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Post by thaicat » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:24 pm

Hi everyone ,
Im not sure if im in the right area...im posting to help my mrs.

Her grandad was irish..he moved to usa but we dont know if he naturalised. He married an
Italian but im not sure if she was italian born...or if she was...if she was usa naturalised. They had a son..who was born in usa...and he had a daughter. We are trying to find out if she is eligable to be irish by decent. Her dad was not registered as irish but according to citizenship site..hes automatically irish by his father.. and she would be irish american but
Needs to register as a foreign national.

Can anyone help ? Thank u in advance.
Thai

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Post by Ayyubi72 » Fri Nov 29, 2013 2:56 pm

Her dad was automatic Irish. She will need to register or claim Irish citizenship. Will need documentary proof to show descent from her grandfather to father to her and also proof her grandfather was Irish. I will do some digging and inform you further in a few days.

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Post by Ayyubi72 » Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:20 am

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/mo ... scent.html

In the above link there is information that

Citizenship through descent from Irish grandparents

If one of your grandparents is an Irish citizen but none of your parents was born in Ireland, you may become an Irish citizen. You will need to have your birth registered in the Foreign Births Register.

If you are entitled to register, your Irish citizenship is effective from the date of registration. The Irish citizenship of successive generations may be maintained in this way by each generation ensuring their registration in the Foreign Births Register before the birth of the next generation.

Since 1 July 1986, a person registered in the Foreign Births Entry Book after 1986 is deemed to be an Irish citizen only from the date of his/her entry in the Register and not from the date of birth. This means that children born to that person before his/her date of entry in the Register are not entitled to citizenship.

People registered before July 1986 are deemed Irish citizens either from the date the original Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act came into force, that is, 17 July 1956, or their date of birth, whichever is later. Only children born after 17 July 1956 can claim citizenship in such cases.


So, your wife needs to register her birth in Foreign Birth Register. Check out the below link on how to do this.

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=88049

If you wife has documentary proof, as I mentioned above, then it seems like a fairly simple process.

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