Hey Sean It's unfortunate you can't get a proper answer from Unit 2. I've heard similar in the past, where they go to little to no effort to explain the details. We've had this question here in the past. Let me see if I can find who asked it. Maybe they've already gone through it. It's pretty clear stamp 0 was never really meant for long term use, and/or for families. It was most likely designed for retirees looking to spend a year in Ireland. Very little thought went into how else it might be used by others.

Re-reading some of this thread, and I noticed Lori pointed out that you cannot apply for stamp 0 while outside Ireland. While that is true (at least at present) it is only true for citizens of visa-exempt countries e.g. USA. Applicants from non visa-exempt countries e.g. India, must apply from overseas.

Hey Joey We’ve had plenty of stamp 4 applicants on here over the years but I don’t recall hearing from any about renewal. How often do you need to do this?

Hello, Just curious to hear everyone's stamp 4 renewal experiences if you're so kind as to share them. The official website is not very detailed with regards to the process and what documents you need to bring so I was hoping I can get some info here. Thanks a million!

I’ve read of few who have engaged a solicitor for the stamp 0 application process. It is pretty straight forward. The one item not on the INIS list that they did request of me after submission was my birth certificate. You may consider including a copy of it; if they need an original you can follow up. I will be interested to see others experience or suggest here.

... and am now back in New Zealand. I would like to move back home to Donegal but I fear my Kiwi husband will have a better chance of getting a job in Northern Ireland. My question is: can we get an EU FAM 4 stamp/card rather than a stamp 4? This will mean, to the best of my understanding, that he can work in Northern Ireland, and I could work in Republic. Or is our best bet simply for both of us to move to Northern Ireland as he will have the right to cross the border regularly in that case. As a Donegal native crossing the border is a normal thing for me and ...

Hi all, First time poster. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread-I've benefited tremendously from hearing all of your stories. I would love to get a little bit more information on members' experiences with the stamp 4 timeline. Myself (an Irish national) and my soon-to-be spouse (U.S. national) will be relocating from the States to Ireland in July. Am I right in thinking that people have had very varied timelines for stamp 4 work permits being processed? It would be amazing to have a better idea of what kind of processing times we can ...

... will take longer as Irish Immigration is swamped with UK citizens applying for their Irish citizenship. Since I am an Italian/American the process was a lot quicker as there are not many Italians coming to Ireland at the moment. You mentioned that you have been splitting your time between here and the US - I believe you will need to show that you have been in Oreland consistently before your application will be accepted. All in all, after we applied, Joe received his temp stamp 4 3-4 weeks later - but we had every single document required and in the order ...

... my first week there except for the utility bills. My question is did @katemreagan husband ever get the temp stamp 4? If so, how long did it take? I know there is the 6 month clause that you must already be living in Ireland and Kate said to go ahead and mail it in even though it may get rejected because of the 6 month rule. But I'm assuming you did this so you could go ahead and get your "receipt letter"from them so he could get his temp stamp 4. Did this work? I'm assuming that you haven't gotten your husbands perm stamp 4 yet? Hoping to get an update fr ...

... in Ireland, they accepted by American address and send correspondence there. 2. The Apostille stamp: never heard of that, whoa! What if you don’t live anywhere close to a State capital? Will a notarized copy work? You can get an Apostille stamp at a number of different locations depending on the state,, but the capital happened to be closest to me. A notarized copy will not be accepted, it must be an Apostille stamp. However, you don't have to go in person - you can mail your documents, check, and cover letter. I just preferred to go in person as it wasn't ...