citizenship for someone in Northern Ireland.

laspo24 · Post by **laspo24** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:55 pm

hi all, please asking out of curiousity, my wife is irish and i am non eu... we got married in Ireland then settled in Northern Ireland. living here as family member of an EEA National. want to know, does the the 3yrs for citizenship start counting from when we got married or when i got my UK residency card?
thanks.

Post by **JAJ** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:51 pm

As far as I can see, time before you were married does not count towards the 3 years.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP11000014

Has your wife been an Irish citizen since you were married or has she acquired citizenship more recently?

How long have you had your residence card?

laspo24 · Post by **laspo24** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:29 pm

JAJ wrote:As far as I can see, time before you were married does not count towards the 3 years.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP11000014

Has your wife been an Irish citizen since you were married or has she acquired citizenship more recently?

How long have you had your residence card?

she is Irish by birth as she was born up North(Northern Ireland)
i know it doesnt count before married... want to know if it start counting right from the day we got married or when i got my residency... as it took another few months after marriage before i got my residency.
thanks

Post by **JAJ** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:36 pm

laspo24 wrote: i know it doesnt count before married... want to know if it start counting right from the day we got married or when i got my residency... as it took another few months after marriage before i got my residency.
thanks

Good question. Take a look at section 15A and 16A of the 1956 Act.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Irish%20 ... dation.pdf

laspo24 · Post by **laspo24** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:31 pm

JAJ wrote:
laspo24 wrote: i know it doesnt count before married... want to know if it start counting right from the day we got married or when i got my residency... as it took another few months after marriage before i got my residency.
thanks
Good question. Take a look at section 15A and 16A of the 1956 Act.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Irish%20 ... dation.pdf

sorry mate, i cant get the link up as am using my phone... could u pls tell me as i presumed u must ve gone through the link. thanks once more.

IntegratedMigrant · Post by **IntegratedMigrant** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:15 pm

Go to INIS

Post by **JAJ** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:11 pm

IntegratedMigrant wrote: It only counts from the day you got your UK residency card.
Reason is that marriages must be recognised by the government and your UK residency card date is the day that your marriage was recognise by the government.

You can marry an Irish for 10 years, but if your marriage is not recognised, you' re never eligible to apply for citizenship.

Secondly if you marriage is recognised but you are living abroad with your partner who is Irish for 5 years, you must then come and live in Ireland for a continuous 1 year prior to your citizenship application.

Hope your question is answered

Perhaps, except that this information is entirely wrong. Whether a marriage is recogised or not is not dependent on immigration status. The information on citizenship is also wrong.

Post by **JAJ** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:12 pm

laspo24 wrote: sorry mate, i cant get the link up as am using my phone... could u pls tell me as i presumed u must ve gone through the link. thanks once more.

A forum is for sharing information, not personal consultancy. If this is important to you, then take the time to access the information given, and read it carefully. Perhaps then report back?

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