From 1 January 2022, new applicants for citizenship will not be required to submit their original passport with the initial application. Instead, they can provide a full colour copy of their entire passport, including the front and back covers. The colour copy must be witnessed by a solicitor and submitted with the application form. Anyone who [...]
The citizenship ceremony scheduled to be held in the INEC in Killarney on December 13th 2021 is now postponed. All candidates scheduled to attend at this event will now be facilitated through the postal statutory declaration process and Citizenship Division will shortly issue correspondence to candidates in this regard. Queries in relation to the postponement should [...]
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today announced that a temporary system is in place that will enable citizenship applicants to complete their naturalisation process by signing a statutory declaration of loyalty to the state. This signed statutory declaration replaces the requirement for citizenship applicants to attend citizenship ceremonies, which have been temporarily [...]
To help us to prioritise the processing of citizenship applications over the summer months, applicants are asked not to submit applications and accompanying passports between 25th June 2021 to 30 September 2021, if you think that you will require your passport during this time. If you are uncertain if you may require your passport over [...]
As part of our commitment to increased digitalisation, the Citizenship Division has introduced eVetting as part of the application process. This eVetting process will be a requirement for all adult applicants (ROI residents) who will be requested at a later stage in the decision making process, to undertake the Gardaí e-vetting process or other Police [...]