My wife did the same. Unfortunately, she did it between the birth of our daughter and son. So, my son also has citizenship (and a passport), but not our daughter.
@jpoulos Been living in Northern Ireland* with my Irish wife since 2020, so was on the naturalization via spouse route. I first submitted paperwork in Nov of 2023, August of 2024 I was informed I was to become a citizen, and on Dec 2nd I took the oath of fidelity along with 6000 other people in Killarney that week.
* There was a court case in 2020 that resulted in spouses of Northern Irish residents being eligible for the free EU Settle Scheme program that Irish (and other EU) citizens already had. The decision allowed me to come here in 2020 mid pandemic to be with my wife, a move we had already been planning pre-covid anyway. In the case of spouses, residency (and birth) on the Island of Ireland, instead of the Republic of Ireland, counts towards citizenship.
Until today, I was here due to a weird confluence of circumstances felt like they could be flipped whenever the political winds changed (especially under the Tory leadership). Not only is that uncertainty gone, I can also participate in the politics of where I live, something I was locked out of as a non Irish or British citizen.
@billturner that's rough - a friend found out because his grandfather was involved in the IRA, they wouldn't give his mother citizenship when she applied in the 90s. However since he'd be applying as a grandchild and the Good Friday Agreement had a bunch of things around amnesty granted by both states, he might have a better chance.
@ardgedee there's no "EU Citizenship Passport" - you need citizenship of an EU country to be eligible.
@billturner - it might take a bit longer, but in theory because her mother, great-grandfather, and sibling all have citizenship, along with her grandparent on your mother's side related to the great-grandfather being eligible, there still might be a chance. While your daughter wasn't born to an Irish Citizen, she was born to someone "entitled to be an Irish citizen" - https://www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-b...
Not A Lawyer, etc. But might be worth looking into unless you've already done that.
The weird nuance of EU policy is it can be easier to live in an EU member country you're not a citizen of with a non EU citizen than your own country. In that situation, the host country has to grant them a residence card, vs residing in your home country where the local immigration requirements (minimum income, etc) apply.
That being said, in Ireland it's relatively cheap, 300 eur + in person interview to prove it's a durable relationship to join a spouse here, vs the £££ the British want (Brexit program has ended, so Irish citizens have to go through the expensive route that British citizens have).
@mrzarquon When we initially looked at getting our daughter's citizenship too, it looked like it wasn't going to work, based on how my wife got her citizenship. But we didn't talk to anyone, just basic research.
But, it's on our list of things to dig into this summer, due to *waves hands*.
@billturner yeah - it's worth a call to someone who does this a lot to see if it's worth pursuing. The "exceptions" list has a 30 month wait time at the moment. In a pinch, it's not a terrible place to live and you all could be eligible for a family visa, if you want to go my route.
My wife did the same. Unfortunately, she did it between the birth of our daughter and son. So, my son also has citizenship (and a passport), but not our daughter.
* There was a court case in 2020 that resulted in spouses of Northern Irish residents being eligible for the free EU Settle Scheme program that Irish (and other EU) citizens already had. The decision allowed me to come here in 2020 mid pandemic to be with my wife, a move we had already been planning pre-covid anyway. In the case of spouses, residency (and birth) on the Island of Ireland, instead of the Republic of Ireland, counts towards citizenship.
Until today, I was here due to a weird confluence of circumstances felt like they could be flipped whenever the political winds changed (especially under the Tory leadership). Not only is that uncertainty gone, I can also participate in the politics of where I live, something I was locked out of as a non Irish or British citizen.
@billturner - it might take a bit longer, but in theory because her mother, great-grandfather, and sibling all have citizenship, along with her grandparent on your mother's side related to the great-grandfather being eligible, there still might be a chance. While your daughter wasn't born to an Irish Citizen, she was born to someone "entitled to be an Irish citizen" - https://www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-b...
Not A Lawyer, etc. But might be worth looking into unless you've already done that.
That being said, in Ireland it's relatively cheap, 300 eur + in person interview to prove it's a durable relationship to join a spouse here, vs the £££ the British want (Brexit program has ended, so Irish citizens have to go through the expensive route that British citizens have).
But, it's on our list of things to dig into this summer, due to *waves hands*.