Has anyone become Irish? (Or other EU Nationality)

[Martynt74]

My wifes grandparents were Irish, and since we want to emigrate to Spain in the next few years, it makes a lot of sense for her to become Irish and get all the juicy EU benefits.

She's already started eating potatoes and drinking Whisky and fortunately she has always been partial to a pint of Guinness so all is good there. We've applied for copies of birth certificates

I had hoped to become Hungarian through my Grandad and had started eating Goulash and sitting in outdoor spas, but sadly because he left during WW2 and then settled in the UK after the war, he's classed as disowning the country and so i'm not eligible.


Has anyone else gone through this process and how did you find it?
Are you looked at with disdain because it's fairly obvious there's only one reason for applying?
Are there huge delays in processing because there's suddenly been a huge influx of applications?

 

[jsmoke]

Do you not have to live in Ireland?

 

[Martynt74]

Do you not have to live in Ireland?

Not if applying through descent

 

[Ahleckz]

and drinking Whisky

That won't help her. But maybe she is trying to butter up Nicola for a passport when we become independent.

 

[Martynt74]

Bah. Whiskey then!

I’m too used to people being shouted at for including the e!

 

[mid_gen]

Sitting here waiting for Scotland to go independent and rejoin so I can get an EU passport

Although sod's law, the new German government has decided they will offer dual citizenship to British nationals....that would have been handy when I was still living there.....I wasn't prepared to give up my British passport to get a German one.

 

[Ahleckz]

My grandmother was born in Odessa and fled during the war, I wonder if that means I can get Ukrainian citizenship. Probably wait until Russia completes their merger and acquisition though, don't want to have to go toe to toe with Ivan in a fist fight!

Edit - Turns out, it's entirely possible for me to get a Ukrainian passport but I'd have to give up my British citizenship within 2 years. Not sure that's an entirely sensible swap...

 

[Efour]

Going to apply for my Swedish passport soon.
Traaaaaitor!
I got naturalised? B4 Brexit. Lucky timing .

 

[Mr Badger]

My grandmother was born in Odessa and fled during the war, I wonder if that means I can get Ukrainian citizenship. Probably wait until Russia completes their merger and acquisition though, don't want to have to go toe to toe with Ivan in a fist fight!

Welcome! Here is your new passport and also your conscription papers.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

My wifes grandparents were Irish, and since we want to emigrate to Spain in the next few years, it makes a lot of sense for her to become Irish and get all the juicy EU benefits.

She's already started eating potatoes and drinking Whisky and fortunately she has always been partial to a pint of Guinness so all is good there. We've applied for copies of birth certificates

How far back does it go? Great-great-great-something grandmother was Irish mother still has the birth certificate, or is it marriage, I can't remember

 

[tom_e]

How far back does it go? Great-great-great-something grandmother was Irish mother still has the birth certificate, or is it marriage, I can't remember

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/...izenship_through_birth_or_descent.html#lb90a4

 

[GGizmo]

How far back does it go? Great-great-great-something grandmother was Irish mother still has the birth certificate, or is it marriage, I can't remember

Any Brit can move to the Republic and live there for a number of years then apply for Irish citizenship.

 

[Martynt74]

How far back does it go? Great-great-great-something grandmother was Irish mother still has the birth certificate, or is it marriage, I can't remember

Just to grandparents i believe. Possibly Great Grandparents, but certainly no further than that.

I wonder if there'll be a craze of people about to give birth heading abroad to give birth to get the sweet sweet dual citizenship

 

[Nasher]

I dont think you can stretch as far as great grandparents. Mine were Irish on both sides but I dont qualify.

 

[martin363]

I have applied for Greek residency, on the back of my wife being Greek, and us living in Greece (but not before the deadline for automatic residency).

It is a bit of a drawn out process, despite being almost a certainty..... There is up to a 2 year waiting list to have my application processed, (during which time I can live in Greece but not work). I am then given 5 year temporary residency, with no working rights, and no GR passport. After that 5 year period, I am then eligible for 10 year residency and a passport, though apparently the passport can take up to 7 years during that period to issued.... fortunately I only want to live here, but is a process...

Apparently there are only 3 ways for brits to move here, 1. Birth, 2. Marriage, 3. A lot of money that you will invest in Greece.

 

[LeeUK]

My grandparents grandparents grandparents came from Ireland, can I apply for an Irish passport for juicy EU benefits?

 

[adam cool dude]

I have a Polish Passport as my mother is Polish. I simply got it for the EU benefits as I do not speak the language.

 

[Chris Wilson]

She can't "become" Irish, she's either Irish or not. She MIGHT be able to get an Irish passport, but to be Irish in the true sense she'd need to have been born in Ireland.

 

[inogen]

My great, great grandmother was Polish. Maybe even great, great, great. Unfortunately that’s it for me. Rest of my ancestors going back that far are all English of one type or another.

 

[Martynt74]

I have applied for Greek residency, on the back of my wife being Greek, and us living in Greece (but not before the deadline for automatic residency).

It is a bit of a drawn out process, despite being almost a certainty..... There is up to a 2 year waiting list to have my application processed, (during which time I can live in Greece but not work). I am then given 5 year temporary residency, with no working rights, and no GR passport. After that 5 year period, I am then eligible for 10 year residency and a passport, though apparently the passport can take up to 7 years during that period to issued.... fortunately I only want to live here, but is a process...

Apparently there are only 3 ways for brits to move here, 1. Birth, 2. Marriage, 3. A lot of money that you will invest in Greece.

Interesting cheers.

Sounds like Greece is much stricter on it's entry criteria vs Spain. My parents have got residency which they got prior to the withdrawal and then obviously a lot of people on shows like a New Life in the Sun etc move over there. The no working thing would be a big issue for us, but luckily i don't believe Spain has that restriction.

I am hoping having her EU benefits makes things easier after the 5yr mark when we apply for permanent residence.