What are some residency options leading to citizenship and second passports?
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Depends on your point of reference! Was the southern-most place I had ever lived in, at one time. Really enjoyed the mild winters and long summers of Ireland. Got permanently rid of chronic runny nose and frequent nose bleed thanks to the (relative) warm weather of Ireland.
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For Ireland citizenship, how long do I need to there each year (i.e. physical presence requirement)?
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For Ireland citizenship, how long do I need to there each year (i.e. physical presence requirement)?
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Officially:
"You must have lived in the State for a certain length of time. The specific requirements are that you:
And reckonable residence︀ is from when you have valid long term residence in Ireland. For EEA, Swiss and︁ UK citizens, as they have automatic residency in Ireland, it counts from when they first︂ move there. And note that you can be outside Ireland , and it still counts︃ as reckonable residence , except for the 70 day limit for the last year before︄ the application.
But in practice one can just drive over the border to Northern Ireland,︅ so Ireland cant really check if you are in Ireland or not. When you apply︆ for citizenship you just tell them how long you spent in Ireland, and among other︇ things, you need two Irish citizens signing your application.
"You must have lived in the State for a certain length of time. The specific requirements are that you:
- Have a period of 365 days (1 year) continuous reckonable residence in the State immediately before the date of your application for naturalisation and
- During the 8 years before that, have had a total reckonable residence in the State of 1,460 days (4 years)
And reckonable residence︀ is from when you have valid long term residence in Ireland. For EEA, Swiss and︁ UK citizens, as they have automatic residency in Ireland, it counts from when they first︂ move there. And note that you can be outside Ireland , and it still counts︃ as reckonable residence , except for the 70 day limit for the last year before︄ the application.
But in practice one can just drive over the border to Northern Ireland,︅ so Ireland cant really check if you are in Ireland or not. When you apply︆ for citizenship you just tell them how long you spent in Ireland, and among other︇ things, you need two Irish citizens signing your application.
I think Ireland and the UK share a common travel area and both look after the border control for that area. So when you leave Northern Ireland or the UK for another 3rd country, they will record you as leaving the UK (and thus the common travel area). So Ireland probably has access to that data via the common travel area system.
They will know once you leave Ireland & UK.
They will know once you leave Ireland & UK.
Ireland is in the EU and UK is out, so for example entrance requirements for EU citizens entering Ireland and the UK are different, moreover there's no immigration at︀ any airport when you leave Ireland or the UK for that matter. And when you︁ travel from Ireland to the UK there's no immigration control either. So you can fly︂ from Dublin to London and then to any 3rd country and in theory no one︃ will know when you left. Don't know all the rules about the common travel area,︄ simply stating the facts.
You seem to be well informed.
I have one question:︌ What are your motives?
For example, are you doing it because you want to pay︍ less taxes or you want to look for a safer place or you are looking︎ for a "culture" more compatible with your personality, etc.?
It depends on what your end️ goal is. Makes a huge difference if we know what you focus on.
I have one question:︌ What are your motives?
For example, are you doing it because you want to pay︍ less taxes or you want to look for a safer place or you are looking︎ for a "culture" more compatible with your personality, etc.?
It depends on what your end️ goal is. Makes a huge difference if we know what you focus on.
UK keeps track of how many days people spend in/out of the UK using the travel data. I know people who applied for UK citizenship and had been abroad too many days and were challenged on the number of days. It’s obvious that Ireland will have access to this data too. So entry exit checks and which part is EU or not︀ is irrelevant as they simply access the travel data. So good luck trying this. I︁ don’t think it will work.
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