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marialear wrote:The lawyer mentioned to me that the application for citizenship and the application for long-term residence are mutually exclusive so they would not interfere with each other.
That's ridiculous when you consider that in the UK the same thing takes 3 - 4 hours to process, and they hand your passport back to you the same day.The help-line worker at the Dept Justice Immigration office told me that I will not hear anything back or receive any correspondence from them till a decision is made about my long-term residency request. She said that it takes about 14-16 weeks to process.
Only takes a few months for British applications to be completed:scrudu wrote:even more ridiculous is that after a spouse of an irish citizen completing the 3 years residency requirement, or a worker completing the 5 year residency requirement, it takes 2.5 years for a citizenship application to be processed. go figure
There is an argument that "funding" should be provided through charging application fees that cover the cost of running the system. As opposed to having it compete for general government funding with other community priorities.scrudu wrote:I note though that he has made no applicaton for further funding to speed up processes,
I got the long term residency after 5 yrs on w/permit.there is a very nice lady who works in that section,if you call her she will tell you all you need to know. If you send me a PM I will give you her details & number.marialear wrote:Hi everyone,
Well, I've finally clocked my 5yr legal residence for applying for Irish naturalization. I went to an immigration lawyer in Dublin on Tuesday and she went through everything with me and signed my application. All good to go (thank God!) She also mentioned that the current waiting time is 24months and suggested that I apply for Long-term residency while I waited.
Huh? Long-term residency, didn't know it was an option. So, I phoned the Dept of Justice immigration section yesterday & was told that to apply for long-term residency I need 60 months of 'Stamp 1' stamps in my passport, copies of all my work permits and simply write a letter specifically requesting the long-term residence status. No application form and no fee. The wait is about 14-16 weeks and that's it. You get a certificate or letter in the mail and present to the Garda and that's it!
The Dept Justice worker also said that with long-term residency I would no longer have to get work permits, no longer register annually with Garda and (most important to me) no longer be bound to the one employer, I can change jobs. The lawyer mentioned to me that the application for citizenship and the application for long-term residence are mutually exclusive so they would not interfere with each other.
Has anyone out there applied for long-term residency in Ireland? If so, what is the deal? Is everything I heard true? Any info provided would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Maria