New Form 8 Application Form The Immigration Service Delivery have released a further version of the Form 8 Application by a person of full age for naturalisation as an Irish Citizen (CTZ3) application form. The new application form Version 7.1 May 2023 was released on the 23rd of May. This is the fourth update to [...]
The Minister for Justice has announced that a temporary immigration permission (bridging permission) will be granted to non-EEA national English language course students who have fully completed a 2nd or 3rd English language course and who have enrolled in third level (Higher Education Programme) course commencing prior to the 31st of October 2023. The permission [...]
The Minister for Justice has issued a Travel Confirmation Notice for persons residing in the State as beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection Directive. The EU Temporary Protection Directive was activated in March 2022 in response to the conflict in Ukraine granting persons fleeing the war in Ukraine permission to reside in Ireland for one year [...]
Sinnott Solicitors Dublin and Cork have received a large amount of queries recently as to whether a Stamp 1G or a Stamp 0 permission to remain are considered to be reckonable residency for the purpose of applying for Irish Citizenship by Naturalisation. What is a Stamp 1G? A Stamp 1G permission to remain is [...]
The Department of Justice have announced that two Irish Citizenship Ceremonies will be held on the 5th and 6th of December in the Convention Centre, Killarney, Co Kerry. This is welcome news for many non-EEA nationals who have been anxiously waiting to be granted their Irish citizenship. The approval letters are arriving to our [...]
On the 11th of October 2022 the Irish government published its review of the Atypical Working Scheme for non-EEA national Crew in the Irish fishing fleet. At present non-EEA national fishermen seeking employment in the Irish fishing fleet must apply for permission to work under the Atypical Working Scheme. Unfortunately many non-EEA national fishermen [...]
The Minister for Justice Ms Helen McEntee announced on the 25th of October that citizens of Russia and Belarus seeking to travel to Ireland from the UK pursuant to the Visa Waiver Scheme will now be required to apply for an Irish entry visa. Under the terms of the Visa Waiver Programme, citizens of [...]
Here is the latest Irish employment permit news. CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT PERMIT FORMAT The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have announced that from the 1st of September 2022 the Employment Permit Section will issue all employment permits in electronic format only. Each electronic permit will be signed by a senior official of the [...]
The Immigration Service Delivery have released a new version of the Form 8 Application by a person of full age for naturalisation as an Irish Citizen (CTZ3) application form. The new application form Version 6.7 was released in July 2022. It is important to always submit the correct version of the Form 8 application form [...]
The Irish Government has announced that it has suspended the operation of the Council of Europe Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees (Council of Europe) for 12 months from the 19th of July 2022 to the 19th of July 2023. This means that recognised refugees who hold Convention Travel Documents issued by the [...]
