This method of communications ensures that we are:. All applications are now processed in Dublin. Contact our Customer Service Hub. They will be able to assist you be telephone. If you were born outside Ireland, you must meet certain criteria to claim Irish citizenship. You are not automatically an Irish citizen if you were born on the island of Ireland. You can become an Irish citizen through naturalisation if you meet certain criteria.
You can renounce your Irish citizenship by making a declaration of alienage. Citizenship Am I an Irish citizen? What does being an Irish citizen mean?
These include the right to: carry an Irish passport live and work in Ireland and the EU receive consular help from Irish embassies and consulates abroad My grandparent was born on the island of Ireland.
Am I an Irish citizen? In these cases, you can become an Irish citizen through Foreign Birth Registration. My parent is an Irish citizen who was not born on the island of Ireland and I was not born on the island of Ireland. How else do I become an Irish Citizen? To avoid delays: It is important that all required Original State issued documentation , including Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates are included with your application.
As no reason for the delay had been given by the Minister and no system was in place to ensure to fair processing of such applications, on 16 th December , Mr Justice Kearns of the Supreme Court awarded costs to the Applicant.
There are very substantial delays now occurring in the processing of applications for naturalisation and we have noticed an increased number of clients contacting our office in recent weeks, with queries as to what the options available to them are. Due to these ongoing delays, our office has issued High Court Judicial Review proceedings on behalf of our some clients, to challenge these unlawful delays before the High Court, which are causing severe stress and anxiety to those lawfully resident in Ireland and who meet the requirements under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act Our office is experienced in the submission of applications for naturalisation as an Irish citizen and do our best to assist our clients through this lengthy application process.
The applicant must bring the document to one of a list of designated officials who will witness their signing of the declaration. This document must then be sent back to the Department of Justice with the appropriate fee and any other requested documentation, a statement from the department said.
At present, in-person ceremonies are scheduled to recommence in December A coalition of doctors and healthcare workers called on the Government earlier this month to fast-track their citizenship applications in recognition of their work during the pandemic.
These non-European healthcare workers, many of whom have been waiting longer than two years for their application to be processed, said healthcare workers who meet all requirements for citizenship should have their application expedited.
If the Government did this it would boost our confidence and our morale. Data released to The Irish Times before Christmas revealed more than 5, people had been waiting longer than two years for their citizenship application to be processed while another 3, people have been waiting between 18 and 24 months and 4, were waiting months. The highest number of applications for Irish citizenship in came from people originally from the UK.
Last year, the highest number of applicants were from Poland. ETax-clearance for citizenship applications has also been introduced as part of the digitalisation of the naturalisation process while online payments are being rolled out to adult applications on a phased basis, she said.
Thinking Anew. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription. Temporary system to process 4, Irish citizenship applications Covid restrictions result in 24, people waiting for application to be processed Mon, Jan 18, ,
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