Final stages naturalisation..but leaving for a better job!

I've waited 4 years after living here for 12 years and the day has come. I've been informed that my naturalization application is at its final stage and I have to go to Court and get sworn in. However, I have also been offered a job in Australia for next January! Can I be a citizen and still live outside of Ireland? Is it possible to accept the certificate and not apply for an Irish passport? Some advice would be great! Cheers.

ConfusedAsian wrote:I've waited 4 years after living here for 12 years and the day has come. I've been informed that my naturalization application is at its final stage and I have to go to Court and get sworn in. However, I have also been offered a job in Australia for next January! Can I be a citizen and still live outside of Ireland? Is it possible to accept the certificate and not apply for an Irish passport? Some advice would be great! Cheers.

Yes you can be a citizen and still live outside....although you have to sign up in the Irish embassy or something in your new country every 3 or 4 years (not 100% sure on the exact timing when you have to sign on that, is it after 3 or 4). Once you got the cert you are an Irish citizen regardless you get the passport or not, passport is just a travel document while naturalisation cert is the proof of you being Irish just like a birth cert.

Thanks for that Fatty Patty!