My mother was born in Northern Ireland but has only ever used a British passport and I was born in England. I can't work out if my mum classes as an Irish citizen even though she's never claimed an Irish passport because she was born there, and whether or not I therefore am.
Does she need to claim Irish citizenship first or is she already one?
Luckily, my two grandparents are from the North but only ever have Irish passports, so I can fall back on that, but naturally it's much easier if I can work out if my mum classes as an Irish citizen even though she's not got an Irish passport and if I am.
Have you even read the table? I'm definitely entitled through my grandparents being Irish citizens but it just makes it easier if I can apply directly.
I just don't know if my mum classes as an Irish citizen or not and it's not clear whether or not she is one for being born on the island of Ireland or whether or not she'd need an Irish passport too.
People born in Northern Ireland have a right to claim Irish citizenship so your mum counts as an Irish citizen even if she's only ever used a British passport.
They only open when I work and apparently had a 40 min wait time before Brexit, but thanks, will do.
>>23722 Thanks, so does that mean I am an Irish citizen then by default even though I'm English?
Different people have said different things, I just need to know if I can apply straight for a passport or if I need to register on the foreign birth register.
>>23726 This joke has gone over my head, not that i care for it - I just want to know if I can go driect for the passport or need to register as a foreign birth.
>>23732 I don't know, but have you tried contacting the Irish immigration people or embassy or whatever the equivalent is? They'll be able to tell you who you should be asking, at the very least.
We officially announced the result on Friday. The Irish embassy is known for having very few staff and long, long waiting times on the phone of up to an hour and it's only open during working hours.
Now we've left and every cunt is wheeling our their nan to get a passport it's going to be a huge backlog, it's much easier if I can just request to be sent the correct form and send that off, but first I need to know which level of form I need.
Christ you're thick as shite even for a remainist pseudo-paddy.
If your mother was born "in the island of Ireland" before 2005 she qualifies as A on the table. It fucking says so right there for the babby jesus' fucking sake.
You therefore qualify as C on the table. You can just post off the fucking form and don't even have to go faffing about on a trip to Ireland to register your filthy foreign birth at your mum's local parish.
Honestly you should hand your British passport back on the way out, you uselessly thick sack of shite.
It confused me as it said you are an Irish citizen or entitled to it.
Why would they add the entitled to it section if everybody was automatically a citizen? It implies that there are conditions where being born on the island of Ireland doesn't make you an automatic Irish citizen.
Why would they add the entitled bit if everybody is automatically a citizen? There must be a reason for it, hence it's not unreasonable for me to think that a parent who only ever used a UK passport might be excluded from that.
How is that ridiculous? I've asked elsewhere online and people are saying I am not an Irish citizen. It's bloody confusing.
