[quote="Jelbee"]Hi there! Hopefully someone will be able to answer this for me...
I'm Canadian, and my fiance is Irish. I'm planning on moving to Ireland later this year, for now, just on a Work VISA through the "Student Work Abroad Program" run by the Canadian government. It lasts a year.
However, we're planning on getting married, but not immediately... and I'm considering attending college in Dublin. Sadly, at 12,000 euro per year, I can't afford the international tuition fees.
Could anyone give me a basic run-through of what's required to establish Irish citizenship? How many years after marriage would I be "Irish," thus waiving the insane International fees?
I don't REALLY want to get married in the next couple of years, I'm only 21, and we wanted to have a looong engagement... but assuming it takes several years for me to ditch the international fees... I don't want it to be 5-6 years before I can afford to go to college!
Thanks to anyone who has any information!
Cheers!
-J[/quote]
You don't have to get married before being eligible for EU fee status if you have lived in any EU state for 3 years (and many college would probably ask for three P21 tax cert).
I was in college last year and my full time post gard fee could be over 13000 if im classified as international student. Im not EU citizen, have not stayed in any EU state for 3 full years and not married. Fortunately, i got EU fee status from my British nationality and part sponsorship of my employer - but the post gard fee for EU student was almost 8000 a year