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Before the laws were changed you were able to apply for citizenship by declaration and there were no residency requirements as such. Now, you have to wait 3 years and join the queue with all other applicants, so it would take around 6.5-7 years, as apposed to 7.5 - 8 years for people not married to an Irish citizen.KatePerry wrote:I've heard this from quite a few people and wanted to confirm it here. Is it true that Ireland is the easiest EU country to get citizenship through marriage. I heard a woman who got Irish citizenship 1 month after getting married to an Irish man.
sorry but are you referring to the person who made the thread or mine comment. just the devil face makes me think you are referring to mine ( i am more than happy to explain my comments further if need be as it was certainly not intended to wind any one up), as i see for some reason think the orignal post is an genuine question.(for which will make me look stupid if it is a wind up - ah well cie la vie)microlab wrote:@ walrusgumble
I think this original post is a bit of wind-up!!!
I think, KatePerry, you should perhaps think a little before you come on here asking questions relating to marriages of convenience.KatePerry wrote:i was talking to a guy in a chat room who told me his story. i wanted to confirm its truth. a nigerian guy also told me that ireland was the easiest. i figure since people talk about subjects of immigration and marriage on here, i would bring it up and hear peoples opinions about it. theres nothing more to it. i am not winding anyone up.
you obviously have no useful information, so stop taking up space. what a waste of human flesh.benifa wrote:I think, KatePerry, you should perhaps think a little before you come on here asking questions relating to marriages of convenience.KatePerry wrote:i was talking to a guy in a chat room who told me his story. i wanted to confirm its truth. a nigerian guy also told me that ireland was the easiest. i figure since people talk about subjects of immigration and marriage on here, i would bring it up and hear peoples opinions about it. theres nothing more to it. i am not winding anyone up.
There are people on here, couples who have a genuine marriage, and families with children who are suffering greatly because the Irish Department of Justice are breaking the law by denying their rights to live together.
You're asking the wrong question in the wrong place. I think you should go back to the Nigerian guy in the chat room and tell him that marriages of convenience cause a considerable amount problems for those loving couples who are in genuine, sincere marriages of love, who are forced to jump through an unbelievable number of frustrating, time consuming hoops just to get their legal rights recognised.
If the guy you met in the chat room wants citizenship in order to stay in a country, then here's an idea - get a job, get a work permit, become a PR and then apply for citizenship through naturalisation.
Coming on here and asking, "is Ireland the easiest to get citizenship through marriage" is just plain ignorant.
Err - pot, kettle, black?KatePerry wrote:you obviously have no useful information, so stop taking up space. what a waste of human flesh.benifa wrote:I think, KatePerry, you should perhaps think a little before you come on here asking questions relating to marriages of convenience.KatePerry wrote:i was talking to a guy in a chat room who told me his story. i wanted to confirm its truth. a nigerian guy also told me that ireland was the easiest. i figure since people talk about subjects of immigration and marriage on here, i would bring it up and hear peoples opinions about it. theres nothing more to it. i am not winding anyone up.
There are people on here, couples who have a genuine marriage, and families with children who are suffering greatly because the Irish Department of Justice are breaking the law by denying their rights to live together.
You're asking the wrong question in the wrong place. I think you should go back to the Nigerian guy in the chat room and tell him that marriages of convenience cause a considerable amount problems for those loving couples who are in genuine, sincere marriages of love, who are forced to jump through an unbelievable number of frustrating, time consuming hoops just to get their legal rights recognised.
If the guy you met in the chat room wants citizenship in order to stay in a country, then here's an idea - get a job, get a work permit, become a PR and then apply for citizenship through naturalisation.
Coming on here and asking, "is Ireland the easiest to get citizenship through marriage" is just plain ignorant.
You're right. If only these people knew how difficult it is for some of us in genuine marriages, they might think twice before engaging in marriages of convenience (no pun intended). Then again maybe they wouldn't.scrudu wrote:I'd like to echo Benifa's comments. Kates question was open ended, and seemed to be more slanted toward gaining Irish citizenship by duplicitious means, rather than the way such citizenship was intended.
As per the majority of others on this particular board, I have been through such crap with the Immigration system (while in a legitimate marriage with a non-EU citizen) because of the percieved risk of "marriages of convenience", so when someone comes on the boards to ask a question that seems to be alluding to them doing the same, it does grate indeed.