The Citizenship Telephone Helpline is suspended until further notice. Applicants may continue to submit queries via the email helpdesk. Telephone service resumption will be notified via this website. Due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic and the attendant requirement to comply with public health guidelines, unprecedented delays are being experienced in the issuing of [...]
New customer-focused website www.irishimmigration.ie provides easy-to-navigate information in plain English Digitisation Strategy for Immigration Services published End-to-end review of international protection processes completed. The Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys TD, and the Minister of State for Law Reform, Youth Justice and Immigration, James Browne TD, have today announced a new suite of immigration reform [...]
As part of continuing efforts to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to ensure customer safety, we have taken the decision to extend, until Monday 31 January 2022, the temporary measure in place permitting both EU Treaty Rights and Domestic Residence applications and supporting documentation to be submitted by email. It is preferable [...]
Demand for Irish immigration services continues to increase at a significant rate. Our service users rightly expect immigration processes to be personalised, timely and responsive. The Department has begun to transition from paper-based and labour intensive processes to efficient, robust and customer– centric frontline immigration services, in line with our Digital First policy. As part of [...]
The Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys TD, and the Minister of State for Law Reform, Youth Justice and Immigration, James Browne TD, have today announced the resumption of short stay entry visa processing. The move will come into effect from Monday, 13 September 2021. The move to resume short stay visa processing is in line with [...]