Time starts counting when I first arrived in Ireland with my partner then? I could swear that it started when I first got my temporary stamp 4 eufam. Are you guys sure about this? According to the application form you need a printout of the citizenship tracker saying you're good to go. When we firs...

Freedom to move and live in Europe - A Guide to your rights as an EU citizen: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/citizenship/docs/guide_free_movement_low.pdf "Acceptable absences Continuity of residence is not affected by the following: • temporary absences not exceeding a total of six months...

Thanks Obie, much appreciated.

Anyone knows an answer to my last question regarding the documents needed?

It could go either way I think.. Technically the visa expires after 6 months of absence if I'm not mistaken, however, the Irish seem to be a pretty relaxed bunch when it comes to that and she might be fine. Probably best to send them an email.

kunfayakun wrote:That is good to hear, by the way where did you get notarise? In Ireland or Brazil?

Somewhere in Dublin. If we would have went to Brazil, we could have gotten the apostille too

Well I am of the view that for Qualifying family members of EU citizens, reconnable residence commences from thee first time they entered the state, even without a stamp. We entered Ireland together that day so doesn't make a difference. Do you know if we have to apply for permanent residence befor...

Obie wrote:Well time will start counting from the time your wife first entered the state in your company.

Thanks.

That would be the 5th of September 2013. That's when she got her first entry stamp in Rosslare.

Thanks ALKB,

We decided in the end that it is the best solution to stay in Ireland and wait for naturalisation here, which is probably less complicated and faster.

Thanks for the answer, though. Much appreciated.

Thanks guys, I know it's a bit late but I'd like to inform that we didn't encounter any problems whatsover. Instead of the apostille, we just got a notary public to notarise the marriage cert and included previous residence cards from the UK and Spain. Stamp 4 has been granted without questions.

Hi guys n gals, I have several questions regarding Irish citizenship. My wife got her first temporary Stamp 4EU FAM in October 2013 expiring 13/05/2014 and on 14/05/2014 the 5 year stamp expiring 02/04/2019 has been granted. The letter stated that they advise to apply for permanent residency about 6...

Oh I thought that Surinder Singh would be applicable in the whole EU now.. thanks

Hi, I am German and currently living and excercising treaty rights in Ireland (together with my Brazilian wife). In case we would want to move to Germany, how would we go about applying under Surinder Singh? As far as I know that way we could live under EU law and wouldn't need a German language tes...

Hi, out of interest: I (German national) have been living in Spain with my Brazilian wife for 2.5 years until August 2013. I have been exercising treaty rights in Gibraltar during the whole time. We are now living in Ireland since September 2013. Since Brazilian nationals may apply for Spanish citiz...

I applied for a PPS last wednesday only with my passport and a letter from my employer stating that I will be full-time employed from next week on and confirming where I'm residing at the moment, as I don't have a proof of address. They did accept that and even let my wife apply in the same run, wit...

Hi everyone, My wife (Brazilian) and me (German) have arrived in Ireland last week via ferry in Rosslare. Instead of the usual 3 months, my wife was given only 1 month to apply via EU1 (by the 5th of October). Our problem now is that our Brazilian marriage certificate and its translation do not have...

Morning everyone, I have contacted the EU treaty rights section regarding our marriage certificate, which has been issued and translated in Brazil. They told me that they simply need an Apostille on it for it to be valid in Ireland and that I should contact the closest Brazilian embassy. The Brazili...

No problem. When entering Ireland, they will actually probably put a stamp on the passport saying that you have 30 days to register with the GNIB. There is little point in doing that as it will cost money and won't change anything for the non EU citizen as they would not give a stamp 4 at this stag...

I'm pretty much in the same situation.. We have a marriage certificate from Brazil in Portuguese, translated into English by a sworn public translator in Sao Paulo. We never got an apostille for it, as we didn't need it for the UK application back then.. Do we need it now for an application via EU1 ...

Send the form EU1 first. Once you get your acknowledgement letter, go to the GNIB to get a temporary Stamp 4. 6 month after they received your form EU1 you will get a final decision letter. If the decision is positive, you can go back to the GNIB to get the Stamp 4 EUFam. Thanks jeupsy, I was under...

Okay so now I am really confused. Is it necessary to get a pps number before applying for a resident card through Eu1 form? And do I need to register my husband with garda now or do I do that after as well? I assume that he does not need the PPS number in order to make the application, but should g...

You do not need a job to get a PPS number. Newborn infants get these numbers, as do spouses living abroad so that the spouse working in Ireland can utilise tax and social welfare benefits of being married. You need to go to the nearest social welfare office that can give a pps number (some of the s...

evidence (apostilled document) that marriage has been registered in applicant's country of origin/residence

Well, the marriage certificate is from the country of origin of the applicant anyways...

Yes, I'm aware of the right form and the INIS application..

I'm just not sure about this GNIB card.

Hi, We (German national with Brazilian wife) will soon be moving to Ireland and apply for a Stamp 4 via form EU1.. Somehow I have completely lost the overview though.. It was my understanding that upon arrival in the state we have to simply fill out form EU1 and send it off to the INIS together with...

I'm also wondering if we require an apostille, as our marriage certificate and it's translation are from Brazil...

I remember that we didn't need the apostille for the uk application, whereas in Spain we did need it..

How about Ireland?