Thanks for all the details! I just submitted my FOI request. This is ridiculous and I'm sick of putting my life on hold or not being able to visit family for a few months.

@fuzzbizz I guess the fact that you CAN work in the UK should be of no importance to you or any other applicant since, in our application we all have clearly stated that we intend to live in the Republic of Ireland in the future? I can intend to reside in Ireland in completely good faith but still ...

Reasons? Firstly, the EU applicants do not benefit from holding an Irish passport, except for the right to vote in Ireland. We can travel and work freely within the EU anyway. ... By the way, nothing is stopping you from giving back and participating in the community without an Irish passport. Agai...

First quarter? I envy your optimism! I've lived here long enough to realize "early in 2021" means "maybe by August".

Wife and I just renewed at local office. They took our IRP cards and didn't return them, but DID stamp passport.

The day you sign your name on the form. So, at the latest, the day you post it.

It should only take a day or two to get there, anyway, if you're in Ireland.

I don't see it at https://www.irishimmigration.ie/ or https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship/ ? Is this live? It is at https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship/, you need to agree to cookies and have edge or chrome browser. Then it will be in bottom right corner. Thanks! Also, works in Fire...

I don't see it at https://www.irishimmigration.ie/ or https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship/ ? Is this live?

Just in time to make sure we all need to spend 300 Euro and schlep to the office renewing by 20th January

Whoa - where do you see that? I took it to mean: Alice and Bob are citizens of Canada Alice and Bob have been married for 10 years. They've lived in Ireland for 5 years. Alice gets naturalized. Alice is now an Irish citizen. Bob has now been married to Alice, who is an Irish citizen, for 10 years. B...

That's interesting, the (two) people I've known who were able to comment said being a spouse of an Irish citizen was much faster.

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Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:51 am

Just received my approval letter today
Almost 2 years waiting applied November 2018

Great news! Thanks for sharing the update, nice to know something is happening

"anyone applied under parent of irish citizen child after 3 years"

The consensus here is that this does not exist.

For what it's worth, I took a similar path. You'll need to leave the country and have them apply for a general permit or critical skills permit. You will, of course, be at the mercy of the company (if they change their mind you're just stuck) so I hope you trust them!

I haven't taken that ferry, but it would be odd given that Belfast and Britain are part of the same nation.

Going to Northern Ireland, part of the UK, without a visa, was probably against the law, though of course I am not a lawyer.

"there is no Coronavirus in Ireland yet "

This is incorrect.

Enjoy the ceremony but do keep in mind a mask is more benefit to stop you infecting others than it is to yourself. It does, at least, help stop you touching your face with your hands. The mortality rate is highly correlated with age so if you are older or are in contact with older people you really ...

Whether your absences constitute a break in residence might be a question for a solicitor. I know that when I applied for my kids' passports it didn't even come up as a question (unlike naturalization) but best to talk to a professional than take advice from a stranger on the internet.

I don't think you need to have been born after the FBR was created to register on the FBR, though I am by no means an expert! For instance, some people at the US embassy a few months ago were getting a Consular Report of Birth Abroad for their teenage kid, and I thought it was a similar sort of thing.

It can be assumed that "born in the UK" means "born in Britain" and not Northern Ireland, right? The tool at https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship/check-if-you-are-an-irish-citizen-by-birth-or-descent/ should sort it out, but without an FBR entry might not pan out. Of course, if you're British...

I wish you luck but questions like this usually get shot down by the mods. I can, however, tell you that I went to three solicitors in Dublin city centre and the only good one was, of course, the most expensive.

My wife and I have both been in Ireland over 5 years. I applied for naturalization last March and am hoping to be naturalized soon (but who knows when it will really happen). Are naturalizations for spouses based on 3 years' residence usually handled faster? Not sure if we should just apply now or w...

I'm doing this right now - it's about a month but I'm using passport express and indicated no rush.

Assuming you have clear documentation of being here legally for 3 years prior to birth you should be fine even if you apply after travel I imagine (though you need at least one passport for the child)

I am not a lawyer but this happened to me and it never crossed my mind it would be an issue. It never came up as a problem when I went to stamp IV at least.