Hi! I'm an American citizen wanting to move to Ireland and get Irish citizenship. But I need to know how long I need to live there in order to receive it.
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Depends. Where do you want to live? Northern Ireland? Or southern Ireland? Northern Ireland is part of the UK, where southern Ireland isn't and therefore have different laws. Belle
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Unless you marry an Irish person, the law here states that you will become a citizen by a process called naturalisation. Naturalisation in Ireland means the process whereby a foreign national living in Ireland may apply to become an Irish citizen. In order to apply for naturalisation in Ireland, you must have been physically resident in Ireland for a certain length of time. All applications to become a naturalised Irish citizen are decided by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. This Minister has absolute discretion as to whether or not to grant naturalisation. There are strict rules about applying for naturalisation as an Irish citizen, however. Some of them are as follows: Be 18 years or older Be of good character - the Garda SÃochána (Ireland's national police) will be asked to provide a report about your background Have had a period of 1 year's continuous reckonable residence in the State immediately before the date of your application. If you have any more information, visit www.irishabroad.com od the department of Justice. Hope this helps! I'm sure you'll love it here!
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See article below to see that it is 5 years. However, your first hurdle will be getting a visa to work and live in Ireland....not easy. See 2nd site.
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To correct Like That, when you apply for Irish citizenship you must have 1 years reckonable residence in the year immediately before you apply but you must have a minimum of 5 years reckonable residence in the Republic of Ireland before you can be considered for Irish citizenship by naturalisation. Nobody automatically becomes an Irish citizen just because they marry someone, there are certain conditions that need to be fulfilled - length of marriage, residency in the Republic etc & there is still no guarantee you would be granted citizenship. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/moving-country/irish-citizenship/becoming_an_irish_citizen_through_naturalisation First you need to get into the country and live and work there legally - the Irish economy is in rapid decline, work is scarce & the visa regulations have been tightened up recently. Time spent in the Republic of Ireland on a student visa does not count towards the qualifying period for residence.
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