Immigration Control Officer - Dublin Airport

Imjustwaiting

I can't believe it's taking this long, its an unbelievable painful wait with not one bit of communication since the interview results. I would have expected some urgency with the impending Brexit etc to get this sorted and have people with experience in place. This seems to be common practice for placements in the civil service judging by reading other threads on the CO and EO campaigns, but I just thought that because this is such a specific post that it would be more efficent! Silly me, I wonder how many candidates have lost interest / got new jobs now with the delays?

ABitMoreInfo

Someone who knows someone out there told me yesterday it could be February Supposedly we're coming out of next year's budget, so nothing happens until the New Year.

But clerical officer could come sooner

StokesDrift

ABitMoreInfo wrote: »

Someone who knows someone out there told me yesterday it could be February Supposedly we're coming out of next year's budget, so nothing happens until the New Year.

But clerical officer could come sooner

I was told it takes 12 weeks for clearance, after which we should be contacted for references. So new year sounds about right!

Imjustwaiting

StokesDrift wrote: »

I was told it takes 12 weeks for clearance, after which we should be contacted for references. So new year sounds about right!

12 WEEKS! Any idea what takes that long to clear an individual? I'd love to know what is done beyond a quick criminal conviction check etc?

Pseudonymised

StokesDrift wrote: »

I was told it takes 12 weeks for clearance, after which we should be contacted for references. So new year sounds about right!

Pas have told me 4-6 weeks, 8-10 weeks and most recently 12-16 weeks. I only called around 3 times since going into clearance in September and each time the person on the other end knows nothing or gave a seemingly random time frame. I eased up on my job search when I passed the interview because its a role I really want, but god the wait is killer!

StokesDrift

Imjustwaiting wrote: »

12 WEEKS! Any idea what takes that long to clear an individual? I'd love to know what is done beyond a quick criminal conviction check etc?

That's what I was told when I rang PAS couple of weeks ago. I have no idea what clearance actually involves, I thought it was just the garda vetting. The interview results email said they're checking that we "fulfil all the requirements governing the competition, including qualifications, health and character".

Imjustwaiting

Pseudonymised wrote: »

Pas have told me 4-6 weeks, 8-10 weeks and most recently 12-16 weeks. I only called around 3 times since going into clearance in September and each time the person on the other end knows nothing or gave a seemingly random time frame. I eased up on my job search when I passed the interview because its a role I really want, but god the wait is killer!

Exactly same as myself, thought that we would be in the positions by this stage or at least very close to it so took the foot off the gas with the job search, it's not as though we made up the timescale it states it on the first page of the info booklet! All was going well and then radio silence. I have read on some of the other threads that e-vetting is only taking about 2 weeks at the moment so I don't get why this CO role takes an extra 10 weeks to complete and why its paper vetted and not electronically

sumpector

I hope that references and everything else is handled before Christmas, it would be great going into the New Year with a job offer.

Imjustwaiting

11 weeks today since results came out!

Eagle eyes12

Week 12 has hit hopefully some news soon!

ABitMoreInfo

I heard nobody at the airport knows whats happening, not even the guy at the top out there. Starting to think it was all a big windup

Avada

Ye are all aware how long vetting takes right? Be patient.

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom

One week if e-vetting.

Apocoyl

It's not actually standard vetting that's the problem, it's security clearance which is a lot more detailed than the vetting process used for other clerical roles, I think that's where the hold up is at the moment. That's what PAS told me at the very beginning anyway

Avada

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom wrote: »

One week if e-vetting.

Not in this case.

JobHunter2000

Any news on this?

Imjustwaiting

JobHunter2000 wrote: »

Any news on this?

Did you apply for it?

TallGlass

Lads at this rate the panel will be disbanded and it will start again. If no movement in Jan then I wouldn't hold much hope for it.

Turtyturd

Don't these panels only become active when the first appointment is made?

Person I know has placed very high on this and the PASO competition, also placed highly on the general co competition. This would have been his first choice but in the past week he has received offers from both the other roles so he's most likely going to drop out of this due to lack of movement.

Avada

TallGlass wrote: »

Lads at this rate the panel will be disbanded and it will start again. If no movement in Jan then I wouldn't hold much hope for it.

Not a dig at you, but this is utter nonsense. This is standard with CS recruitment.

Apocoyl

Avada wrote: »

Not a dig at you, but this is utter nonsense. This is standard with CS recruitment.

Agreed; there is no panel even formed yet technically since the interview results as no new order of merit positions have been issued yet and no appointments made from the competition. Also there was a parlimentary question asked last week and the minister reaffirmed the commitment to the rollout, should start moving in the new year hopefully http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PQ-13-12-2016-131

Jimmy706

Hey. I've been following this thread for a while. Decided I'd set up an a/c today to let people know I got a call on Tuesday saying my vetting had come through and they would be contacting references. No timeframe given. I was in the top 40 in the order of merit.

Apocoyl

Jimmy706 wrote: »

Hey. I've been following this thread for a while. Decided I'd set up an a/c today to let people know I got a call on Tuesday saying my vetting had come through and they would be contacting references. No timeframe given. I was in the top 40 in the order of merit.

Well done and congrats

SlippyFingers5

When did we nominate references? It wasn't on any of the forms so far

sumpector

On the day of the interview, we had to bring written references to cover the past three or five years, can't remember which, except for our current employers. They asked me for my current employers on Tuesday.

Cormacs72

sumpector wrote: »

On the day of the interview, we had to bring written references to cover the past three or five years, can't remember which, except for our current employers. They asked me for my current employers on Tuesday.

Do you mind me asking where you placed? I placed in the late thirties but when I rang PAS yesterday they told me they were only calling back the top 20 for now.

horseflesh

I got the call on Tuesday too, so at last things seem to be moving.
I called them today and was told they'll probably be sending out letters (I presume with official job offer and start date) in early January.

sumpector

Cormacs72 wrote: »

Do you mind me asking where you placed? I placed in the late thirties but when I rang PAS yesterday they told me they were only calling back the top 20 for now.

I placed in the top twenty. Did you have to fill in an e-vetting form at any stage?

Cormacs72

sumpector wrote: »

I placed in the top twenty. Did you have to fill in an e-vetting form at any stage?

Yes filled in the e-vetting just before I sat the interview and gave them my 2 references that day too.

sumpector

Was anybody's references contacted the week before Christmas?