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You didn't read my post I am living in Ireland over 30 years (stamp4) and 5 years ago I applied for citizenship and for the last 5 years my application was on hold.meself2 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 7:27 pmWhere did you come to Ireland from, what are your parents' nationalities when you were born? What's your legal status in Ireland?
Most countries don't just take citizenship away, you have to act on it and they won't let you lose their citizenship if you don't have any other one.
Also, since you've been in Ireland for 5 years, technically you can apply for citizenship as normal citizen via naturalization, not as stateless. When granted, you'll hold Irish citizenship in the same way as every naturalized citizen; besides, Ireland allows dual citizenship, so it's a question about your former nationality.
Apologies, I assumed you applied for citizenship based on the last 5 years. I do understand you're here for longer.
Okay, that's a different story then.
Do what they ask for, if you know you're not entitled for citizenship anywhere else - provide the affidavit. I would consult immigration solicitors, since it may depend on your individual circumstances.
That is not entirely correct. For example after Czechoslovakian split into two countries, both governments started issuing passports to those who originally hold the old Czechoslovak passport, which extends to those whose parents or grandparents that held such passports. This is sometimes called citizenship by declaration. Ireland had similar approaches to wives of Irish citizens who could obtain post-nuptial citizenship by declaration before 2005, so a stateless person would in these cases become eligible for that country’s citizenship.If your country split apart or no longer exist, you became stateless.
Thank you. That's is a good example. However, what would happen if parents left, e.g Czechoslovakia before country split apart and their teenage children's lives elsewhere the entire life 30 years +?littlerr wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:37 pmThat is not entirely correct. For example after Czechoslovakian split into two countries, both governments started issuing passports to those who originally hold the old Czechoslovak passport, which extends to those whose parents or grandparents that held such passports. This is sometimes called citizenship by declaration. Ireland had similar approaches to wives of Irish citizens who could obtain post-nuptial citizenship by declaration before 2005, so a stateless person would in these cases become eligible for that country’s citizenship.If your country split apart or no longer exist, you became stateless.
If you are *eligible* for a different passport by simply making a declaration (like the scenarios above), you must disclose this information to INIS. Saying that you don’t want to know will not be a valid reason. You can declare that you genuinely think you don’t have a way of obtaining a foreign passport.
Imagine someone left a country that no longer exists as teenager get married, have kids and family of his own and 30 years later new state would say you have born in our land and according to our rules your soul belongs to us so get your old a.. down here for the citizenship? Are you serious? The man lives in Ireland basically all life, paid taxes and pension and soon will have grand kids.... where is the logic? What about human rights article 13?
