From 1 January 2022, new applicants for citizenship will not be required to submit their original passport with the initial application. Instead, they can provide a full colour copy of their entire passport and all previous passports containing stamps that contribute to an applicant’s period of reckonable residency claimed, including the front and back covers. The [...]
Significant changes are being introduced for customers regarding the number of proofs required to establish their identity and residency as part of the Citizenship application process. From January, Citizenship will be moving to a scorecard approach, which will bring added clarity regarding what information applicants are required to provide to establish their identity and residence. Applicants [...]
Minister McEntee signs order reversing visa requirements for some Southern African nationalities. The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD has today signed an order reversing the visa requirements brought in last month for some Southern African nationalities to support Covid-19 public health measures. With effect from 00.01 on Wednesday, 22nd December 2021, nationals of Botswana, Eswatini [...]
As you may be aware, Minister McEntee recently announced a once in a generation scheme to regularise long term undocumented migrants and their dependents living in the State. As part of her announcement, the Minister also outlined a separate strand which will include a parallel process to implement the recommendation included in the report of the [...]
The Afghan Admission Programme has opened for applications from today Thursday, 16 December 2021. The Programme will enable current or former Afghan nationals living legally in Ireland to apply to have their close family members, who are living in Afghanistan or who have recently fled to territories bordering Afghanistan, to apply for temporary residence in Ireland. [...]