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Non EU citizen pregnant in Ireland

  • 02-06-2015 4:39pm
    #1
    mandysoup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi, hoping to gain a bit of insight here...

    I am a Canadian citizen. I have been living in Ireland for a little over a year now, on a 2 year working holiday visa. I live with my Dutch boyfriend. Prior to living in Ireland, we were living together in Amsterdam. (Hopefully that means its enough to prove we are in a cohabiting relationship.)

    Just recently, we found out that I am pregnant. Since I have a PPSN, my antenatal care and birth are covered. The issue is regarding me staying in Ireland beyond my current visa, which is due to expire shortly after the babys birth.

    Since the child will be an Irish citizen, amI entitled to anything visa-wise? Or is marriage the most practical thing to do, since he is an EU citizen?

    Any help is extremely appreciated!


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  • #2
    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    Your child will not be an Irish citizen. Birthright citizenship was done away with to stop birth tourists (among other reasons). One of the parents has to have been living here the last 3 out of 4 years (and they'd ask for evidence, down to the exact Date of Birth).
    A person born in the island of Ireland after 1 January 2005 to parents, at least one of whom was an Irish or British citizen or entitled to reside in the State or Northern Ireland without any restrictions on his or her residence, has an entitlement of Irish citizenship. Otherwise, a person born in the island of Ireland after 1 January 2005 is entitled to Irish citizenship only if, during the four year period immediately preceding the person’s birth, one of the parents has been resident* in the island of Ireland for a period of not less than three years

    http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP11000023

    Marriage would be the only way forward for you in order for you to stay (although conorh91 seems to have a reasonable alternative :P).


  • #3
    conorh91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    How long has the Dutch partner been resident in Ireland during the past four years? It sounds like there's a good chance that the child will not be an Irish citizen.

    Marriage is never the only option, especially when it comes to cohabiting partners where one partner is availing of freedom of movement as an EU citizen. Non-EU applicants who are in relationships with EU migrants are particularly well-placed to avail of a grant of residence based on 'de facto relationship', since these migrants are capable of availing of EU law directly.

    This is an example of 'reverse discrimination', whereby a non-EU citizen is better-off being married to an EU migrant than to an Irish citizen.


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