Further Guidance on new Passport Process for Citizenship from the 1st January 2022
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 [...]
Scorecard approach being introduced for Citizenship Applications from January 2022
Significant changes are being introduced for customers regarding the number of proofs required to establish their identity and residency as part of the Citizenship application [...]
Minister McEntee signs order reversing visa requirements for some Southern African nationalities
Minister McEntee signs order reversing visa requirements for some Southern African nationalities. The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD has today signed an order reversing [...]
Message from the Chief International Protection Officer
As you may be aware, Minister McEntee recently announced a once in a generation scheme to regularise long term undocumented migrants and their dependents living [...]
Afghan Admission Programme opens for applications
The Afghan Admission Programme has opened for applications from today Thursday, 16 December 2021. The Programme will enable current or former Afghan nationals living legally [...]
Minister launches Regularisation scheme for the Long term Undocumented
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, on Friday 03 December 2021, announced that the Government has approved a scheme to regularise thousands of undocumented [...]
COVID-19 Visa Arrangements – December 6th Update
Please note that there may be further changes to the criteria below at short notice. Visa Requirements for Persons Travelling from South Africa, Namibia, [...]
Open Call for Voluntary Return Project 2022
The Repatriation Division of the Immigration Service Delivery invites proposals for projects focusing on the assisted voluntary return of third country nationals [...]
New Passport Process for Citizenship from the 1st January 2022
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 [...]
New immigration changes announced
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, T.D., has today announced a number of immigration changes to simplify and streamline the processing of citizenship applications and [...]
Citizenship Ceremony Postponed
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 [...]
Resumption of the Short Stay Visa Waiver Programme
The Immigration service is pleased to confirm that the Short Stay Visa Waiver Programme has resumed. It had been suspended due to Covid-19 but the [...]