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The 6 weeks rule does not apply to your case because you were never out of the country before submitting the application. If your application still processing you will need to inform the Citizenship Division that you plan to be out of the country for at least 3 months and see what’s their response, highly likely that your application will see further delays because of this.Stress wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:59 pmHi please advised me about 6 weeks rule. i am bit confuse about it. i never been outside ireland for 6 years until 2018. i have submitted my application on august 2016 still awaiting for approval. now this year i need to go to my home country for some personal reason for atleast 3 months does 6 weeks rule will apply on my case???
Sorry, do you mind if I ask if they refused you because you spent 46 days outside of Ireland in 2017? Did you ever get a second letter or they refused at initial stage?
I was 46 days outside of the country in 2017 and applied in Oct 2017 and got my approval last week. However, because their rules are not very clear - for piece of mind, I would email them, state your dates and ask if it meets their rules. Print out their answer and attach to your application.Dubman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:29 pmNo, it wasnt refuse because of more than 6 weeks I spent in 2017. It was a differet issue. I made my application in May then I went for holiday. And again I went outside 21st Dec 2017. I never received 2nd letter. In 2018 May I received a letter with refusal.
But now I am hearing Citizenship dept refusing applicants who ever were outside of Ireland for more than 6 weeks. So my query is about it!!
Hi Dubman, first of all, sorry to hear that your first application was refused. but just to clarify, what was the reason mentioned in the refusal letter, would you mind sharing?. if its personal, no problem, but please let me know if the refusal is due to your absence post submitting your application? thanks.Dubman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:29 pmNo, it wasnt refuse because of more than 6 weeks I spent in 2017. It was a differet issue. I made my application in May then I went for holiday. And again I went outside 21st Dec 2017. I never received 2nd letter. In 2018 May I received a letter with refusal.
But now I am hearing Citizenship dept refusing applicants who ever were outside of Ireland for more than 6 weeks. So my query is about it!!
This is incorrect. It is the 365/366 days prior to the application submission date, otherwise there would be no difference whether an application was submitted on 1st Jan or 31st Dec because you are always counting the absence for the year before that.
It is therefore very important for applicants to note that any absences from the State in excess of six weeks during the year immediately preceding the date of their application could result in the Minister exercising his absolute discretion to refuse to grant a certificate of naturalisation notwithstanding that they may have satisfied the statutory conditions for same set out in the 1956 Act. Where applicants are absent from the State in excess of six weeks during the year immediately preceding the date of their application the policy of the Minister is to only grant a certificate of naturalisation if satisfied that the travel was demonstrably unavoidable or due to exceptional circumstances. Applicants who find themselves in this position should submit as much information as possible with their application to verify that any travel outside of the State in excess of six weeks during the year immediately preceding their application was unavoidable or due to exceptional circumstances.
Thanks for your contribution to this topic.max307 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:49 pmMore than 6 weeks per annum out of the country, the Citizenship Division does not specify how the count the weeks. If you stay out of the country more than 6 weeks either in one go or in different trips during that year then you will need to provide details to the Citizenship Division.