Applying in Irish language for naturalisation

[chaikhosi]

Has anyone learned to speak Irish since moving here, and successfully applied for naturalisation on the Irish version of the form? Just thinking maybe it would get processed faster, because I guess very few people do that.

I only know a few phrases in Irish now, but would be a great motivation to study!

[Ghoort]

I was once speaking about the Irish language with a school teacher, who obviously speaks Irish. She said me if I want to give a lot of pain to a guard arresting me (I wasn't arrested even once), I should ask to get arrested in Irish. The guards may even avoid arrest me just not to use Irish.

I think if you wish your application to wait as long as possible you may try to fill it in Irish.

[meself2]

I wouldn't expect it to be any faster - highly doubt there's a separate queue for Irish language applicants.
I think you have to know Irish to work in civil service, but as times go by and it's not used, I don't think they are held up to standard. You might actually wait longer until someone with satisfactory knowledge of the language can get onto your application.

[fuzzbizz]

Yes, it was embarrassing for the department since they hadn't bothered to publish a form in Irish.

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