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    #812
    gg2
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭gg2


    GrumPy wrote: »
    You'll find out in approx 30 minutes!

    huh????


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    #813
    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    gg2 wrote: »
    huh????

    They historically release the visas at 10:00 Ottowa time. Which is 15:00 in our sunny isle!

    I'm assuming they will similarly use the same time, to give us "24 to 72 hour notice."
    (Complete guess on my part, but seems like a reasonable one!)

    EDIT: No update today... (yet?)
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    - 2014-01-15


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    #814
    Uncle Mclovin
    Registered Users Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Uncle Mclovin


    IEC just announced that they are releasing Czech Republic visas tomorrow so I'd say Ireland will be another few days yet.


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    #815
    TMcG1990
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 42 ✭TMcG1990


    Uncle Mclovin wrote: »
    IEC just announced that they are releasing Czech Republic visas tomorrow so I'd say Ireland will be another few days yet.

    Are they taking the absolute p***!? I'm not sure I have any patience left! Ahhhhhhhh!


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    #816
    parabol
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭parabol


    TMcG1990 wrote: »
    Are they taking the absolute p***!? I'm not sure I have any patience left! Ahhhhhhhh!

    I feel your pain! I don't think I can hack it anymore :(


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    #817
    Kaizersoze81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kaizersoze81


    It looks like it'll be February at this stage?! What are they playing at.


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    #818
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,709 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    I was just reading this, the comments are quite pessimistic.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/generationemigration/2014/01/18/application-process-for-canadian-iec-visas-to-open-soon/


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    #819
    TMcG1990
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 42 ✭TMcG1990


    parabol wrote: »
    I feel your pain! I don't think I can hack it anymore :(

    It's just madness! The amount of us with our lives on hold since we were told by officials that it would be the end of November, and we're STILL waiting!! :(


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    #820
    Kaizersoze81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kaizersoze81


    TMcG1990 wrote: »
    It's just madness! The amount of us with our lives on hold since we were told by officials that it would be the end of November, and we're STILL waiting!! :(


    The most annoying part is peoples police certs etc are going out of date.


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    #821
    parabol
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭parabol


    At this point I wish I was Czech.


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    #822
    stevie1122
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    Kaizersoze81 wrote: »
    It looks like it'll be February at this stage?! What are they playing at.

    They don't care that people are anxiously waiting on these because they know they will have no problem selling out of Irish visas at the end of the day it's all about money.

    I just hope they don't go on sale this Thursday because I have to work and if they are announced for Thursday it will mean having to take an unpaid sick day which is annoying.


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    #823
    TMcG1990
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 42 ✭TMcG1990


    Kaizersoze81 wrote: »
    The most annoying part is peoples police certs etc are going out of date.

    Exactly. Mine's Dec 4th so I'm stuck whether to wait and hope it's grand or just bring it in and get it renewed again!


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    #824
    Loblox
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Loblox


    TMcG1990 wrote: »
    Exactly. Mine's Dec 4th so I'm stuck whether to wait and hope it's grand or just bring it in and get it renewed again!

    Get it renewed, it's free.


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    #825
    AntDen
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭AntDen


    With regards the Police certs, what is the timeline in which they become invalid? I have seen people saying they must be less than three months old when applying but I have seen this nowhere on any official sites, just from word of mouth. Is this true? Is there a validity period of three months on the police certs? Thanks in advance :)


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    #826
    hippo2472
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭hippo2472


    AntDen wrote: »
    With regards the Police certs, what is the timeline in which they become invalid. I have seen people saying they must be less then three months old when applying but I have seen this nowhere on any official sites, just from word of mouth. Is this true? Is there a validity period of three months on the police certs? Thanks in advance :)


    Don't think there is a clear rule on it. Mine is dated 25th November and if they are released this week im sticking with that, any later I think ill get a new one. If i was a betting man i would say an announcement will go up later this evening or tomorrow, and they will go on sale Thursday or Friday. It would be unusual if they let it go till February, unless they are having internal problems with the system.


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    #827
    AntDen
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭AntDen


    hippo2472 wrote: »
    Don't think there is a clear rule on it. Mine is dated 25th November and if they are released this week im sticking with that, any later I think ill get a new one. If i was a betting man i would say an announcement will go up later this evening or tomorrow, and they will go on sale Thursday or Friday. It would be unusual if they let it go till February, unless they are having internal problems with the system.

    Mine is dated the 14th of November, so I am really cutting it close if the three month rule applies. It looks like I will need to go and apply for a new cert if they are not released this week also.


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    #828
    hippo2472
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭hippo2472


    AntDen wrote: »
    Mine is dated the 14th of November, so I am really cutting it close if the three month rule applies. It looks like I will need to go and apply for a new cert if they are not released this week also.

    Logically you would think that they would accept a Garda cert as long as it is less than three months old from the date you actually apply for the visa.


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    #829
    hippo2472
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭hippo2472


    Also to mention i did this before in 2010 through USIT on the Student visa, did four months in Vancouver. It was a different set up then though. I also work in a job thats kinda related to issuing visas and the like. If anyone has any questions about Vancouver, or the process, feel free to ask. Here's a handy tip, in Vancouver at least, the vast majority of apartments become available on the 1st of every month. If you go looking for an apartment on the second of a month you're going to have a bad time. The last two weeks of the month is when you search/view/sign contract. Deposit is usually one and a half months rent, tis expensive so be prepared for that.


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    #830
    Knex*
    Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    hippo2472 wrote: »
    Also to mention i did this before in 2010 through USIT on the Student visa, did four months in Vancouver. It was a different set up then though. I also work in a job thats kinda related to issuing visas and the like. If anyone has any questions about Vancouver, or the process, feel free to ask. Here's a handy tip, in Vancouver at least, the vast majority of apartments become available on the 1st of every month. If you go looking for an apartment on the second of a month you're going to have a bad time. The last two weeks of the month is when you search/view/sign contract. Deposit is usually one and a half months rent, tis expensive so be prepared for that.


    Very helpful, cheers for that.

    Myself and few friends are planning on heading to Vancouver at the end of September, so hopefully in time to get hit that 1st of month turnaround you mentioned.


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    #831
    Gossipgal
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Gossipgal


    My Australian police cert was issued on Nov 4th, should probably apply for another but annoyingly it costs 42 dollars


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    #832
    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    Gossipgal wrote: »
    My Australian police cert was issued on Nov 4th, should probably apply for another but annoyingly it costs 42 dollars

    Are you living there at the moment?
    If yes, probably need to get a new one :( .

    If no, and you'r currently in Ireland, it will be fine. :) It would be pretty hard to commit a crime in Australia within 3 months, if you've been in Ireland; and that's all they are interested in checking. :D


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    #833
    Gossipgal
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Gossipgal


    Still in Oz so yeah that's my most current police check. My Irish one was issued 25th Nov. The AFP are very quick to issue so that's not a problem, just the unnecessary cost


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    #834
    hippo2472
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭hippo2472


    Knex. wrote: »
    Very helpful, cheers for that.

    Myself and few friends are planning on heading to Vancouver at the end of September, so hopefully in time to get hit that 1st of month turnaround you mentioned.

    If you are a group of lads heading over, i would highly recommend staying in this hostel http://cambiehostelsgastown.com/ for a few days until you can get a gaf sorted. Its also a hopping bar in a great location, food is unreal too. Also use craigslist, especially the free section, it is a god send over there!


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    #835
    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    hippo2472 wrote: »
    If you are a group of lads heading over, i would highly recommend staying in this hostel http://cambiehostelsgastown.com/ for a few days until you can get a gaf sorted. Its also a hopping bar in a great location, food is unreal too. Also use craigslist, especially the free section, it is a god send over there!

    Great tips, cheers. :)


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    #836
    stevief01
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭stevief01


    stevief01 wrote: »
    I just went to my local garda station and said i need a garda cert cause im planning on going to canada. he took a copy of my passport (that was all) and askedme where i lived and all the addresses i had lived in. had the cert back in couple of days.....


    did i need anything else????


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    #837
    doneyrotten
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭doneyrotten


    This may have been covered already but I have lived in Canada last year on the IEC 2012 visa. I since came home for a year (waste of time) and I'm heading back over on the IEC 2014 (Hopefully!). Obviously I need a Police Certificate from here which I already have but do you reckon I need to get one from the Canadian police? or does that matter seen as I'm applying for said country if you get me. Surely during my application they'll be able to tell from my old SIN number I have lived there and have no accounts of any misconduct. Anybody know anything about this?


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    #838
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Just filled in form today in Garda station, he asked what it was for I told him a Canadian visa so he gave me a form he said I needed and that it was "in house" rather than the central vetting form. He did not ask to see my passport or my birth cert. really hope it's the right one


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    #839
    doneyrotten
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭doneyrotten


    This may have been covered already but I have lived in Canada last year on the IEC 2012 visa. I since came home for a year (waste of time) and I'm heading back over on the IEC 2014 (Hopefully!). Obviously I need a Police Certificate from here which I already have but do you reckon I need to get one from the Canadian police? or does that matter seen as I'm applying for said country if you get me. Surely during my application they'll be able to tell from my old SIN number I have lived there and have no accounts of any misconduct. Anybody know anything about this?


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    #840
    Judi565
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Judi565


    doneyrotten wrote: »
    This may have been covered already but I have lived in Canada last year on the IEC 2012 visa. I since came home for a year (waste of time) and I'm heading back over on the IEC 2014 (Hopefully!). Obviously I need a Police Certificate from here which I already have but do you reckon I need to get one from the Canadian police? or does that matter seen as I'm applying for said country if you get me. Surely during my application they'll be able to tell from my old SIN number I have lived there and have no accounts of any misconduct. Anybody know anything about this?

    I enquired about this too with IEC (lived in Canada on IEC in 2007). They replied that you need to supply a police cert for all countries you've lived in for more than 6 months since the age of 18.

    The RCMP website says you must supply digitised finger prints to get a cert. Checked with Guards and they can do finger prints at local stations. Costs around €60. There are rcmp-accredited Canadian companies that digitise the prints and seems like a quick process to get the cert back once they're submitted online. I'm waiting for stage 2 to do all this cause it's pricey.


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    #841
    alexsmith
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭alexsmith


    With regards to the garda cert how do I prove to them that ive only lived in the same adress my whole life? Just say that I have? I gave a photocopy of my passport,reason why I need the clearance (go4less), proof of address and a stamped letter and your one looked at me like I had ten heads. She says come back when you have all this, including a copy of a birth cert which I was told I didnt need! Sake
     


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