CR001 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:56 pm
saeef wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:49 pm
Lou86 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:14 pm
Saeef that's great to know and I thank you for your reply!! you have given me hope.
RE: British passport applying for Irish, it's not that simple otherwise everyone would do it due to Brexit.
A lot are doing it. This may be why the backlog. I may be stepping out on a limb here but from what I understand the uk applying for Irish passport is something other than the EU situation or brexit. It is soe kind of agreement between the two countries. A UK citizen can go and live in Ireland and get benefits nhs etc right away and vice versa.
You are incorrect in your assumption!! A person of any nationality can only naturalise as Irish or claim Irish citizenship through descent, which is what those British citizens that qualify by descent are doing. It is a lengthy process for most as FBR registration is often required first. It has nothing do with the agreement between Ireland and the UK and the CTA etc.
A British citizens cannot just arrive in Ireland and apply for citizenship if they have no claim to Irish ancestry or claim benefits unreservedly etc. NHS is UK not Republic of Ireland!
Please, if you are not sure, please rather do not post incorrect information.
Thanks for the response but I think you may have misread me. I never said that a UK citizen can just arrive in Ireland and claim citizenship. I said a lot of people are applying from uk for Irish passport.
About the benefits part I thought that this article meant the republic of Ireland, I thought it was a given that in the UK same rules apply all over, so I assumed, as you corrected me. wrongly that this was referring to The republic. Thanks for the timely and nicely put correction!
Here is the article of my confusion:
"Entitlement to health services
UK citizens who are resident in Ireland are entitled to health services in the same way as Irish citizens who are resident. This means that they may avail of public health services if they are “ordinarily resident”.
UK citizens resident in Ireland whose income is from a UK source and who do not have any income from Ireland may be entitled to a medical card regardless of their means. (Under EU rules, if you are getting a social security pension from another EEA country or Switzerland, or if you are working and paying social insurance in one of these countries, you may qualify for a medical card if you are ordinarily resident in Ireland, provided you are not subject to Irish social security legislation"
