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rish citizenship granted if born in ireland?

  • 12-03-2009 5:00pm
    #1
    Blackpitts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 780 ✭✭✭


    my friends (both foreigners but from a country belonging to EU) are going to have a baby here,what should they do to get the irish citizenship for their baby? do they need to apply for it or is it automatically assigned?

    thx for the answers in advance


Comments

  • #2
    McCrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭McCrack


    It's a minefield and nobody can give you an answer with such little information. Best to contact a solicitor practicing in immigation or FLAC or the immigration council.


  • #3
    inspiron6000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭inspiron6000


    with an irish birth cert the child can get an irish passport, there isnt much to it.


  • #4
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    While it is the Entitlement and birthright of everyone born in ireland to be part of the irish nation, the foreign citizen parents of the children need to be legally resident here for a period of time, I think 3 years - time as a student doesn't count.

    unless the parents are legally alowed to stay here indefinitely - like EEA and swiss citizens then you are allowed become an irish citizen.

    anyway wikipedia has an easy to read article
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationality_law

    with links to the actual law
    http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Act2004.pdf/Files/Act2004.pdf


  • #5
    golum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭golum


    In relation to Inspiron's statement,

    that is not the case and has not been since 2005. Birth in Ireland does not automatically entitle one to an Irish passport/citizenship.
    If neither parent is Irish then the citizenship of the child is governed by the residency status of the parents. One parent must have been legally resident in Ireland for 3 of the 4 years immediately preceeding the birth of the child.
    Periods spent on a student visa are not counted.
    As the parents referred to by the OP are EU citizens, then they are here legally by virtue of that fact alone. However, it may be more difficult for them to establish the period of time than it would for a non-EEA citizen, as the passports of EU citizens are not stamped.
    On the other hand as the parents are EU citizens then the child will have an EU passport anyway, doesn't really make much difference which country it's from, so I'm not sure why the parents are concerned about the issue in the first place.


  • #6
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    golum wrote: »
    so I'm not sure why the parents are concerned about the issue in the first place.
    Maybe they are more curious than concerned? "Oh ****, is our child going to be automaticly Irish?"


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