Hi, My son was born on Jan 2016 in Northern Ireland and at that time I was holding UK's PR so as a result of that I was able to get British Passport for him. I also want to get Irish passport for him since I have been living in Northern Ireland from 2009. I was reading http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INI...

Thanks a lot Crisbella218! Was your second application accepted? I hope so! My partner is also from China! :) I am currently in initial stage since I put my application in on 3rd October 2016. Seems to be a delay in processing mine. I have notice on the timeline someone else got second stage letter...

Hi all My civil partner is going to be ready to apply for Irish citizenship later this year and I've been looking at the form. I have a few questions! 1) Are the passport photos to be added to the application just the same as the Irish passport photos? My own passport pics are black and white. Is t...

I'm from Northern Ireland and my wife is from the Philippines, she is living here in Northern Ireland for more than 3 years under Surinder Singh. I would like to know would my wife be able to apply for Irish naturalisation? If you have been married for over 3 years, have been living in Northern Ire...

The requirement for citizenship is that you should live on the island of Ireland for 3 years out of the last 5. Must also be 3 years after your marriage. So as you have not lived on the island since 2012 you are not eligible to apply. Also if you are a visa required national and you never got stoppe...

Sorry. I'm not as clued up on minors in Northern Ireland. Following on from my last reply. So your girl is born in Northern Ireland and therefore would not be able to apply as she needs to be born in the Republic of Ireland. Unless your partner is an Irish citizen? However if that was the case she w...

Hello Gurus, we r living n working in northern ireland. and I m in tier 2 visa . my girl was born in northern ireland that time i was on student visa so she was not qualified for irish citizenship and she is now 5 years. m thinking to apply for irish citizenship for her using form 11. is it possibl...

Application Based On: married to Irish citizen from Northern Ireland Applied On: 3rd October 2016 (new form) Application received On: 5th October 2016 Acknowledgement and return of passport : 24th October 2016 Second Letter: Pending Awaiting On Approval: Pending Email sent on 5/1/17 asking update. S...

Hi . Please I need some advice regarding form c Irish nationality . We both parents are British and living in Northern Ireland from last many years . We had baby last week and baby is eligible for Irish nationality and passport . I am completing form c and please I nervous to what all suppprting do...

Hi Buktais, A permanent resident card does not entitle you to travel to Ireland unless it states you can travel with a Union Citizen. This is given under Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC. If you contact the Irish embassy in London they will tell you same, and ask to to contact the British Home off...

Hi Lolo82, Sorry the scenario you are talking about would result in a rejection. INIS will base your 3 years from the date your application is signed not when they receive it. So if you signed it on 30th October and sent it off you would be rejected as your 1 day out. Also from my experience I alway...

Hi to everyone any advice please regarding applying for Irish citizen for people living in Northern IrelandI have been living and working in Belfast over 8 years married to an Irish citizen with 3 kids my question please the Home Office refuse me the permanent residence last September because they ...

Hello all, joining the thread as we have just applied for my husband's citizenship by naturalisation from Northern Ireland. One question - can he gets his passport back before they decide or do they keep it for the duration of the process? Any advice would be appreciated So just for Northern Irelan...

Thanks Crisbella. My intention is to retire/move to the north west next September. Regarding Dublin. I have a freind who works at passport control. I am informed there is no log of folk who fly in or out of Dublin to england. As you suggest, even if there was, there is still the option of Derry or ...

Very interesting post indeed. Thanks. I put this scenario and advice welcomed on it. Citizen of england living in Eire. Potentially could spend more than 6 weeks away from the country ie. visitng family in england and also engaging in marathon running around the globe. Will this mitigate/prevent a ...

You are welcome.. One of my mate did it 2 days ago. Well you need to send your passport photo copy not original one.. If you live around dublin live you can visit them or they have few branch all over ireland.. It's completely free help and advice...They did for my friend.. Very friendly stuff.. Du...

Hi guys. Sorry to bring this post alive again but I noticed my name was mentioned. I haven't been on the forum for a while as I was frustrated with my refusal. Indeed the wording on my "first" refusal letter was confusing. After writing to them again they had to resend me a new one as they...

I applied in May on 3 years marriage living in Northern Ireland. So I got a refusal letter today. I had taken 6 months out to China to give birth to our son and also I was on a post-study visa from 2011-2013 when I got married in March 2013 and upgraded to spouse visa. The wording in my letter is st...

My application is still in the process. I applied with the DAT1 form. I got my reply back from the PSNI back within one week. I sent this off with my application. For the residency question I put N/A for the calculation section. Applied with all the documents in my first post. After two weeks I got ...

Hi, I can't comment really on the EEA permit as my husband is a British Citizen so we couldn't go down that route and had to get a UK Visa. However my understanding is as long as your married for 3 years and have been living on the Island of Ireland for 3 years you are fine. As long as you can prov...

Hi there My civil partner is living in Northern Ireland (NI) with me (Irish citizen) and we will be here 3 years in a while. We will then be applying for him to get Irish citizenship on the basis that he will have lived on the island of Ireland for 3 years as the spouse/civil partner of an Irish ci...

Did you get a consular birth certificate from the British embassy in your country? If so that is good for applying for your child's British passport. The application should be completed in the location that the child is now. If someone submits an application in the UK and is born overseas they will ...

johannf and me would be in the same boat applying as spouse of an Irish citizen from Northern Ireland. I applied on 18th May got my letter yesterday on 13th June. However I was puzzled by the letter and have emailed the department asking why they have asked me to fill in Question 5.1 and 5.6 again a...

hi chrisbella Dont think you need the PSNI doc, but wont hurt sending it along to them. Did you also get a bank draft? akhill, copies of all pages that has stamps/visas on it. I also certified those to be safe. Yea got a bank draft from Ulster Bank in connswater. I read other websites about PSNI re...

Hi akhil As per the citizenship divisions advice via email: "You can tick ' No ' and write 'N/A' alongside" Thanks this answers one of my questions I asked in the forum which no one answered! I also got a report from the PSNI is that ok for the application? I have the following ready to g...