Apparently, that's about to change, but don't ask me when: Following court judgments on the continuous residence requirement, we are amending the continuous residence requirement to allow for total absences of up to 70 days from the State in the year preceding the citizenship application being made...

I am an irish citizen. My wife applied based on this. Does this change things?

Hi all We are planning on moving to Northern Ireland however we have just submitted our Naturalisation application after living in the Republic for 7 years. Will moving to Northern Ireland affect our application?? Do I need a UK visa since my wife has a permanent Irish residency status? If we travel...

This is incorrect. She can apply for as spouse of Irish citizen straight away as you are now naturalised and you have been together in ireland for more than 3 years. This topic has been covered many times before on this forum. Happy for others to confirm

Hi all I am due to apply for naturalisation now. I did leave the country for 5 weeks in september but nothing before this, so I am within the 6 week absence rule. My question is after I apply (lets say in February or March), can I leave after this for holidays/seeing family? My worry is that if they...

Not really a valid point. There will be the same number of applications and the same amount of review of documents with some not being able to provide adequate documents being reviewed manually. The proof is in the coming 12 months if it is to speed up the process or to make it more meticulous and l...

Put simply.. The only way it is a "positive" move is if it speeds up the process

Its an interesting change really, Does anyone know what a Department of Social welfare annual statement is? I have logged into mygov.ie and you can request either a contribution statement and a payment statement. We have never used social welfare except for the past year for the usual child benefit ...

littlerr wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:13 pm

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Absolutely not.

Thanks Littlerr for the swift straightforward reply, as helpful as always.

Hi all, I would appreciate any advice. I am a british citizen and my wife who has been here for over 7 years with me was on an EUFAM and now on the new Article 50 TEU (withdrawal agreement) visa. In the meantime I have applied and been granted Irish Citizenship. I have kept her on the current visa a...

Hi, I am a British citizen and my wife is non-EU, she is currently under the visa scheme that replaced the EUFAM after brexit and has a permanent residency permit in the republic of ireland. Before brexit we used to visit my parents with no issues, wondering now that brexit has happened, does she ne...

Hi,

How long is it taking for naturalisation applications to receive their passports back in this level 5 restriction?

TIA

Does Paternity/maternity benefit count also?? Just about to apply and worried it may affect.

TIA

Hi All, With the recent developments for spouses of British citizens requiring to switch to IRP, if there is an intention of applying for citizenship should we make sure we have private medical insurance?, since it’s not really essential if you are under the EUFAM but last I checked it was something...

Hi All, Thanks for all the informative posts and replies. I am in a bit of a different situation my wife had her EU3 application approved and has had her new card since nov 2020 with an expiry of 2026 does she still need to apply for an exchange, since it still says EUFAM on the residency permit? TIA

So its a good idea to delay her naturalisation application till the exchange?

Hi all,

Does anyone know which is quicker to get a naturalisation application approval.. an applicant on an EUFAM visa or an Irish Spouse?

TIA

I’m a British citizen so she’s going to be transferred from EUFAM anyway sometime soon because of Brexit, to one likely not to offer such benifits like visa free travel to Europe. Correction, She actually has the EUFAM permanent residency card now since a few months ago Meaning she’s been here for 5...

Hi all, So I recently got my Irish Passport, my wife is currently on an EUFAM visa based on my other nationality. I want to change her over to a visa based on being a spouse of an Irish citizen as oppose to an EU citizen. I would appreciate any guidance as to how to do this and anywhere I can find i...

Hi All Myself and my wife are moving to dublin from Galway in the next few days and my wifes EUFAM is due for renewal (We recently got out EU3 application approved). Galway, being personal attendance only, has a waiting list for appointments with the next available appointment in feb! MY question is...

Basically means.. we can’t give u a straight answer, if we want to use it against u we will.

Hi all, I am applying for my wife's naturalisation application soon based on married to Irish citizen. My question is if I used unemployment benefits before will this affect her application, considering she has never applied or received any herself? In other words do they check if myself (the husban...

This is a really important question for both new and ongoing visa and naturalisation applications. Has anyone emailed INIS to check for clarification?

Does anyone know how long these ceremonies are?

Hello, We been in Ireland for the past 5 years British and non Eu Non EU applied for citizenship with 5 month left on the stamp4 The question is will it be ok, to apply using the EU1 form again as we don't want to go through the EU3 hassle especially that we don't need the PR PS: we are aware that ...