r/IrishCitizenship

ETA: I'm not sure what I've said here to be getting a bunch of downvotes. I asked a reasonable question, recieved a couple of helpful comments, and replied to them courteously. This sub is always really helpful, what have I done that's upsetting people?

Hello,

My family has been pursuing relocating to Ireland from Canada. I will be the Irish citizen sponsor for my husband and four children. Because of the new policy around annual income for sponsors, our plans have been halted. I'm a SAHM so I obviously cannot meet the income threshol. We had planned on arriving with a few hundred thousand dollars to support ourselves while my husband looked for work and before securing a mortgage or (if necessary) purchasing a property outright.

I'm waiting to hear back from an immigration lawyer, but am wondering if anyone knows much about how these new policies will be enforced? How much capital we can expect to need to have in order to be exempt from the annual income requirements, and whether a lawyer can help build our family a strong enough case to secure the proper visas my husband and kids will need?

My husband is highly employable but his profession does not fall into the critical skills category.

Thanks in advance.

I’m preparing an Irish citizenship by naturalisation application and I’m a bit confused by the current residence evidence guidance.

The newer “How to Become an Irish Citizen Guide” says that for each year you need at least 150 points, with at least one strong official document. It also describes supporting documents as optional.

For some years I have two strong official documents worth 100 points each, for example:

• Revenue Employment Detail Summary, 100 points
• AIB bank statement with regular transactions, 100 points

So that would give me 200 points for the year.

However, another ISD page still says that you must submit one Type A document worth 100 points and one Type B document worth 50 points.

I also asked the ISD chatbot Tara and it insisted on 100 + 50, but it appears to be relying on the older “Proofs of identity and residence” page.

Has anyone submitted a naturalisation application in 2026 using 100 + 100 instead of 100 + 50?

Was it accepted without any request for additional documents?

I’m especially interested in actual recent applications rather than interpretations of the guidance.

I gotta renew my stamp 2 but it the immigration form never asked me to pay €300 as it should, after I submitted the form last week. When does it ask for the payment? I want to be sure that the form is submitted completely from my end.

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When applying for naturalisation via marriage you are asked on the form “have you been absent from the State for more than 70 days per annum in the last 5 years?”

The ‘State’ is defined as ROI so living in NI, the literal answer is yes. Can I check what people have answered in my scenario?

Options are of course to either (a) assume that it’s just a badly worded question and answer ‘No’, but this feels a bit of a risk? To me, it cuts across there being rules and requirements if we treat anything as a grey area (although would much prefer to answer ‘No’ for admin sake); or (b) answer ‘Yes’ and be required to detail…what? I’ve been absent the entire time (as in I’ve been in NI) so not clear on this.

I have seen a few people’s posts hint at this but I can’t see many responses from (application successful) experience.

Thank you!

Hi All, how long is it taking to get a stamp 4 these days after arriving in Ireland with my non EU spouse who doesn't require a visa to enter Ireland?

Hi everyone!

I'm in a confusing situation and hoping someone with similar experience can help.

I recently renewed my Irish passport book and card online. After a couple of days of processing, they were posted to Spain, where I live.

After a week of radio silence, both items are now tracking on Correos but have stopped moving, apparently stuck at customs in Madrid. I called Correos today and was told that some electronic sender/recipient data, normally sent by the originating postal operator, is missing, and that they may need a system-to-system confirmation from An Post before they can continue.

I have no idea what that means or how to resolve it. I'm travelling next week and doubt it will be sorted by then. I asked if there was anything I could do to speed things up, but they only said someone would be in touch by email, with no reference number, ticket, or way to escalate.

Is this normal? Has anyone experienced something like this before?

Applied for FBR 1 year ago, do I receive an email saying its been successful or do I just randomly get the documents back to my address?

I'm not currently living in that address so a heads-up email that the documents will reach me by post would be helpful

Hello,

Two questions.

Easy one first, we will be moving in 8 months, how is that handled?

I'm pplying for my sons. Gathered the documents and discovered their father's last name is misspelled on his US birth certificate (as well as his father's). It's a common misspelling, missing an f where there should be two. Both have now passed.

Has anyone dealt with this?

I chatted with FBR on line and they were saying I need to apply to have the BC corrected. I'd rather not, spoke with his mother and she claims she never knew. But then FBR said mail them in and we can request more information.

All the other documentation has the correct spelling, except Father's death cert has the wrong last name for his mother.

Need the drama? We were not married, their father married someone else. Both his parents were Irish. His father passed, his mother has many name changes and isn't so good about paperwork (don't bother suggesting her help in any way)

Thanks

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