Irish Citizenship or permanent residence for EU Citizen.

Hi there,

A friend of mine, who is an EU citizen and currently resident in another EU country, wants to know what the procedure is to gain Irish citizenship or Irish permanent residence.

Thank you in advance.

Permanent residence would be acquired after the EU citizen living and exercising their EU Treaty Rights in Ireland for 5 years or more.

One can apply for Citizenship, after 5 years of legal residence in Ireland and without any criminal convictions or any burden on social welfare. Note it can take 3 to 4 years for Citizenship application to be processed.

Thank you Monife for your speedy answer.

That sounds about right.

Do you have any links where this information is available, so I can forward it to the questioner?

Your help is appreciated.


Many Thanks.

Link to Citizenship page

http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Co ... %20Section

Link to EU Treaty Rights Page

http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/EU ... y%20Rights