filish11 wrote:I have a new question, my residency permission/ permission to remain stamp is in my old passport. Do I have to photocopy and certify that page as well as the identity page of my old passport? Or is it just a page containing the permission to remain stamp?
Thanks in advance
There is no requirement to "certify" old passports; a photocopy of the relevant pages will do for old passports. However, as you will be certifying the current one, you may as well certify all of them
If your application is based on having 5 years residence:
• Evidence of residency permission i.e. a copy of your passports showing residency permission stamps for a period of 1 year immediately prior to the application and 4 years in the 8 year period before that (i.e. 5 x 365 days plus one day for each permission period in which 29 February falls (leap year)).
YOU MUST PROVIDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION WITH YOUR APPLICATION:
• Certified colour copy of the page of your current passport/travel document containing your photograph.*
• Certified copy of your original civil birth certificate and certified copy of a translation into English if the certificate is in a language other than English or Irish.*
• Copy of your garda national immigration bureau card.
• Letter from your current and previous employers covering employment dates from your date of arrival to date of application, showing commencement and finish dates for each job.
• Copy of your current P21 or P60 statement from the revenue commissioners if you are in employment.
• Copies of 3 month’s pay slips in the previous 6 months if you are in employment.
• Copy of bank statements for all of your bank accounts for 3 of the previous 6 months.
• Copy of Irish medical registration letter (only applicable if you are a doctor).
• Evidence of marriage to or being the civil partner of a deceased person who, at the date of death was an Irish citizen, if applicable. (Certified copies of certificates, court documents as applicable).
• The Statutory Application Fee of €175. This should be in the form of a banker’s draft or postal order payable to the Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality. Please note that this is non-refundable and is required for each application for a certificate of naturalisation.
