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I became a citizen of Ireland through naturalisation on the 9th December 2019, and am going through the process of applying for my first Irish passport. I used the Passport Online service to start my application. This online process is quite well designed, and it means that I can enter my details, upload my photograph, […]
On Monday 9th December 2019 I attended the ceremony in the Killarney Convention Centre to become an Irish Citizen through naturalisation. I’ve written about different elements of my Irish Citizenship journey before, but I thought it might be interesting for people to hear about the ceremony itself. Travel Since 2018 all of the large citizenship […]
I’ve written a fair bit about my application for Irish Citizenship over the last couple of years, but I only just got confirmation that it’s finally going to happen. I sent in my application in March 2018, about 20 months ago, and this week I received my invitation to my Citizenship Ceremony taking place in […]
I got a letter from the Department of Justice earlier this week indicating that I’m at the final stage before getting my citizenship. The letter says: I refer to your application for a certificate of naturalisation. The Minister proposes to grant your application, subject to the successful completion of the application process. It then goes […]
Last week the High Court ruled that naturalisation applicants are not allowed to leave Ireland at all in the 12 months leading up to their application. Why did this happen? An Australian citizen applied for Irish citizenship in 2017 and had their application rejected because they were absent from Ireland for 100 days (97 days […]
I got a letter from the Department of Justice and Equality today, saying that my application for naturalisation has processed to the second stage of processing. The letter says: Your application has now been initially assessed and has proceeded to the second stage of processing. Your application is being processed with a view to establishing […]
