Want To Apply For Irish Citizenship? Here Is What You Have To Do

Want To Apply For Irish Citizenship? Here Is What You Have To Do Getting Irish citizenship is not a difficult mission to accomplish. If you are eligible, you get citizenship. Let’s have a look at the points of eligibility criteria. If you or your parents were born on the land of Ireland before 2005, then you are eligible to have Irish citizenship. The same goes for the case of your grandparents. If they are born in Ireland, but you are born somewhere else, then also you are eligible for having an Irish passport. Now, let’s have a look at how you can apply for Irish citizenship. You have to get yourself registered with Ireland’s Foreign Births Registry (FBR). And getting yourself registered with FBR might take around six months. Then only you can apply for a passport. You have to fill the application form and submit the documents listed below. • Your original date of birth certificate • Three utility bills in case you have changed your name (those bills must carry your new name.) • Copy of your driving license and current passport • Two documents which can prove that you are residing in Ireland • In case the parent or grandparent (who are born in Ireland) is dead then you have to provide their death certificate also. • Two passport-sized photographs that must be dated and signed by you. • Your form be witnessed by any of officials such as Magistrate, Lawyer, Member of Clergy, Bank Manager, Medical Doctor, Police Officer) So, now you must be wondering how much will it cost you to apply for citizenship? Then let’s have a look at it. The very first expenses you can incur are when you go for registration with Foreign Births Registry (FBR). The cost for registration for adults is €278, and for minors, it is €153. Once you are registered, then the rest process will cost you as follows- 1. €95 for a standard 10- year, 32-page passport. 2. €125 for 10- year, 66 pages passport. 3. €45 for a 5-year passport for minors (under 18 years) A special note - An important thing which you must keep in mind is only debit and credit card is accepted for payment. So, that’s it! This is what you have to do to get citizenship in Ireland. Collect your documents, and if in any case, you lost your documents, then you have to pay extra to get those documents.