On the 30 March 2022, the Immigration Services published new application forms for residence in Ireland under Directive 2004/38/EC.

All new Forms and accompanying Explanatory Leaflets, have been added to the Immigration Services Website www.irishimmigration.ie.

Therefore, if you wish to apply for residence in Ireland after the 30 April 2022 having accompanied or joined an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen family member who has moved to or is residing in Ireland pursuant to the Directive 2004/38/EC, please ensure that you use the new forms.

Please note that applications completed using the old forms will be accepted up to and including the 30/04/2022 (post marked 29/04/2022). Thereafter applications will only be accepted on the new forms and those on the old forms will be returned without further processing.

What are the Changes

The main change to all forms is the Data Privacy Notice. All forms reference the Withdrawal Agreement and that relevant family members of UK nationals can also submit their application for residence /permanent residence document etc. on the new forms rather than the previously introduced Withdrawal Agreement forms.

Form EUTR5 (retention of right of residence) is in a completely new format (the previous form was EU5).
Form EUTR4 (request for review) is also in a completely new format (the previous form was EU4).
Form EUTR1 has had a change in relation to questions relating to certain qualifying family members – dependent children or parents.

There are a few other minor changes applicable to most forms relating to documents required e.g. instead of seeking P60 alone, an Employment Detail Summary is requested, submitting certain public documents originating within the EU with multilingual standard form instead of the requirement to have certified translation (https://e-justice.europa.eu/551/EN/public_documents)