Legal help for Irish residency for EU citizen

tivvo · 24-10-2018 04:13PM #1

Hi there. I know I'm leaving it a bit late but I'm finally getting around to applying for for Irish citizenship. I'm here on my British passport, but have been married to an Irish guy for 18 years, have two Irish children and have been living in Ireland since 2001. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the application process (worrying that I'm filling everything in correctly!) and was wondering if it would be easier to have a solicitor do it for me? Does anyone have a rough idea how much it would cost to go down that route?
Also, as I'm an EU citizen, do I need to fill in the residency checker part?
I'm sure I have a million other questions but these are jumping out at me right now ðŸ˜
Thanks In Advance
Cyndi

nuac · 24-10-2018 08:18PM

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coylemj · 25-10-2018 12:19AM

tivvo wrote: »

Hi there. I know I'm leaving it a bit late but I'm finally getting around to applying for for Irish citizenship. I'm here on my British passport...

Why did you include 'EU citizen' in the thread title when you have a British passport?

Almost 70 years ago, your country passed an Act of Parliament called the Ireland Act 1949 which stipulated as follows....

(1)It is hereby declared that, notwithstanding that the Republic of Ireland is not part of His Majesty’s dominions, the Republic of Ireland is not a foreign country for the purposes of any law in force in any part of the United Kingdom or in any colony, protectorate or United Kingdom trust territory ......

Which in plain English means that Irish Micks are considered locals when they land in Blighty.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/41

Peregrinus · 25-10-2018 01:37AM

coylemj wrote: »

Why did you include 'EU citizen' in the thread title when you have a British passport?

Almost 70 years ago, your country passed an Act of Parliament called the Ireland Act 1949 which stipulated as follows....

Which in plain English means that Irish Micks are considered locals when they land in Blighty.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/41

How is this relevant to the OP? She's not Irish and is not living in the UK.

OP, there's no advantage to using a solicitor. I get that the form can be intimidating but, really, a friend who is used to dealing with bureacracy will be as much help as a solicitor, and will be free.

Yes, you have to fill in the residency checker.

CiniO · 25-10-2018 02:34AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

How is this relevant to the OP? She's not Irish and is not living in the UK.

OP, there's no advantage to using a solicitor. I get that the form can be intimidating but, really, a friend who is used to dealing with bureacracy will be as much help as a solicitor, and will be free.

Yes, you have to fill in the residency checker.

What is the residency checker?
You mean that online form you fill in with stamp types?
If so EU nationals don't need to fill it.

Peregrinus · 25-10-2018 03:48AM

Sorry, Cinio is correct. You do need to establish that you have completed the necessary residence period in Ireland, but since you won't have entry and exit stamps in a passport to show that you don't do it that way.

tivvo · 25-10-2018 09:48PM

coylemj wrote: »

Why did you include 'EU citizen' in the thread title when you have a British passport?

Almost 70 years ago, your country passed an Act of Parliament called the Ireland Act 1949 which stipulated as follows....

Which in plain English means that Irish Micks are considered locals when they land in Blighty.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/41

Not sure where you're going with that, but I'm actually an Aussie here on my British passport, but thanks..I think

tivvo · 25-10-2018 09:50PM

Peregrinus wrote: »

How is this relevant to the OP? She's not Irish and is not living in the UK.

OP, there's no advantage to using a solicitor. I get that the form can be intimidating but, really, a friend who is used to dealing with bureacracy will be as much help as a solicitor, and will be free.

Yes, you have to fill in the residency checker.

Thanks for that! I actually found out my local library has a free legal advice service a couple of times a month, so I might get all my crap together and pay them a visit

Cheers

Carawaystick · 27-10-2018 12:07AM

An old professor of mine is married to an english woman for longer than you're married, when they retired recently, they took a campervan to France for 7 weeks, and despite her living here for 35+years, this break in residency was used to refuse her citizenship.

Legal help for Irish residency for EU citizen

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