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How do you prove citizenship?

  • 10-10-2011 5:14pm
    #1
    YourNameForMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭


    I've been living in Ireland since I was 5 years old but I was born in England. My father was born in Ireland so I have automatic Irish citizenship. I just found out that I can't vote in the presidential election because I put my nationality down as British on the RAF2 form. I only put myself down as British because I wasn't sure how to prove my Irish citizenship. Should I have put my nationality down as Irish? What would they have asked for to prove it?

    PS I don't have an Irish passport.


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  • #2
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    You do not have Irish Citizenship.

    You are entitled to APPLY for Citizenship as you meet the Criteria to be admitted as an Irish citizen but you have not done so to date so you do not have citizenship merely an entitlement to such


  • #3
    View
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,872 ✭✭✭View


    YourNameForMe wrote: »
    I've been living in Ireland since I was 5 years old but I was born in England. My father was born in Ireland so I have automatic Irish citizenship. I just found out that I can't vote in the presidential election because I put my nationality down as British on the RAF2 form. I only put myself down as British because I wasn't sure how to prove my Irish citizenship. Should I have put my nationality down as Irish? What would they have asked for to prove it?

    PS I don't have an Irish passport.

    You are an Irish citizen (no if's or but's about it). You fall into category 'C' in this explanation.

    I don't think you have to prove your citizenship when registering to vote. You might be asked for ID at a polling station but either an Irish driving license or passport should probably suffice for that.

    That said, even if you correct your entry on the register, I suspect it is probably too late for this to take effect before polling day.


  • #4
    YourNameForMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭YourNameForMe


    View wrote: »
    You are an Irish citizen (no if's or but's about it). You fall into category 'C' in this explanation.

    I don't think you have to prove your citizenship when registering to vote. You might be asked for ID at a polling station but either an Irish driving license or passport should probably suffice for that.

    That said, even if you correct your entry on the register, I suspect it is probably too late for this to take effect before polling day.

    Yea that makes sense. Anyway leaving it to the last minute to register is what got me. I actually have an Irish driving licence, I didn't think of using it for it for id, although it didn't matter to me at the time because I was *sure* that British citizens could vote in Irish presidential elections.

    On a side note, I actually voted in the Lisbon treaty referendum so I was registered as an Irish citizen but was taken off the register for apparently no reason as no one else in my house was taken off.

    Actually now that I think of it my drivers licence has my nationality down as British so that wouldn't work either. I'm still a little confused about this. Surely you would need some kind of proof of your citizenship if you want to register as an Irish citizen?


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