The Granny Rule

The Donald

I looked at the citizens information page and I just wanted to check their info is correct regarding the so-called granny rule for Irish citizenship.

If a person wants to claim Irish citizenship through their grandparents, one of their grandparents has to be born in Ireland, correct? Is there also a requirement that the parent applies for citizenship for the child before birth?

Any clarifications welcome, I know the info on CI can be outdated/wrong.

GM228

The Donald wrote: »

I looked at the citizens information page and I just wanted to check their info is correct regarding the so-called granny rule for Irish citizenship.

If a person wants to claim Irish citizenship through their grandparents, one of their grandparents has to be born in Ireland, correct? Is there also a requirement that the parent applies for citizenship for the child before birth?

Any clarifications welcome, I know the info on CI can be outdated/wrong.

It is correct, once one grandparent was born in Ireland they can register on the Foreign Births Register and no their parents do not need to be Irish citizens, however in that case if they are parents themselves their children have no entitlement to Irish citizenship unless the kids were born after their entry onto the register.

blackwhite

GM228 wrote: »

It is correct, once one grandparent was born in Ireland they can register on the Foreign Births Register and no their parents do not need to be Irish citizens, however in that case if they are parents themselves their children have no entitlement to Irish citizenship unless the kids were born after their entry onto the register.

Does the grandparent have to be born here AND be an Irish citizen, or is simply being born here enough?

Stepping into the future here......
since the 27th Amendment was passed, a child can be born here to two non-Irish parents and not be eligible for Irish citizenship.

Hypothetically speaking, could we have a situation where a child could be entitled to Irish citizenship whereby their parents have never set foot in Ireland, and their grandparents aren't entitiled to Irish citizenship?

Take a situation whereby a child is born here to Fijian parents (or from anywhere else - just trying to go for somewhere very far away!) but under the 27th Amendment doesn't qualify for Irish citizenship.
The child and parents return to Fiji and stay living there.
When the child grows up they marry another Fijian - who also has Fijian parents & grandparents - and has a son.
If this son subsequently has children (with no connection on the mother's side to Ireland either) - do these children have any right to Irish citizenship through the Grandparent rule?

Fred Swanson

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