Posted by Scott on September 3, 2008, 10:05 am, in reply to "Re: Irish citizens spouses"
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Yes. An Irish citizen, by whatever route taken to become such, has the same rights as every other Irish citizen.
From the government's Citizen Information Leaflet No 3:
Naturalisation of spouses of Irish citizens
If you are married to an Irish citizen and living in the island of Ireland, you may meet special conditions for naturalisation based on that marriage if:
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You are of full age (i.e. eighteen years or older, or married if younger than eighteen).
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You are of good character.
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You are married to your Irish citizen spouse for a period of not less than 3 years.
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Your marriage is recognised under the laws of the State as subsisting.
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You and your Irish citizen spouse are living together as husband and wife and your Irish spouse submits to the Minister an affidavit in the prescribed form to that effect.
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You have had immediately before the date of the application a period of one year’s continuous residence in the island of Ireland, and
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You have had, during the 4 years immediately preceding that period, a total residence in the island of Ireland amounting to 2 years.
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You intend in good faith to continue to reside in the island of Ireland after naturalisation and
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You make a declaration of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State (see below for the point in the process at which this is required).
Check out the full document at http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Irish_Citizenship_Information_Leaflet_No.%203.pdf/Files/Irish_Citizenship_Information_Leaflet_No.%203.pdf
Scott
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: What about the residence permit given to non
: EU spouses of EU citizens.It exempts them
: from the requirements of work permit,does it
: apply also to spouses of irish citizens by
: naturalisation?
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: From what I understand (I could be wrong
: though) the three years starts from the day
: you obtained your citizenship. I found this
: very odd (I will be a citizen soon and my
: wife and I have been married for 16 years -
: she won't be a citizen for another three
: years !)
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: Say I have just been granted irish
: citizenship
: by naturalisation.My wife has been staying
: with me for the past four years. Does she
: meet the requirement of three years of
: residence to apply for citizenship? or the
: three years start from the day I acquired
: citizenship?
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