Namely, you are responsible for the closure/lock out of the previous thread on this forum.
Add something as an applicant or approved applicant to answer questions or leave.
I do not want another thread to be shut down by you, and I'm sure neither does anyone else. Thanks.
BrexitEscapee wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 9:12 pmThere are no reports of that happening on this forum, and for the majority of applicants, including myself, their documents would have been well in excess of 6 months old by the end of the process. They accept 6 month old documents, and the process takes at least 6 months, ergo the check carried out is obviously to verify that the documents are from the 6 months prior to the date of the application.Michael123 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 5:00 pmHas anyone had to resend a more up to date set “proof of address” documents because of this extended delay? I dont think it would be fair to request this, its not like we can send in future bills.
Sulla is making a personal attack against the individuals that work for DFA here. You'll notice he's now only calling them lazy/resentful. In earlier posts, he also claimed they were over-paid, but he now knows he can't support that claim after I challenged him to quote the salary of a DFA Clerical Officer. His posts on here amount to a right-wing sermon and I won't let them go unchallenged, particularly having just come back from Ireland, and being blown away by their efficient and good-natured approach to officialdom.Sulla wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:26 amEqually, I think the FBR section employees resent doing more work for the same pay. Many of them are probably yearning for the days of yesteryear, when the FBR department was a stress free sinecure.
Therefore, I do not think the source of the poor service or general slowness is at all attributable to the attitude that "we have your money now, so you have no leverage and we are happy." I would think that "We don't want your money, take it back, leave us alone and let us go back to processing far fewer applications for the same salary" is closer to the mark. Admittedly, either view is disappointing.
Those of you that are joining in Sulla's hysterical chorus of contempt need to take a reality check. We all know that the root cause of the slower processing times is Brexit. Brexit is not a permanent thing - it will eventually be resolved one way or another, possibly by the end of the year. Therefore, expecting the Irish authorities to take on additional staff is not realistic as these staff would first need to be trained - an extra strain on resources - and would ultimately need to be fired. The Irish public would just not see the sense in this, so there's no mileage in belly-aching about it on a forum - it would be a vote-loser and isn't going to happen.
Sulla sees no contradiction between his self-confessed tax-exile status and his uncompromising stance on the performance of an under-funded Irish government department. However, I would urge the rest of you to take a more philosophical view about the few extra months you may have to wait. It's not going to kill you, and belly-aching on forums will not change anything other than increasing your stress/bitterness levels.
). I come to this forum to feel hopeful when another person updates their timeline to say they finally got their bloody piece of paper (laminated or otherwise!) and to commiserate with others who are in the same situation I am.
