The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs & Migration has extended immigration permissions for all people who are Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection up to 4th March 2027. This extension applies to beneficiaries of temporary protection who are residing in Ireland with a Temporary Protection Certificate valid until 4 March 2026. Those who currently have a Temporary [...]
Solicitor Carol Sinnott has been elected as chairperson of the Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA). Ms Sinnott is the principal of Sinnott Solicitors, a firm specialising in asylum and immigration law based in Dublin and Cork. The IILA was founded in 2021 by solicitors specialising in immigration law to promote and improve advice and representation [...]
Carol Sinnott was on Newstalk speaking with Pat Kenny about the rise in demand for the Irish Passport. Listen here: https://link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGeiKepbuulh
Read full article here. Applications for Irish passports from the UK have topped 20,000 per month since January, with indications suggesting demand this year could surpass the previous record. As the post-Brexit drive for citizenship continues apace, with the Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom among the latest to fill out the forms, Department [...]
Following on our recent article regarding changes to the passport submission process when applying for Irish citizenship, 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 7.0 April 2023 was [...]
The Immigration Service Delivery have announced that persons applying for Irish citizenship will no longer be required to submit a full certified copy of their current and previous passports in support of their application. From the 20th of April, persons applying for Irish citizenship are required to submit a certified copy of the biodata page [...]
Barrister Nonito Barbero has joined Sinnott Solicitors as an immigration consultant. The firm, which specialises in immigration and personal injury litigation, has offices in Dublin and Cork and recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. Mr Barbero joined the firm in March from Fragomen, where he also worked as an immigration consultant. Writing on LinkedIn, he said: [...]
IRELAND ACTIVATES THE EU TEMPORARY PROTECTION DIRECTIVE FOR PERSONS FLEEING WAR IN UKRAINE The European Union Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EC) which allows Ukrainian nationals, their family members and certain other non-EEA nationals to apply for temporary protection in Ireland has now commenced. Who is eligible to avail of Temporary Protection in Ireland? The following [...]
The Department of Justice have announced the introduction of a new form of the Irish Residence Permit (IRP Card) valid from the 1st of March 2022. IRP Cards are issued to non-EEA nationals who are registered with the Irish immigration authorities as living, working, studying in Ireland. The new version of the IRP Card includes [...]
Following the visa waiver announced by the Irish Department of Justice last week for Ukrainian citizens, our immigration team has received a substantial number of queries from Russian citizens and non-EEA national persons residing in Russia seeking to apply for visas to travel to Ireland. Examples include spouses of Irish citizens seeking to obtain Long [...]
