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Um, no. Have a look here: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000120#5JandL wrote:Thank you for that sideshowsue. So all in all I need to wait for 5 years for my citizenship and then I can apply for Irish passport plus 2 years maximum for decision. All in all 7!
No longer possible to qualify based on marriage alone.Obie wrote:It depends. If the Irish spouse is a naturalise citizen (naturalise after the marriage), it will have to be 3 years after the spouse naturalise before the non-eu spouse will qualify.
The non-EU spouse would have to be living in the Island of Ireland for at least 3 years, 2 of which should be in the Republic.
If the spouse is an Irish citizen before the marriage, then he/she qualifies 3 years after the marriage
Not so.Obie wrote:The non-EU spouse would have to be living in the Island of Ireland for at least 3 years, 2 of which should be in the Republic.
CitizensInformation.ie wrote:If you are the spouse of an Irish citizen who is applying for Irish citizenship you must meet the following conditions:
* You must be married to the Irish citizen for at least 3 years
* You must have had a period of 1 year's continuous "reckonable residence" in the island of Ireland immediately before the date of your application
* You must have been living on the island of Ireland for at least 2 of the 4 years before that year of continuous residence
* Your marriage must be recognised as valid under Irish law
* You and your spouse must be living together as husband and wife
* You must be of full age, good character and intend to continue to live on the island of Ireland
* You must have made a declaration of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State.
Declaration of Post-Nuptial CitizenshipJAJ wrote:No longer possible to qualify based on marriage alone.Obie wrote:It depends. If the Irish spouse is a naturalise citizen (naturalise after the marriage), it will have to be 3 years after the spouse naturalise before the non-eu spouse will qualify.
The non-EU spouse would have to be living in the Island of Ireland for at least 3 years, 2 of which should be in the Republic.
If the spouse is an Irish citizen before the marriage, then he/she qualifies 3 years after the marriage
Southern_Sky wrote:Declaration of Post-Nuptial CitizenshipJAJ wrote:No longer possible to qualify based on marriage alone.Obie wrote:It depends. If the Irish spouse is a naturalise citizen (naturalise after the marriage), it will have to be 3 years after the spouse naturalise before the non-eu spouse will qualify.
The non-EU spouse would have to be living in the Island of Ireland for at least 3 years, 2 of which should be in the Republic.
If the spouse is an Irish citizen before the marriage, then he/she qualifies 3 years after the marriage
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000045
CitizensInformation.ie wrote:Up to 29 November 2005, it was possible to become an Irish citizen by making a post-nuptial declaration of citizenship (pdf) but this scheme has now ended.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000045 wrote:The Post-Nuptial citizenship provision has now ceased. No declaration lodged after 29th November, 2005 will be accepted under any circumstances.
If you've already been married for over 3 years and then take up residency in Ireland, the spouse can apply for naturalisation after living in Ireland for 2 full years.ciaramc wrote:Ok so can I give a quick example? And maybe Benifra or any of the other members can explain it?
Ok I (Irish Citizen) Husband (Non-EU visa required)
Married 3 and a half years? Never resided on the Island of Ireland?
Ok so move to Ireland? we have to wait 2?3?4? years?
Hi Sue.sideshowsue wrote:the spouse can apply for naturalisation after living in Ireland for 2 full years.
CitizensInformation.ie wrote:If you are the spouse of an Irish citizen who is applying for Irish citizenship you must meet the following conditions:
* You must be married to the Irish citizen for at least 3 years
* You must have had a period of 1 year's continuous "reckonable residence" in the island of Ireland immediately before the date of your application
* You must have been living on the island of Ireland for at least 2 of the 4 years before that year of continuous residence
* Your marriage must be recognised as valid under Irish law
* You and your spouse must be living together as husband and wife
* You must be of full age, good character and intend to continue to live on the island of Ireland
* You must have made a declaration of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State.
Because making things transparent and easy to understand would be extremely out of character for the government and it's agencies.sideshowsue wrote:I don't understand why they didn't just say that an applicant must demonstrate a reckonable residence of 3 out of the last 4 years, with a continuous, uninterrupted year of residence immediately preceding the application.
I don't think it can. It has to be 3 years of resident, with the last of the 3 years being a continuous uninterrupted residence.ciaramc wrote:So it's three years right?
One year reckonable residence before application and at least 2 of the previous 4 years prior to application? Can one of those 2 years not count as the 1 year reckonable residence?
"island of Ireland" = includes Northern Ireland.ciaramc wrote:Another question....I see it says Reckonable residence on the Island of Ireland? I assume this includes Northern Ireland? Or no?
The law as it's structured, does not require you have a particular immigration status other than specified exceptions, for example, student or unlawful.So if I was to enter northern Ireland with a Family permit, as a spouse of an Irish citizen and three years later applied for citizenship? Can you does this if you enter under EU law?