The Department of Justice has advised that its online portal for EU Treaty Rights (EUTR 1/1A) applications will be inaccessible on Tuesday, 14 July between 10:00 and 14:00 due to essential maintenance. During the four-hour window users will be unable to create, modify or submit applications to obtain residence rights as family members of EU nationals residing in Ireland. While the outage is relatively short, it coincides with the peak summer filing rush for new spouses and dependants of posted workers arriving ahead of the September school term. Immigration solicitors warn that missing a submission date can affect the validity of in-country permission to remain, particularly for applicants whose temporary Stamp 4 EUFam permission is nearing expiry. Those individuals should submit before 09:59 or wait until the portal reopens and, if necessary, request back-dating by e-mail to INIS. Corporate mobility teams handling bulk family moves—common in the tech and pharma sectors—should reschedule document-upload sessions and adjust onboarding timelines. The maintenance does not affect the separate ISD Customer Service Portal used for IRP renewals, nor does it impact visa or pre-clearance applications lodged via the AVATS system. ISD says the downtime will deliver "security enhancements and performance improvements" ahead of a larger digital-services overhaul planned for Q4 2026. Further outages will be announced at least 48 hours in advance.
Source: Immigration Service Delivery
