My daughter's Certificate of Naturalisation was delivered this morning. She is the last one of our family to be granted naturalisation.

After 10 years its finally all over!

Good luck to everyone else and thanks for the help from many members of this forum.

Sent yellow form and postal order on 18 July received acknowledgement on 12 August.
Hopefully this does not mean that six weeks starts from 12 August and not 18 July.

"So am not given you smart advise, it's the system that smart you out and fall over, sleep walking"

What the hell does this mean?

Hello I applied in January 2009 after living in Ireland on a Student Stamp for five years. My application followed my father's naturalisation in December 2008 giving me Irish Associations. I received my yellow form and took my oath in June 2011. No further information was requested at any stage. Goo...

Hello I applied in January 2009 after living in Ireland on a Student Stamp for five years. My application followed my father's naturalisation in December 2008 giving me Irish Associations. I received my yellow form and took my oath in June 2011. No further information was requested at any stage. Goo...

We received confirmation on Thursday, 16 June 2011 that my daughter's application for naturalisation has been approved. She applied in January 2009 on the basis of Irish Association following my naturalisation the month before. She was on a Stamp 2 - student visa. No additional documentation was eve...

They give you a one year stamp if you have no previous immigration record. That is if you have just arrived in Ireland and got married.

You know what started off as a string for tracking the timelines of applications has degenerated into a forum for congratulating each other, moaning and recriminations.

As such it is no longer of any real use to anyone.

Just go and tell the GNIB that you need your Card renewed and why. They did this many times for me and my family. Eventually they got tired of us asking and renewed them for five years. That saw us all through to naturalisation. You need to be nice, not demanding like some of the posts to this forum.

Everyone leaving Heathrow on a flight destined outside the EU is subject to a visa check for their destination and for the UK.

With a bit of luck they'll lock your friend up, deport them and we won't have the hassle of having them here again -ever.

Two friends arrived in Ireland from eastern europe (non EU) in 1999, and claimed asylum at the port. They had an Irish-born child in the mid 90s and have been on the temporary leave to remain scheme for parents of Irish born. How come they only claimed asylum in 1999 when they already had an Irish ...

I'm sorry but you should have been deported years ago.

You give legal immigrants a bad name.

This forum is for people to obtain advice to stay within the law not for people who broke the law for years.

IrishTom is going to have a field day with you and rightly so.

I thought the forum was to give people advice not to tell them how to break the law?

Hello

I'm afraid there is a six month mandatory quarantine for all pets entering Ireland other than from the UK.

It can only be served in Lissenhall, north of Dublin, and is very expensive.

All new Irish passports with chips have the three letter country code, including those issued to people born in Ireland.

We've been through this perceived discrimination before.

I'm afraid your ancestors made you what you are. Isn't this what you were saying about your genetic make-up?
These people were forced to tolerate your kind now you'd better learn to tolerate them.

I am against mass immigration, of people into my country (UK). I am not against immigraiton of non eu individuals as long as that immigration is tightly restricted. And no I do not care what tax they pay. I want to live in a country where I and my people are the majority. I want to live in country ...

I was born in South Africa of South African parents. Two of my great grandparents emigrated there from Ireland the rest all came from western England. Would this make me Irish by these genetic tests?
Although I have an Irish passport I would be loath to claim to be Irish like some of you.

I was 55 when I was naturalised so I'm sure you'll be fine.
I have checked my form and find I only listed our last address in South Africa and our two addresses in Ireland. Sorry I thought I put them all in but I was wrong. Would have beeen a long list too.

We listed all addresses since birth. Your mother's current name in the first box and maiden name in the second box. P21 balancing statement for the last year and any other years you have. You can send later ones as you receive them to avoid being asked later. Irish current and saving account stateme...

If they have a wish to refuse you they will find an excuse.

Eight points may be overlooked for some but two points may be the end for others.

As the article said there is no transparency.

I don't see any sign of HSE being approved. Better read his post again.

Because somebody born in Waterford does not have their place of birth as "WAT". Similarly, someone born in Dublin does not have "DUB" in their passport. If such abreviations were used, then no, there would be no discrimination. I accept that the difference is town and country, b...

In what way is abbreviating your country of birth into an internationally standardised three letter form in any way discriminatory? Discriminatory implies prejudice, as all countries have their own three letter abbreviation how can this be prejudicial? Mine for instance is ZAF for South Africa, perf...

Does anyone have any update on the implementation of the changes made in the Citizenship Bill?