The Minister of Justice in Ireland has announced several changes to the citizenship application process, effective as of 31st July 2023. These changes are designed to make the process more streamlined and efficient and are expected to make it easier for people to naturalise as Irish citizens.
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬:
🍀 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝 “𝐬𝐢𝐱-𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞”: Applicants for naturalisation will now be permitted up to 70 days absences from the State in the continuous year preceding the application. An additional period of up to 30 days may also be allowed if those additional absences were necessary due to “exceptional circumstances.”
🍀 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: Children born in Ireland who are not entitled to Irish citizenship by birth will now be eligible to apply for naturalisation after three years of reckonable residency in the State, reduced from five years.
🍀 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: The Department of Justice will now be able to issue correspondence and serve documents electronically.
🍀 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:Persons who have been convicted of a serious offence, or who are considered a danger to the security of the State, will no longer be given the option to leave the State voluntarily once an intention to deport notice under section 3 has been issued to them.
🙏🏾 We welcome these changes, which will make it easier for people to naturalise as Irish citizens and to comply with immigration requirements. Kindly share this welcoming news with each and every one who should hear this TODAY 🙏🏾
💁🏻♂️ 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 us 𝐚𝐭 (+𝟑𝟓𝟑) 𝟖𝟓 𝟏𝟏𝟓 𝟑𝟒𝟑𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐨-𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 📲
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