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by Obie » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:09 pm
If you do a strongly worded letter, like you know what you are writing about, quoting the relevant community provision and case laws, and threatening with a Judicial review if a reply is not received, you are likely to be more successful in extracting a reply. Also it is better for the EEA national to be the author of the letter rather than yourself, as it tends to work, to be precise, it worked in my case.
Hiring a lawyer, might have no impact on them whatsoever and even cost you something along the line of 500-1000 euros, which under the circumstance might be a troublesome amount to pay.
In any case it is up to you.
A friend of mine, hired a lawyer after he received a approval letter, went to GNIB and was told he will not be issued a resident card by the department. This was done without even a letter.
The lawyer wrote six letters and still no reply from the department.
He has had to take the matter to the court himself. Last week after his wife wrote another protest letter , they got a reply saying an investigation has ensued, and a decision will be made on the insuance of the card in the next fortnight.
So, these people, they are just like that. Highly inept and very incompetent.
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