This period counts as reckonable residence. For example, if you had a Stamp 4 in March 2020, your Stamp 4 permission was automatically extended until. You can count the time when your immigration permission was automatically extended during COVID-19 as reckonable if you had reckonable residence immediately before the first extension.
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Registration with immigration is usually the evidence of legal residence which meets the residency requirements for naturalisation. You must send a printout from the calculator with your application (along with other proofs of residence) unless you are a UK, Swiss or EEA citizen, or have refugee status in Ireland. You can use the online residency calculator on the Immigration Service Delivery website to check if you meet the naturalisation residency conditions. Time spent while you were an international protection applicant.Time spent in Ireland while you were undocumented.Time spent on a student visa (usually with a Stamp 2 or Stamp 2A IRP) unless you are making an application as a ‘young adult’ (see below).Periods of residence that are not reckonable include: Time spent on a Stamp 5 (Without Condition as to Time).Time spent as the spouse or partner of a Critical Skills Employment Permit holder or on the Third Level Graduate Scheme (with Stamp 1G).Time spent as the dependent of an employment permit or other legal resident (usually with Stamp 3).Time spent in Ireland on an employment permit (usually with a Stamp 1 Irish Residence Permit).Some examples of periods that are counted for reckonable residence include: If you are from outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, certain periods of residence are counted towards the reckonable residence you need to qualify for naturalisation. If your application is based on your marriage or civil partnership with an Irish citizen, you can count legal residence in Northern Ireland too. Reckonable residence means residence in Ireland that counts towards becoming eligible to apply for naturalisation. Some other categories of applicant can apply after 3 years residence (see ‘The Minister’s power to waive conditions’ below). You can find out more about the residency rules when applying for Irish citizenship for a child. The residency rules for children are different. You should explain this in your application.Īltogether you must have 1,825 days (5 years) reckonable residence out of the last 9 years. You can spend 70 days outside of Ireland in the year immediately before your application.Īn additional period of up to 30 days may be allowed if you left Ireland due to exceptional circumstances, for example, health reasons, family circumstances, employment or study. During the 8 years before that, have had a total reckonable residence in the State of 1,460 days (4 years).Have a period of 365 days (1 year) continuous reckonable residence in the State immediately before the date of your application for naturalisation and.You must have lived in the State for a certain length of time. The ‘good character’ test also applies if your child is under 14 and has been charged with, or convicted of, a serious violent or sexual crime. If you are applying for your child who is over 14, they must demonstrate ‘good character’. You may also be contacted by the Citizenship division at a later stage for further information about your history in the State. You are asked on the application form to declare any of the above and you are given the opportunity to explain the circumstances that led to the Garda or court action. Certain civil cases (for example, if you were subject to a barring order).Cautions or other warnings you have received from the Gardaí.Pending criminal cases (that haven’t been heard in court yet).Driving offences you may have committed.As part of this, the Minister receives information about: The Garda Síochána (Ireland's national police) provides a report about your background. There is no exhaustive legal definition of what ‘good character’ means. The parent of the child is a citizen by naturalisation – use Form 9.The child is of Irish descent or Irish associations – use Form 10.The child was born in Ireland after 1 January 2005 and did not qualify for citizenship by birth – use Form 11.To become an Irish citizen through naturalisation, you must meet the conditions that are set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 as amended (pdf).
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