I'm an Irish Citizen who spent 16 years in Canada and am married to a Canadian Citizen.
I was born in Northern Ireland returned there during the last year as my father was very ill, and recently passed away.
My wife recently joined me, arriving in Dublin in Sept, & got her passport stamped for 3 months where we stated our intention to resettle. We have both taken up residence in the Republic, but, for the time being I am working in the North.
I just want to make sure I am doing these steps in the correct order as some of the applications we are making accept different forms of 'proof of residence'. My current understanding is that we can get a PPS number for her, then see the Garda to get a stamp 4, and then apply for EU1 residence card.
1 - We are currently staying with friends & have an appointment to get wife a PPS number (& for me to get a PSC card from my old number). It states on their website (www.welfare.ie) that they accept ...
This should mean that we get mailed out proof or residence, with our names to that address for us within a week.*If you are staying with friends or relatives, an original household bill plus a note from the bill holder confirming your residency at the bill address is acceptable. This note can be written on the bill itself.
2- We have an appointment with the Garda booked for mid November where we will bring our documentation including passports, marriage cert & proof of address (letters regarding her pps & my psc). This will hopefully result in her passport getting stamp 4 allowing her to stay and work in the country
3 - EU1 application form. This I'm unsure of, do we send this in after the stamp 4? Also I am currently working in the North of Ireland as it was the first job i could secure, will this have a negative impact on the application, I am currently seeking work in the Republic but thought it better to have proven income asap.