Sorry in advance if this creates a topic within a topic, but it is still related to the ruling: There were three arguments presented at today's Court of Appeal hearing. To paraphrase: Jones (appellant): Spent 100 days out of Ireland in the year before he applied, thinks this is reasonable, and that ...

What does this all mean. That they couldn’t come up with a decision? I don’t understand this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_decision Reserved decision is a legal term. After the hearing of a trial or the argument of a motion a judge might not immediately deliver a decision, but instead take...

Court reserved judgement... So no decision for now... that's disappointing!

Hi Markem, I just check the page again and at the bottom, it is stated that below. Friday the 15th October 2021 In Court 2, Court of Appeal Building At 10.30 o'clock For hearing 2019 344 Jones -v- Minister for Justice and Equality (1.5h) Who knows what that is - I never looked down the page after I...

Looks to be going ahead... it is on the list here.

It will be heard by Justice Birmingham, Justice Whelan, and Justice McGovern - all are existing Judges of the Court of Appeal.

This could still throw a spanner in the works. The Chief Justice has warned cases could be put back to 2021 if there is not an “immediate” increase in the number of judges on the Court of Appeal bench. ... If judges are not appointed by next Tuesday, Judge Clarke said it is his “understanding” that...

My wife is non EU. We had 2 kids and got maternity benefits. She got naturalised after that, without any complication.

saleamcrown wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 29, 2019 6:10 pm

No there is item in 3rd October

Which item? I can't see one. The Minister has already said they're waiting for the Court of Appeal to hear the Jones case at 10.30am on 8th Oct so I'd be surprised if it comes up in the Dail before then.

aneelrahim wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:58 am

I already predict that on 20 Sept that they are waiting for appeal.

Congratulations

Several TDs are now asking questions about the timing. It will be interesting to see the responses. The response is back, copied below... same answer for all questions. The key piece is that the Minister has confirmed they are waiting for the outcome of the appeal before introducing the new legisla...

Given it's clear that there will not be a September Ceremony, and that we have another thread relating to the high court ruling, can I suggest that this thread is closed?

Several TDs are now asking questions about the timing. It will be interesting to see the responses. RC To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Irish nationality and citizenship (amendment) bill will pass both Houses of the Oireachtas in view of the practical difficulties that arise for...

It sounds like the matter is going to be discussed this week. if they pass bill this week hopefully we will get ceremony by end of Oct or first week of Nov. I'm not sure where you get the idea that it is going to be passed this week. It's not. There are 27 Bills currently on the Dáil and Seanad Ord...

Please see this link: https://www.thejournal.ie/government-priorities-new-dail-term-4816231-Sep2019 It sounds like the matter is going to be discussed this week. It is one of 32 pieces of priority legislation for the Autumn session. Here is the legislative programme and this is on Page 6. The statu...

In the past, they have managed to close around 60,000 applications awaiting a decision, from what I have heard. They can close these 16,000 apps easily, but, only if they want to. When did they do that? If you look at the chart (based on data from INIS), the most decisions they've made in a year (i...

Received a further update on numbers from another Dail question (again, not yet published): Previously it was: 2015 & earlier: ~580 undecided applications 2016: 763 vs 13,018 total 2017: 2,787 vs 11,776 total 2018: 8,203 vs 12,724 total 2019: 2,556 on hand And now: 2015 & earlier: 563 2016: ...

Only a complete calendar day (i.e. 12am-12am following) should be counted. In your example, you were in Ireland on Friday and Sunday, so only Saturday is counted.

The Minister has responded to a series of questions in the Oireachtas about this topic.

As of 3rd September there were 15,647 applications for citizenship on hand. The majority of such applicants are potentially affected by the ruling.

botabo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:51 am

I thought this forum was for everybody waiting to participate in the Ceremony regardless of year of application?

Yes, this thread is about the ceremony. But it would be useful for other members to know how long your application took.

botabo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:21 pm

My application was accepted in June, next step is the Ceremony.

Hi Botabo... would you mind posting your full timeline?
In this thread if you applied in 2018, this one for 2017, or this one for 2016

Yadedeyesika wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:34 am

Any news since? Almost there but not sure

Hi Yadedeyesika ... perhaps you could contribute to the forum by putting in your timeline?In this thread if you applied in 2018, this one for 2017, or this one for 2016

From the Irish Times today... Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan is to introduce a new law that will grant applicants for Irish citizenship the right to be absent from the country for a set period of time. Mr Flanagan said the urgent draft legislation will address a significant decision made in t...

Feeling bold, I thought I'd just try to call the Minister (or rather, his office) to ask the same questions. Of course, one number goes to voice mail ("mailbox is full") and the other doesn't get answered and disconnects... :roll: If anyone else feels inspired to make some calls here are t...

I heard something similar from INIS today when I called them. I asked if the September ceremony would go ahead and they said "we are waiting on instructions about that", but to keep an eye on the website. Based on timing for previous ceremonies we should have seen a few approvals posted on...

The process might be slightly different for Irish Associations so there may not be the exact same stages. But littlerr is right... second stage letters clearly say "second stage". Out of interest, what is your timeline? When did you apply, and on what basis? Did you think you had sufficien...