query re immigration and citizenship

Hi Everyone,

Thank you in advance for helping with this query.

I am Irish citizen by naturalisation, my partner is also naturalised Irish citizen, one of our daughter was born in Ireland and has Irish passport . Our other daughter was born outside Ireland (non-eu) and later moved with us to Ireland.

In Ireland, once I have got my Irish passport last year, we could have apply for my daughter’s citizenship in Ireland and she could be on waiting list for approval, but as we understand, due to covid situation application are taking longer and If we apply for her now, it could take another 2 years for processing or even more. (Because at the moment 24000 applications are pending)

In the meantime, my partner has received a good opportunity to work in UK in an established firm and we are thinking of moving to UK as she don’t want to miss out this opportunity. We haven’t applied for our daughter’s application yet.

My question is as an Irish citizen due to common travel area arrangements between UK and Ireland, myself and my partner and one of our daughter having Irish passport don’t even have to apply for settled or pre settled status in UK but my family non eu (my daughter- 9 years of age) have to apply for settled or pre settled status in UK, as far as I understand.
If we move to UK now, will my daughter get settled or pre settled status? if we apply for her in UK, once we move to UK.
In future any possibility that she could get British citizenship (even after 5 years in Uk) or any possibility that she could get Irish citizenship in future?

Whats the best advice, all we want for our daughter to have either British or Irish citizenship, It will help us to travel together and not have to apply visas only for her wherever we plan to travel, and would make travelling plans lot easier.

I know its very lengthy query but just wanted to give background, so you guys have better understanding of situation.

Thank you once again for your response.

sib2 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:00 pm

If we move to UK now, will my daughter get settled or pre settled status?

I'm afraid you might have missed the boat here.

You needed to have moved to the UK before December 31st 2020, to apply for the Settlement Scheme, so that you could sponsor your daughter under the Scheme. I think you cannot longer apply, if as of today you still have not moved.

But before we can conclude what the best route for your daughter is, could you please elaborate on your timeline?

What are your nationalities by birth? You and your partner?
When did you both move to Ireland?
When did you both get your Irish citizenship?
When was your daughter born in Ireland?
When was your other daughter born, outside of Ireland? In which country? What's her nationality?

sib2 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:00 pm

In the meantime, my partner has received a good opportunity to work in UK in an established firm and we are thinking of moving to UK as she don’t want to miss out this opportunity. We haven’t applied for our daughter’s application yet.

In any case, do not dispair. If the worst comes the worst, your partner could always request her company to pay for the visa fees for your daughter as part of a relocation package.