Posted by Scott on September 11, 2009, 11:03 am, in reply to "Re: Citizenship by marriage, what happens once I finally get a reply?"
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Here's what it says in the relevant paragraph of the .pdf on the Immigration Service website:
The supporting documents required include evidence of your identity and nationality (long-form birth certificate and passport, national identity card or travel document) and, if you are married, your marriage certificate. You also need to produce documents relating to your status and the duration of your stay in the State (Garda registration book or certificate, declaration of refugee status, work permit or the like). If your application for naturalisation is based on your relationship to an Irish citizen, you need to produce the documents necessary to show that person’s status and your relationship to that person (e.g. birth or naturalisation certificate of Irish spouse, marriage certificate). As well as these, you must produce documents relevant to your financial and employment status (payslips for the previous 3 months, bank statements for the previous 3 months) and confirmation of your income tax situation. Copies only of the above documents should be submitted with the application form. You will be expected on request to produce the original documents for inspection at a later stage during the examination of your application.
You'll find the whole leaflet at http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Information_Leaflet_No3_070409.pdf/Files/Information_Leaflet_No3_070409.pdf
And the site itself with application forms, etc. is at http://www.inis.gov.ie
So, yes, you'll have to produce original documents. By this, they mean certified copies of the documents, with the seal and stamp of the issuing authority.
Did anyone else have any special difficulties with these provisions?
Scott
--Previous Message--
: Thanks for the speedy reply! I presume they
: will at least ask me to fork over a hefty
: fee before they issue citizenship papers,
: but apart from that, is it really that
: simple? I thought I had read somewhere that
: they will want originals of documents that I
: was only initially required to provide
: copies of, but I'm not sure which ones or if
: I am simply mistaken on this point. Can you
: shed any light here?
:
: --Previous Message--
: All relevant documents should have been
: filed
: with the citizenship application so there
: should be no requests for further documents
: if you provided everything asked for in the
: first go.
:
: After you get the paper informing you that
: you are a citizen you'll want to apply for
: an Irish passport. That's a much more
: standard application and should take only a
: few months to process.
:
: The Dept. of Foreign Affairs pages dealing
: with this passport application process are
: at
: http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=253
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: Scott
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Just wondering if anyone knows what happens
: next? I applied for citizenship last year
: based on my marriage to an Irish citizen and
: my application was acknowledged by letter
: telling me about the long wait ahead, but
: what happens once I finally get a response?
: Will I need to provide more documents? Is
: there an interview? I don't know what to
: expect so any information out there would be
: appreciated. Thanks!
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