Can he have both passports?

[Yesornono]

Ok so I am Irish, DH is British, DC’s are British born but we live in Ireland now. Obviously the DC can have Irish passports (1 already does) but can my DH apply for one?? And if so can he have both or does he have to give up his uk passport?? He actually still works in the uk also (and gets paid in sterling) how complicated are we!?!🤣

Perfectly fine to have those two passports. I have dual nationality.

He'd have to apply for Irish citizenship first. Does he meet the criteria?

@sofato5miles did you acquire one through marriage only?

@BollocksToBrexit I have no idea 🤣 what are the criteria?

Has he lived in Ireland for 5 years out of the last 9 years?

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/becoming_an_irish_citizen_through_naturalisation.html

No we moved back 3 yrs ago 😢 oh well that sorts that then 🤷‍♀️🤣

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/becoming_an_irish_citizen_through_marriage.html

My link says Altogether you must have a total of 3 years reckonable residence out of the last 5 years

And it relates to citizenship through marriage

dementedpixie is correct. My link wasn't through marriage. It's not and easy site to navigate. Well confusing.

It costs over €1000.

I think the criteria is married to an Irish citizen and living in Ireland for at least 3 years with plans to remain. In reality I’m not sure how it works re:proving intent to remain but I would imagine a permanent job and home would be a good start.

I am an Irish citizen (NI born and bred) but don’t actually have an Irish passport (many reasons over the last 20+ years since I turned 18 and I’m actually the only one in my family without one) - it’s on my to-do list.

DC all born in Scotland but haven’t got their Irish passports either yet - hoping to have all theirs and mine within the next few years when our current British ones expire.

DH will only be able to get one if we achieve our dream of moving “home” so until then he’ll have to just remain with his British one

If you are applying for Irish citizenship through marriage to an Irish citizen you need to prove three years of residency.

You can have dual nationality.

Lots of documentation is required for the naturalisation process, three different proofs of address for each of the three years for example.

It's also quite expensive. It's €175 for the initial application, then €950 when citizenship is granted. There will also be solicitors' fees as you need them to complete part of the application form, plus the cost of the passport.

I'm in the middle of applying myself.

To be honest I don’t even know if he actually wants one im just thinking, we are building a house (in Ireland) at the moment so 1000€ would be more useful for that!!

Does he need one? If not, put the money against the house instead. I have a British friend considering getting an Irish passport but the cost of citizenship is putting her off.