littlerr wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:30 pm
She can apply for citizenship based on Irish Associations. This would reduce the requirement to 3 years. However, it will be up to the minister to decide whether the 'association' is strong enough.
Since it's just 3 more months till April, I would strongly recommend that she applies based on her own merit. This makes things a lot more easier. She could still mention her Irish association to her parents in the application.
I won't comment on any paid services. It is against the forum policy.
However, I must say that the application is very easy to organise if you do it early enough. I don't see any specific reason to engage a paid service to do those preparations for you (and they will still ask you to gather all the documents anyway).
It took me a few hours to dig out my old bills, bank statements, write a few emails to ask for some letters from my employer/landlord etc, do a photocopy of all the required documents, and finally sort them in a proper order. That's everything I need. The application form itself is rather straightforward to complete if you spend a few minutes reading through all guideline pages.
Can you expand on this based on own merits idea.
Im a naturalised Irish Citizen (not born here), my wife is on an EUFAM and has his 5 years. Id like your advise on whether to apply based on irish association or 5 years EUFAM?
Iv also been told that EUFAM applications for naturalisation tend to take longer, which is why Im swaying toward the Irish association route, plus 3 years documents doesn't sound as bad a gathering 5 years.
