New Passport Process for Citizenship from the 1st January 2022
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 [...]
New immigration changes announced
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, T.D., has today announced a number of immigration changes to simplify and streamline the processing of citizenship applications and [...]
Citizenship Ceremony Postponed
The citizenship ceremony scheduled to be held in the INEC in Killarney on December 13th 2021 is now postponed. All candidates scheduled to attend at [...]
Resumption of the Short Stay Visa Waiver Programme
The Immigration service is pleased to confirm that the Short Stay Visa Waiver Programme has resumed. It had been suspended due to Covid-19 but the [...]
Citizenship Telephone Helpline is suspended
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 [...]
Ministers announce new immigration reform measures
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. [...]
EU Treaty Rights and Domestic Residence applications – COVID-19 Update
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 [...]
Publication of the digitisation strategy for Irish Immigration Services
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. [...]
Notice | Short stay visa processing to resume
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 [...]
Immigration notice on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan
In response to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Department is currently focused on processing applications for Afghan family members of Irish citizens and Afghan [...]
COVID-19 Visa Arrangements (Updated: 15th June 2021)
This section last updated on 15th June 2021The Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys TD has today announced the lifting of the temporary entry and transit [...]
Single Person Committee of Inquiry set up to review refusals of Irish Citizenship where National Security concerns arise
A Single Person Committee of Inquiry has been established where people, whose application for a naturalisation certificate (also known as Citizenship) was refused, in [...]