I see no issue either....
BUT....
My immigration officer has had an applicant's application for naturalisation refused solely on the basis that he left the country for one month's holiday at Christmas during the year prior to making application.
He says he has since learned of the same thing happening to others. No other reason for refusal given. The requirement is "1 year's
continuous reckonable residence in the State immediately before the date of your application for naturalisation ."
My immigration officer told me he enquired further about this with his most reliable contact in the INIS or GNIB to determine whether this is a new interpretation being applied to every application, and he came back to me saying yes, it is.
Leaving for a holiday during the year before making application (i.e. having your passport stamped as entering another country and stamped in Ireland on return - ALWAYS BE SURE IT IS STAMPED ON RETURN)
is now being interpreted as NOT having one year's CONTINUOUS reckonable residence.
The operative word seems "continuous" and its new interpretation. Makes no sense to me. My stuff would all still be at my address at which I would continue to pay rent, pay ESB, receive post, park my car while I'm away, etc.
If someone in authority can verify that this is incorrect information, based on a reliable source from the horse's mouth, I'd be very glad to hear it. I'm in a panic trying to get my application in and the letter of receipt back before taking off for Christmas holidays.
If it is the case that this new stricter interpretation is being applied to all applications, the information really needs to get "out there" so people don't waste their time on submitting applications for naturalisation when it will only be refused because they took a holiday during the last year before applying.