Naturalization Application Advice and Bank Statement Alternatives

[poor_soul]

Hi Folks,

Happy New Year!!

My spouse and I have completed five years in Ireland. We are now getting ready to file our naturalization applications. Identity Proof (Passport) is straight forward for both of us.

For Residency Proofs, I have the documents (Employment Detail Summaries and Utility Bills). My spouse has been a homemaker. She has utility bills for five years. She doesn't have any Type A document for 2021 and half of 2022. She has bank statements from mid 2022 on wards.

What is the best course of action? I apply now and my spouse apply after she has five years of bank statements?

Both of us apply together now and provide other documents instead of bank statements with affidavit?

TIA

[nisi]

Does your wife have bank statements from a foreign bank with POS transactions in Ireland on them instead?

[nisi]

You only need to supply 3 months' bank statements per year, so the half year of statements shouldn't be a problem.

If you applied first then your wife would only need 3 years residency as the spouse of an Irish citizen. I don't think that would really help you as it'll probably take you about a year to acquire a naturalisation certificate and passport.

You don't gain anything by applying together, as the applications are considered together.

It's hard to know if an affidavit will be approved. What extra evidence can you provide? Any doctors letters?