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Child Nationality

  • 12-07-2012 11:05pm
    #1
    aoshea83
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    Hi folks quick few questions,

    I'm about to be a daddy, I'm born and raised Irish and my partner is English, so here's my question:

    1. Will our child be considered Irish by the state and as such hold an Irish passport?

    2. Could our child hold dual passports for both England and Ireland?

    3. Does this make it easier for my missus to become an Irish citizen and get an Irish passport?

    She has the option already due to grandparents being Irish and her father becoming an Irish citizen a few years back.

    Any answers will be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance :)


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  • #2
    Victor
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    aoshea83 wrote: »
    1. Will our child be considered Irish by the state and as such hold an Irish passport?

    2. Could our child hold dual passports for both England and Ireland?
    Where is the child expected to be born? If born in England, you might need to have the birth registered at the Irish embassy and vice versa if born here.
    3. Does this make it easier for my missus to become an Irish citizen and get an Irish passport?
    I'm not certain, but I don't think so. If you two are married, she should be able to get a passport relatively quickly.
    She has the option already due to grandparents being Irish and her father becoming an Irish citizen a few years back.
    I'm not sure if that counts.


  • #3
    Dandelion6
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    1. Yes.

    2. No idea. Check on a British forum.

    3. If you are married and she's been resident in Ireland for the ordinary period required for spouses of Irish citizens (three years), it'll make no difference. If you aren't married and/or she hasn't been resident in Ireland for that period, it could allow her to apply based on "Irish associations" - although nobody really knows what that means. Although if she has Irish grandparents I'm not sure why she wouldn't just pursue that route anyway.


  • #4
    seamus
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    aoshea83 wrote: »
    1. Will our child be considered Irish by the state and as such hold an Irish passport?
    Yes. The child of an Irish parent is automatically Irish regardless of the place of birth. He will have a foreign birth certificate, but you can apply for his Irish passport via the local embassy using your own birth certificate.
    There doesn't seem to be any requirement to register the child with the Irish state to "claim" his citizenship.
    2. Could our child hold dual passports for both England and Ireland?
    It's not an issue for the Irish authorities. Also doesn't appear to be an issue for the UK either:
    http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/dualnationality/

    Some countries frown upon a person carrying two passports and it can result in unnecessary questioning if discovered, but the general rule is that provided that both nations have no problem with it, then you can hold dual citizenship.
    3. Does this make it easier for my missus to become an Irish citizen and get an Irish passport?
    Not really. She has a fairly direct route to citizenship by applying to be included the Foreign Births Register. As her father is an Irish citizen born outside of Ireland, she should be able to get it with little difficulty.
    As said above, there is a less clear path to apply through "Irish associations", but since she has a direct route, there's no reason to use this.


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