residency application

Dublin8

Hi!! i dont know if this is the right place to post this

appologies if its not

Just wana ask one thing as any one here applied for irish work visa ??

i went for highly skilled migration programme in the irish embassy in london

the lady there treated me in a very racist way

has anyone experienced any situation like this

is there any department where you can launch a complain again this

i showed her all my qualifications
including

Bachelors in computer science<>
MCSE< >
Diploma in business studies an IT<done in dublin business school>
Networking Professional<done in dublin>
Interactive media designing<done in dublin>
Business studies and office technology<done in dublin>

i have been living here since 5 years now. during this time i have made loadz of friends and i feel like this place is my home

is there anyway i can apply for residence

coz the lady in irish embassy didnt seem to b very helpful

she said to me " i dont give it a damn what courses you have done "
i had the job offer letter and i fullfilled all the requirements

any sugessions ??

Gordon

Sorry, I don't understand, you want advice on how to get a residence permit for Ireland?

Ruhan

This may have some info: http://www.oasis.gov.ie/employment/working_in_ireland/

Dublin8

thanks for the site

i will read it again

but is there any department where u can complain if someone treated you
in an improper way i mean any department which keeps check on the embassy staff ??

dont think any such thing exist

they do what ever they want to do no one can ask them

they are the king !!!

BuffyBot

Embassies are the responsibility of the Department of Foreign Affairs - try contacting them.

Washout

If you have been living here in Ireland for 5 years (legally on work permits of course) then I am pretty certain you are entitled to apply for citizenship. you can ring the Dept of foreign affairs on that one or check up on the website oasis.gov.ie

KnowItAll

The embassy staff need to be strict because they are under pressure from the government to be. This is because alot of criminals and bogus asylum seekers are coming into the country and are involved in crime. Fake passport are just one crime on the rise. Thats why the staff need to be inquisitive.

Dublin8

yes i do understand ur point but i have been here since 5 years no criminal record. have been paying my tax throughout.its not correct what ur saying majority of immigrants are educated and if you see the criminal activities conducted here its 99.99 percent irish people all those bank raids, killings , shootings of prisoner or fights on the streets on sat night you hardly see a forigner involved in that. dont take it in a wronge sense. i am just making my point.i didnt applied for asylum.i am on student visa.
and there are loads of other colleagues i have in same situation who are honest,hardworking and educated

no hope for them to get residency here !!!

KnowItAll wrote:

The embassy staff need to be strict because they are under pressure from the government to be. This is because alot of criminals and bogus asylum seekers are coming into the country and are involved in crime. Fake passport are just one crime on the rise. Thats why the staff need to be inquisitive.

KnowItAll

Dublin8 wrote:

.its not correct what ur saying majority of immigrants are educated and if you see the criminal activities conducted here its 99.99 percent irish people all those bank raids, killings , shootings of prisoner or fights on the streets on sat night you hardly see a forigner involved in that.

Today it was on the news that an international drugs gang got caught with drugs (i forget which) in cork. They were polish!

Gordon

This thread is not for that type of discussion Knowitall and Dublin8.

Dublin8 have you got the information you wanted?

embraer170

Why did you apply at the embassy in London if you are in Ireland?

*If* this occured in Ireland and you were dealing with say the Department of Foreign Affairs, you probably could complain to the Office of the Ombudsman (http://ombudsman.gov.ie/). Not that it would change a whole lot.

Ruhan

There's no irish embassy in Ireland, that's why you have to go to London...

embraer170

Yes but does that kind of application really have do be done at an embassy?
If you're in the country, doesn't the Department of Justice with that? It's pretty typical for people to come in one visa and want to apply for something else, I'm sure they don't all travel to London.

pickarooney

The Irish embassy in London is for Irish people abroad with issues, I thought. Surely you'd be better going to the embassy of your native country in Ireland instead? Maybe the woman was unhelfpul because you were simply in completely the wrong place.

embraer170

The Irish embassy in London is for Irish people abroad with issues, I thought. Surely you'd be better going to the embassy of your native country in Ireland instead? Maybe the woman was unhelfpul because you were simply in completely the wrong place.

BS

pickarooney

That's a might useful post right there, I'm sure it will help our friend on his way.

Gordon

embraer170 wrote:

BS

Please don't post here if that's all you have to say.

Thats a warning fwiw.

embraer170

Well I can't find a better term for what you posted.
You are suggesting he goes to his country's embassy to find information and to apply for an Irish work visa.

Our embassies abroad, though one of their functions is to help Irish citizens (and in most cases, only as a last resort) their primary function remains as a point of contact and information source for foreigners.

embraer170

Please don't post here if that's all you have to say.

Thats a warning fwiw.

I try to be as patient as possible (have I ever insulted anyone on these Boards before?), but I think it was the most appropriate and to the point term for the above.

Gordon

I also try to be as patient as possible but I think it was inappropriate and uninformative. I liked your next post much better. Strange how you felt the need to clarify your meaning, almost like your previous post was uninformative. And inappropriate. However that's not the discussion.

pickarooney

Well when your Irish passport runs out while you're in Paris, good luck finding the right building to get it renewed.

I don't know where the OP is from, but to give an example, if a German in the USA wishes to apply for American citizenship, it's one of the services provided by the German Embassy in Washington.

Ruhan

You need to apply for an Irish working visa via an Irish Embassy. You can do it at any Irish Embassy, but the closest one to Ireland is London.


Going to his countries embassy will not work. He should also look into contacting the DoJ and the G.N.I.B for more assistance with this.

dermot_sheehan

pickarooney wrote:

Well when your Irish passport runs out while you're in Paris, good luck finding the right building to get it renewed.

I don't know where the OP is from, but to give an example, if a German in the USA wishes to apply for American citizenship, it's one of the services provided by the German Embassy in Washington.

eh, No.
You apply to USCIS after 5 years residency for American citizenship while in the U.S.

You might have to apply to the German embassy for permission to do this and kepp your German citizenship, but you do not apple to them for American citizenship.

If you're abroad and irish, you go to an irish embassy for an irish passport. If your abroad and forgein, you go to your country of nationality's embassy for a passport. If you need an irish entry visa, you go to the country you want to visit's embassy.

So if OP is in London, and needs and Irish entry visa, then OP goes to the irish embassy. If OP is in London, and needs to get a passport renwed, they go to their embassy of nationality

Ruhan

^^ Just like I said.

pickarooney

He wants Irish residency, not a work permit. His embassy should at the very least be able to tell him the procedure to follow (whether that be the immigration office, department of justice or wherever) and explain it to him in his native language if necessary, and avoid him getting the feeling he's being treated in a racist manner, whether what he experienced in the embassy in London was that or just normal ambassadorial unpleasantness.

If you want to actually help the poster rather than prove you know more than other people on the thread (I for one have never applied for Irish citizenship/residency, and don't know exactly where to go or what to do, I'm just trying to help him inform himself), please give more exact names, addresses and numbers rather than unclear acronyms.

pickarooney

gabhain7 wrote:

eh, No.
You apply to USCIS after 5 years residency for American citizenship while in the U.S.

You might have to apply to the German embassy for permission to do this and kepp your German citizenship, but you do not apple to them for American citizenship.

If you're abroad and irish, you go to an irish embassy for an irish passport. If your abroad and forgein, you go to your country of nationality's embassy for a passport. If you need an irish entry visa, you go to the country you want to visit's embassy.

So if OP is in London, and needs and Irish entry visa, then OP goes to the irish embassy. If OP is in London, and needs to get a passport renwed, they go to their embassy of nationality

But the OP is in Dublin, where he's lived, studied and worked for five years.