IEC 2014 Discussion/Stage 1 - READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING

goingitalone

eenm wrote: »

Soul destroying

ahh guess just gotta not let it bug you !
anyone whos set on it and prepared should be grand.

Toronto

Nope, no updates for any countries today. Not even France's round 2. Maybe they're off buying extra servers and setting them up in anticipation of huge traffic to the website?

radiata

goingitalone wrote: »

ahh guess just gotta not let it bug you !
anyone whos set on it and prepared should be grand.

Ya really hope so. I know over 6,000 went in 48 hours last year. I wonder will it be as quick this year for 10,000. I'm guessing the only problem we'll have is if the site crashes, but we have the patience of refreshing it we should get it open within that time.

eenm

Exactly, I think anyone who is refreshing the page and keeping an eye as close as we are should be fine, especially given the rumoured increase in visas. Frustrating nonetheless. Anyway, we'll get there alright.

GrumPy

Just posted on Bookface:

stevie1122

I know the whole application process will change this year but does anybody know in previous year if stage one involved having to print any forms out filling them in then scanning them back in because I am having problem with my printer at the minute I have tried everything but nothing is working.

gary27

stevie1122 wrote: »

I know the whole application process will change this year but does anybody know in previous year if stage one involved having to print any forms out filling them in then scanning them back in because I am having problem with my printer at the minute I have tried everything but nothing is working.

short answer no.

stevie1122

Great thanks

Kaizersoze81

Very annoying. It's going to mess a lot of people's plans up. You'd be curious as to the cause of the delay.

parabol

Does anyone know the best place to get the visa photo's taken in Dublin?

eenm

parabol wrote: »

Does anyone know the best place to get the visa photo's taken in Dublin?

They're just passport photos (same dimensions) so most pharmacies do them, as well as the photo booths.

parabol

eenm wrote: »

They're just passport photos (same dimensions) so most pharmacies do them, as well as the photo booths.

I don't think this is the case. They're very strict on their requirements. A friend of mine submitted her's few times last year and were rejected. It delayed her Visa by a few weeks. She didn't get her's in Dublin so I was hoping someone could tell me where the best place is.

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Dimensions:



The final frame size of the photo must be at least 35 mm x 45 mm (1 3/8" x 1 ¾").

The photographs must show the full front view of the head, with the face in the middle of the

photograph, and include the top of the shoulders.

The size of the head, from chin to crown, must be between 31 mm (1 ¼") and 36 mm (1

7/16").

Digital dimensions are often expressed in pixels or DPI (dots per inch). The physical dimensions

in pixels must be at least 420 x 540.


Quality/Resolution:



If an existing photo is being scanned, the minimum resolution must be 600 pixels per inch.


File Format:



The file may be submitted in JPEG or JPEG2000 format.


File Size:



The final size of the image should be ideally 240 kB (kilobytes), but not less than 60 kB.


Colour:



The image must be in color (24 bits per pixel) in sRGB colour space which is the common

output for most digital cameras.


"

Smellysack

I think i might have a slight problem here. My passport does not have my middle name printed on it, but my garda cert does include my middle name. To be safe, should I re-apply for my garda cert?

Foley48

35mm x 45mm is a standard passport photo

parabol

Foley48 wrote: »

35mm x 45mm is a standard passport photo

Great stuff thank you

Kaizersoze81

Yes

Smellysack

I was afraid of that, but better safe than sorry. I just sent off my application for the garda cert again. Cheers for the reply. Now lets hope that the opening gets announced this evening and that the info on the ICAN facebook page is wrong.

Toronto

I give ICAN's Facebook post a C-. Well written but poorly sourced. No references included.

GrumPy

Might go to live in the Amazon for a month or two with no internet, when I eventually return, this visa STILL won't be available!

Sloth89

France's round 2 is opening on Saturday...at least there's movement!

Smellysack

I still have a horrible feeling it will be March before it opens for us

Silvio67

This is balls regarding the police check! I have 3 checks in hand and all them contain my middle name because my birth certificate has my middle name on it. None of the 3 police checks will issue without my middle name on the cert yet my passport doesn't have my middle name.

123DarcySt

Bring your Passport to the station, leave your birth cert at home. I didn't use my birth cert to get police cert as I've lost it. I have my middle name on my birth cert and I am sure I would've had the same problem if I had brought it. Passport will suffice. :-)

Gossipgal

Hi folks, I actually didn't think of the photo - have everything else organised. Do we have to post this or should it be digital for upload? I don't think I saw it on list of required items.

parabol

Gossipgal wrote: »

Hi folks, I actually didn't think of the photo - have everything else organised. Do we have to post this or should it be digital for upload? I don't think I saw it on list of required items.

I got this from the 3rd party company I'm with:
"You will need to submit a digital photo.

We recommend to bring these photo specifications to a good photo shop and ask them to put the image on a CD or email it to you.

If you have a printed passport size photograph you can scan it at 600dpi in jpeg format. "

The full spec is in my comment above.

Corvo

Hi lads, I keep checking the IEC website but it still isn't open? Any idea when?

parabol

Corvo wrote: »

Hi lads, I keep checking the IEC website but it still isn't open? Any idea when?

Noone does unfortunately It's sh!te, a lot of people have had to apply for new police certs. I myself have to move out of my home and in with my parents at the end of March, the SHAME!

Corvo

parabol wrote: »

Noone does unfortunately It's sh!te, a lot of people have had to apply for new police certs. I myself have to move out of my home and in with my parents at the end of March, the SHAME!

Ha! One of the many reasons I am looking to go as far away as possible!

Can you clarify the police Certs? I thought the application was the first step and the rest followed?

parabol

Corvo wrote: »

Ha! One of the many reasons I am looking to go as far away as possible!

Can you clarify the police Certs? I thought the application was the first step and the rest followed?

You're right. The application is the first step, it takes about 2 weeks to process stage 1 once you have submitted it.

You need your garda cert for stage 2. It needs to be no older than 3 months on the day of submitting it to stage 2.

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