Starting from May 1, 2022, Irish Immigration will no longer process applications for residence or permanent residence permit if such had been submitted using the services’ old form
Platforms Africa’s Nurudeen Oyewole reports that Nigerians, others who desire residence in Dublin and other parts of the Republic of island have the following new rules to obey or their applications end up in Dustbin
The Irish Immigration Services has handed down a warning to intending immigrant applicants that starting from May 1, 2022, it will no longer process applications for residence or permanent residence permit if such had been submitted using the services’ old form.
Platforms Africa reports that the warning which was first issued exactly one month ago is now to take off with immediate effect. The new directive is in tandem with what is known as “the new European Union Treaty Rights Application”.
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“…If you wish to apply for residence in Ireland after the 30 April 2022 having accompanied or joined an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen family member who has moved to or is residing in Ireland pursuant to the Directive 2004/38/EC, please ensure that you use the new forms,” the statement posted on the immigration service website read.
“Please note that applications completed using the old forms will be accepted up to and including the 30/04/2022 (post marked 29/04/2022). Thereafter applications will only be accepted on the new forms and those on the old forms will be returned without further processing.”
According to the border authority, the changes between the old and new form is in the areas of “data privacy notice” with substantial effects on “Form EUTR 5 – retention of rights of residence”, “Form EUTR4 – request for review” and “Form EUTR1 – qualifying family members, dependent children or parents”.
The immigration authority notes that all forms, “reference the Withdrawal Agreement and that relevant family members of UK nationals can also submit their application for residence /permanent residence document, among others on the new forms rather than the previously introduced Withdrawal Agreement forms.”
The statement sighted by Platforms Africa added that the new form also has minor changes on requested documents, citing examples that unlike before where request was only on P60 with certified translation, documents such as Employment Detail Summary with multilingual standard form are also now to be attached with prospective application.
