbon vote By Fiachra O'Cionnaith Monday June 23 2008 AN RTE presenter and anti-racism campaigner who has lived in Ireland for over a decade was almost blocked from voting in the Lisbon Treaty -- because officials claimed she wasn't Irish. Shalini Sinha has claimed she was...
Hi Folks! I, too, am very interested in this topic! As I have recently posted elsewhere, as far as I can see, the so-called Family Permit is nothing other than a 6-month entry visa in sheep's clothing. It is however, nothing like the visa description quoted in vinny's link on the Schengen situation...
I think something OR someone WOKE THE STAFF UP :D @ DoJ .... If its our Letter or Constant pressure on TDs ..... I think we should all KEEP IT UP and shouldn't just sit down ..... or they might go back to SLEEP. I really now hope that DoJ keeps this speed and reduce the waiting time to something rea...
Staying on the Issue.... As you know there is poll everyday in FREE herald am .... Yesterday's poll was relating to the news I posted earlier : Question was : Should Irish illegals in the US get more rights ?? AND GUESS WHAT ???? Toady Poll result Shows : over 70 % thinks YES My question is ..... WH...
LEGAL, HIGH-QUALIFIED, TAX PAYING IMMIGRANTS are waiting 3 years before getting YES or NO on their CITIZENSHIP applications ..... BUT, Take a look at this article from only yesterday’s news: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0526/breaking80.htm These Irish aren’t even legal. HOW HYP...
LEGAL, HIGH-QUALIFIED, TAX PAYING IMMIGRANTS are waiting 3 years before getting YER or NO on their CITIZENSHIP applications ..... BUT, Take a look at this article from only yesterday’s news: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0526/breaking80.htm These Irish aren’t even legal. HOW HYP...
Plight of legal immigrants being ignored http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/plight-of-legal-immigrants-being-ignored-1382690.html?startindex=0#comments Through your daily publication, I would like to shed some light on the plight of thousands of legal immigrants in Ireland who have applied f...
I've been told by my Irish friend (who happens to be a lawyer) that approx 25 member staff is looking after all the thousands of Citizenship Applications AND above all most of this staff is ONLY working between 10:30 - 1300
thanks asrpb for quick reply, i have already hired a lawyer and our TD a frontbencher in opposition is also looking into it. I just want to know is there anything addtional i can do as waiting for a year plus is just too much And is there anyone who knows a case where someone renewed passport in co...
Hello Everyone May be you already know that The new Cabinet was unveiled last evening by Taoiseach Brian Cowen. http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0507/breaking52.htm Agriculture Fisheries and Food - Brendan Smith (Outgoing: Mary Coughlan) Arts, Sport and Tourism - Martin Cullen (Outgoin...
Hello everybody on this helpfull forum, I am indian citizen and living in Ireland legaly for 1 and visa overstay for 3 years, Last oct i got married to my Irish girlfriend who was pregnent 6 month at time of marrige,Now we have a beautifull 3 months baby girl.We applied for my visa to dept of Justi...
Great letter asrpb .. I think it sums it up. I will send your letter myself to my TD, the minister of Justice and the prime minister. I just want to add that people should also send letters expressing their particular circumstances and why it's really difficult for us to wait such a long time. I th...
Has anyone heard anything back from DoJ regarding yet :?: Supposedly they are examining applications received in SEP 05 ..... Also has anyone sent any letters to newspaper/TD or DoJ ???? ..... Would appreciate if you keep everyone here updated with progress & keep the ball rolling ..... Good Luck
So Here the letter ..... I think we are should print individually and send as many copies as many times as we can with our names & ref nos ... what you think ??? send them to your local TD/DoJ or any important leader/person you think might do something. Its easy for minister to Bin one letter si...
I've drafted a letter for TD/Minister of Justice.
Should I just put it up on this thread ?? or we all meet & sign it together ??
BTW I've written it on behalf of all of us
Hi All after feedback from all of you , I will write to them tomorrow. Also since my application is in month as theymention "Sept 05" I will keep all of you posted on the progress. I do hope the update from them on the INIS website about which month application they are processing is true...
To: joesoap101 I understand and appreciate your point about bringing individual cases to TD or DoJ.... But even though if they'll act on that/those specific case/s, its still not gonna solve the ROOT CAUSE i.e. waiting for almost 3years for thousands who are in the same boat. To: ChIrl I totally agr...
Just to add to my point above. I think we should set benchmarks for ourselves as in: 1. How many newspapers are responding?. 2. What kind of replies are we getting (if at all) from TDs?. 3. Are we starting to pop up in the radio?. 4. Did we appear on Prime Time yet? (Just dreaming here). We also ne...
To: PatiencePracticer Thanks buddy for your suggestion. This issue did start in Free Metro few months ago, and I requested people to send in as many letter as they can & keep the ball rolling. I even have scanned copies of couple of pages if you wanna see. This whole thing about Irish lazy attit...
Hi Guys, I agree with both of you.... But don't you think that we should be putting our attention & energy towards sorting the ridiculous time its taking to process citizenship applications :?: If nothing will be done the time frame of 2.5 years , might well be 4-5 years some day..... (BTW it us...
Hi Guys, Those who've applied to become Irish citizens by naturalisation process or have already received the same, can you please advise on the couple of following questions?  Has anyone got approved for citizenship before the lead-time (currently 2.5 years)?  Has anyone had to attend intervi...
Architect's appeal at two-year wait for citizenship By Michael Brennan Political Correspondent Friday February 29 2008 An architect who helped organise Charlie Haughey's funeral has hit out at the delays in processing his citizenship application. Steven Phillips (38), from New Zealand, was one of t...
By looking @ this article, I think my previous post's predictions are coming true :evil: and its now starting to P*** me off. (If DoJ will keep this same attitude towards LTR & Citizenship applications, will people have to wait 5 years (or more) to get citizenship in near future) http://www.inde...
