CITIZENSHIP | VISAS | IMMIGRATION

CITIZENSHIP
In general a person acquires Irish citizenship through one of the following ways:

• by an entitlement to Irish citizenship for certain persons born in the island of Ireland;
  
• entitlement by descent if one of his/her parents was an Irish citizen at the time of the person's birth;
  
• by naturalisation at the absolute discretion of the Minister for Justice and Equality.

You can use the online Naturalisation Residency Calculator as a guide to whether you satisfy the naturalisation residency conditions.
Follow this link to access the required Application Forms.

visas
Persons who are not citizens of Ireland and who are not a national of one of the countries listed here are required to have a valid Irish visa to land in the State (section 4(5)(b) of the Immigration Act, 2004).

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