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Registering as a Citizen?

  • 01-02-2008 11:10pm
    #1
    Fionn MacCool
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I'm a 19 year old student, and have been living here since early September '07. I'm born in London but both of my parents are from Ireland. Should I/do I need to register myself as a citizen here? I'm on a four-year course and will probably work here as a graduate afterwards (currently looking for a part-time job).

    Is there anything I should do to make myself 'official'?

    Ta

    EDIT: Oh and I have a [lost] Irish passport, if that makes a difference


Comments

  • #2
    SarahMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭SarahMc


    Do you have an Irish PPSN number?


  • #3
    Fionn MacCool
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭Fionn MacCool


    SarahMc wrote: »
    Do you have an Irish PPSN number?

    Nope, I meant to ask about that too. I'll follow the link, thanks.

    Anything else I need to know?


  • #4
    SarahMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭SarahMc


    Other than reporting your lost passport, you don't need to so anything else.


  • #5
    Santa Claus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭Santa Claus


    If you had an Irish passport then you're already an Irish citizen !


  • #6
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,290 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Santa Claus wrote: »
    If you had an Irish passport then you're already an Irish citizen !

    If you ever want to interact with the government, (part-time work, drivers licence, rent-relief, ... lots of things), then you need to get a PPS number.

    To do this, you need proof of your address.

    Actually, proof of your address and residence here is useful to have: to qualify for health-care, you need to be ordinarily-resident (here for 3 months, intending to stay for 12). to qualify for lots of other stuff, you need to be habitually-resident (here for 2 years, intending to stay for good). To get either of these .. you need to be able to prove it.


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