How much time does it take to get Irish citizenship?

 In order to be qualified to file an application for citizenship through naturalization based on residency, you must show that you have lived in the state for at least five years (1825 or 1826 days) during the nine years prior to your application.

This involves having resided in the region continuously for a full year (365 or 366 days) just before the application deadline. Swiss, EU/EEA, and UK citizens are not obliged to use the residence calculator.

Applicants must receive a score of 150 points to be evaluated in each of the years that proof of residency is required.

If you are an adult resident of Ireland who would like to apply for Irish citizenship, you must first meet certain residence requirements, which are related to your length of stay in Ireland.

Unless you are now formally recognized as a refugee, the time you spent in Ireland as a foreign student or as an asylum seeker will not count toward the overall amount of time you have stayed in Ireland lawfully.

The amount of time you spend in the state that can be applied toward fulfilling the residency criteria is known as your "reckonable residence." For most people, you will need to show that during the preceding nine years, you spent a total of five years living in Ireland.

If you are married to an Irish citizen or have refugee status, you can petition for citizenship after three years of presence in Ireland. Evidence proving you have resided in Ireland for the entire calendar year that precedes the application submission must also be submitted.

In order to be given Irish citizenship, you will need to provide proof that, according to the authorization stamps you have accumulated, you have resided on the island of Ireland for 1095 or 1096 days. This entails living there continuously for 365 or 366 days prior to the application date.

Citizenship For Spouse

You can apply to be naturalized as an Irish citizen if you are married to an Irish citizen or are in a civil partnership with one. If you meet the following criteria and live in Ireland or Northern Ireland, you are eligible to register:

• You are eighteen years old or older.
• Irish is the nationality of your civil partner.
• You have been wed for a minimum of three years.
• For three out of the five years that before your application, you had lived on the island of Ireland. A full year of continuous residence in Ireland or Northern Ireland is required before the application deadline.
• After you become an Irish citizen, you plan to live in Ireland.
• You live with your significant other.
• You possess "good character."

Recently, Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) introduced a scorecard system to assess applicants' identities as foreign nationals and past residences in order to grant them Irish citizenship. As a result, you have access to a wider variety of documents and may be confident that you have enough supporting paperwork to submit with your application.

A minimum of 150 points must be obtained in both the identity and residence categories. The Citizenship Guidance Document explains how many points you receive for different types of documents.

In addition to evidence of your three-year marriage, you will need to present documentation proving your spouse's Irish citizenship if your application for naturalization is predicated on your being married to or in a civil partnership with an Irish citizen.

Certain documents that you have to send must be certified as "true copies" by a notary public, commissioner for peace, commissioner for oaths, or solicitor, in that order.

During the process of completing your statutory declaration, you can choose to have an immigration lawyer in Iawyer who can attest the legitimacy of your documents. They are as follows:

• Either the foreign births registration or your birth certificate.
• Should your application be predicated on your marriage to an irish national, you will be required to submit your spouse's birth certificate.
• A copy of your marriage license or certificate of civil partnership is required if your application is based on your union with an irish citizen.