eimie101 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:11 pm
Hi everyone,
My husband and I arrived in Ireland from France about 6 weeks ago. I'm Irish and he's Ukrainian. He previously held a residency card for a family member of an Eu citizen for France. So, we applied for a residency card using form EU1 three weeks ago. So far we haven't received any acknowledgement from them. We sent all the required documents-I am working full time. I just wanted to ask, how long have people been waiting for the temporary stamp? It is very frustrating waiting with absolutely no idea when (or if) it will arrive.
Thanks for your help!
normally takes 4 weeks until u are accepted for temporary card, than go the garda station and another 2 weeks until the card is manufactured, that will be a 9 months stamp 4 eufam card.
Note that if a case is suspicious for any reason INIS will not grant u temporary card, in this case u have to wait about 10 months for the decision.
You mentioned that you were living together in France for 4 years, that is a good start, and it should not be suspicious.
I dont know why some one thinks that is always faster to apply as a spouse of irish , bases on national law, i would say the eu1 route is faster, for those who have a clear case. In 6 weeks my wife was holding her temp card and was legally able to pick up a job, that is pretty fast, and in 9 months she got her 5 years card, but in the meantime she was working already, while the national rules are way more strict, those are basically against you, while the eu treaty rights are 100% for you!