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You might want to write to your Member of Parliament (or whatever MPs are called in the Republic of Ireland).marialear wrote:Hi everyone,
Just off the phone with a rep from the Immigration Dept of Dept of Justice. Asked about my Long-term residency (LTR) application which was received in August 2006. Guess what? Shock! Horror! The waiting time has increased AGAIN!
It's now 45 weeks from receipt of application by the Immigration officials.
When I applied in August 2006, it was 14-16 weeks wait.
At the end of that time, I was told it was increased to 20-24 weeks
At the end of that time, I was told it was increased to 30 weeks
At the end of that time, I was told it is now increased to 45 weeks
Very quickly losing whatever patience I had with this whole place. If anyone out there has recently gotten their LTR & applied after June 2006, please let me know the secret code and/or handshake that you used. Thanks.
M
This information is incorrect. There is no way that there are only 2 people working on processing citizenship applications. The staff compliment is in fact 22. The data available for 2004 show 15 staff members dedicated to naturalisation and 4 to PNC. Because PNC is no longer possible they will be transferred. There are 9 vacancies unfilled in the citizenship section, most of them in naturalisation.mktsoi wrote:she told me that only 2 people working in the citizenship section for naturalisation.
Because no one really knows what happens once the documents reach the department of justce. And if you thought about the process a bit more thoroughly you may have realised that it is quite plausible that they do a check with Social Services and the Gardai to check that you have not been claiming benefits and that you are of good character. This is what slows down the naturalisation process due to the volume of enquiries that has to be made.why dont you even explain whats the procedure involve to grant people long term residency status?
No I don't think so, I believe they go into work and then sit around all day counting their pay packets while occasionally answering phones and being rude to callers to the helplines.i am sure they have work to do up in department of justice
The introduction of the fee had nothing to do with service delivery. It was just a very attractive cash cow for the government to milk, much like the re-entry visa system which serves no purpose other than revenue generation.just like they start charging people 100 euro to get the gnib card. did the service improve alot?
Who knows? Would you like to do that job? I'd imagine its quite demoralising being in a job where the caseload always increases no matter how hard you work. Also I would imagine that they don't want any Tom, Dick and Harry to be determining citizenship applications- perhaps they're too selective.if they making the profit out of the services, how come they cant hire more people???????
What would you like to know? Ask some real questions instead of going off at a tangent and restating things everyone already knows.so tell us some more please
Hi Just Passed my 5 years with my Working Visa . As i have gone through the whole page i thinks its gone be 9marialear 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
Hi Can you please explain here more. after 5 years we have to apply for LTR and wait for 2 years for LTR approval. after LTR we have to wait for another 2 year for nationality ? is it taking 9 years ? or is it taking 7 years for full process ?marialear wrote:Hi everyone,
Thanks for the replies.
I put my application for both Irish citizenship & Long-term residency in the post (registered!) to the Dept of Justice on Saturday. Both go to different offices of the immigration section, so fingers crossed.
I'll keep ye informed of waiting times & outcomes.
Regards,
Maria
you dont actually need to apply for long term residency at all so long as you have 5 years work permit in order to apply for citizenship. (i know you know this) after the 5 years apply for citizenship immeditatley.Maliklahore wrote:Hi Just Passed my 5 years with my Working Visa and stamp 4 . As i have gone through the whole page i thinks its gone be 9 years to get Irish passport?5 years working 2 years Long Term Res. 2 year naturalization ? can you please correct me in case i am wrong .
Regards
@walrusgumbleafter roughly 1 1/2 years you should go to an immigration solicitor and see if you could bring a mandamus case against the state for unreasonabel and conscienceable delay. see case of km v mjelr 2007 edwards j who held that in cases dealing with minister's discretion (in that case leave to remain application) 1 year is sufficent time for department to respond regarldess of department short comings