Irish Citizenship Services Waterford

Are you looking to apply for Irish citizenship? Our expert team in Waterford can assist you throughout the application process. We specialize in a range of circumstances, including:

  • Applications for spouses of Irish citizens
  • Claims to citizenship through Irish grandparents
  • Naturalisation processes

Let us guide you on your journey to becoming an Irish citizen. Contact us today to learn more!

Citizenship for spouses of Irish citizens

If you are married to, or in a civil partnership with, an Irish citizen, you can apply to become an Irish citizen by naturalisation. You can apply if you live in Ireland or Northern Ireland and meet the following conditions:
  • You are 18 or over.
  • You have been married for 3 years or more.
  • You have lived on the island of Ireland for 3 out of the 5 years before you make your application (see ‘Calculating reckonable residence’ below). You must have lived in Ireland or Northern Ireland continuously for 12 months before the date of your application.
  • You intend to live in Ireland after you have become an Irish citizen.
  • You live with your spouse.
  • You are of ‘good character’ (see ‘Check that you qualify’ below).
You must have lived in the State for a certain length of time. The specific requirements are that you:

  • Have a period of 365 days* (1 year) continuous reckonable residence in the State immediately before the date of your application for naturalisation and
  • During the 8 years before that, have had a total reckonable residence in the State of 1,460 days* (4 years)

You can leave Ireland for up to 6 weeks (in total) per year and still be
considered resident in that year. If you leave for more than 6 weeks in one
year, you should not count this period when you are calculating your
reckonable residence. If you had to leave Ireland for longer than 6 weeks
because of an emergency, you should explain this in your application.

If you spend more than 6 weeks outside of Ireland in the year immediately before your application, you may have to wait until the following year to make an application.

Altogether you must have 5 years (5 x 365 days*) reckonable residence out of the last 9 years. *You must add 1 day for any period which includes 29 February (a leap year).

Some categories of applicant can apply after 3 years residence (see ‘The Minister’s power to waive conditions’ below).

Both you and your spouse must complete the declarations at the back of Form 8 (the naturalisation form).

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