Is there any single person here who was able to get naturalised in just 6 years living in Ireland?

[TAA20231207]

(5 years for eligibility and roughly a year for application to be finalised)

I've been in Ireland for 4 years and I'm preparing to commit the next 365 days of no-leaving Ireland rule to be eligible to apply for naturalisation. I barely left the country every year (not exceeding 2 weeks).

However, just reading and hearing some anecdotes, some naturalised citizens waited for 10 years or more before they applied and I wonder what's the usual reason for this? 5 years residency seems easy enough to comply but why did they wait for 10 years or more?

I'm already made aware that the application itself could take 18 months to 2 years or in worse case even more so I'm not referring to this.

Just wanted to know if it is really possible to apply in just 5 years? Has anyone here who is single successfully done this? Thanks!

I'm just having a dilemma and trying to gauge what to do because I've also been recently granted an Australian PR (190) which I have to use until 2029.

I am choosing Ireland because I am so close to earning the minimum residency requirement but I am getting worried from the stories of others who lived in Ireland for 10 years before they applied for citizenship.

[meself2]

I did. A number of people that I know did.

You're overthinking, honestly. 5 years is enough.
Just keep in mind it's another year or two between submission and getting the decision (and if you're not in country/IRP expires, they might withdraw your application).

[littlerr]

I applied on the day of my fifth anniversary even though it was a Saturday and had to pay a solicitor the weekend rate to get the documents stamped and signed My application was approved in around 8 - 9 months.

Unlike countries like Switzerland where the whole thing is up to how integrated you are in the local community and can be extremely subjective, in Ireland it’s a simple rule of checking whether you have been living in Ireland for 5 (or 3) years.

5 years or 50 years, there’s really no difference. Staff there simply stares at question 1 in their checklist - has this person got 5 years of residency, and once they tick the box, it’s done. There’s very little subjective judgment during this process (unless you had been using social benefits or had some convictions in the past). They just tick all the boxes and that’s it.

[Patka248]

FYI you're allowed to leave the country in the last 365 days, just not more than 6 weeks. There was a court case about this a while back https://www.asylumlawdatabase.eu/en/con ... ing%20year.