The Minister for Justice and Equality Ms Helen McEntee has announced that Citizenship ceremonies will be temporarily replaced during  the COVID-19 Pandemic with a requirement for citizenship applicants to sign an affidavit declaring loyalty to the State. Usually when a person is notified by the Minister for Justice and Equality [...]

As a result of Ireland entering Level 5 of the National Framework for Living with Covid-19 plan, the Garda National Immigration Bureau in Dublin has again temporarily closed to the public as at 7pm on the 21st of October. This means that any first registration appointments scheduled between the 22nd [...]

Updates from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Protection Appeals Tribunal in light of Ireland Level 5 Covid-19 Restrictions Foreign Birth Registrations The Department of Foreign Affairs have announced that the processing of applications for entry on the Foreign Birth Register in order for a person to become [...]

Minister for Justice and Equality announces the establishment of a Single Person Committee of Inquiry to review Irish Citizenship application refusals The Minister for Justice and Equality Miss Helen McEntee announced on the 30th September 2020 that a new Single Person Committee of Inquiry has been established to review Irish [...]

The Immigration Service Delivery released an updated notice regarding the processing of Irish visa applications on the 25th of September 2020. The notice provides further clarity regarding the categories of visa applications which the visa office will now accept for processing. With respect to Long Stay D Visa applications, the [...]

Family members of UK citizens seeking to exercise EU Treaty Rights in Ireland With life and news being dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent months, the previous top news story of Brexit had somewhat been side lined in recent times. However, in the past number of weeks it has [...]