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The High Court has recently delivered a judgement in DD v the Minister for Justice [2025] IEHC 67 upholding the refusal of a decision to refuse an application for naturalisation.
In 2023, the Minister opened the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) Forms Portal. This portal provides applicants with an opportunity to submit a number of immigration applications to the Minister. This includes an application for renewal of immigration registration, an application for naturalisation for adults and minors and other specific immigration applications including de facto partner applications and applications for extension of student permissions.
On the 25th June 2024, the European Council has decided to extend temporary protection for nearly four million Ukrainians until 4th March 2026.
Temporary protection is an EU emergency tool that is utilized in certain conditions that create many refugees. This protection was adopted in 2001 after the large-scale displacement from the armed conflict in the Western Balkans. It was finally used for the first time in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On 9th January 2025, the Department of Justice announced that the final remaining responsibility for first-time registration of Irish immigration residence permissions will transfer from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) of the Department of Justice.
The Employment Permit Section has confirmed that there will be no increases in the Minimum Annual Remuneration (MAR) for employment permits in January 2025.
The MAR is the lowest annual salary for which an employment permit can issue. This was increased in January 2024 in conjunction with a roadmap that outlined further increases up to 2026. Further details on this can be found in the Outcome of the Review of the Employment Permits Occupations Lists: https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/outcome-of-review-of-employment-permits-occupations-lists-december-2023.html.
More than 6,000 people were granted Irish citizenship in Killarney, Co. Kerry on the 2nd and 3rd of December this year. Seven citizenship ceremonies were held at the INEC in Killarney over the two days, with applicants from over 140 different countries living across Ireland.
The Department of Justice has confirmed that the next citizenship ceremonies are due to take place on Monday, the 2nd of December and Tuesday, the 3rd of December 2024 at the INEC in Killarney, County Kerry.
The ISD webpage confirms that invitations to upcoming citizenship ceremonies will issue directly to eligible candidates via post and email. Invitees may bring one adult guest only to the ceremony. Children are not permitted to attend the ceremonies. Minor applicants whose applications for naturalisation are approved are not required to attend a citizenship ceremony and will receive their Certificate of Naturalisation by post.
On October 14th, the Department of Justice announced that responsibility for all renewals of Irish immigration residence permissions will be transferred from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to the Registration Office of Immigration Service Delivery (ISD). This applies to persons residing in all counties, and it will come into effect on the 4th of November this year. However, the GNIB will still be undertaking responsibility for first registrations for applicants who reside outside of Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Limerick and Wicklow.
The Department of Justice has announced that the next citizenship ceremony will take place on Monday the 16th September 2024. The ceremony is being hosted in the Dublin Convention Centre, at North Wall Quay in Dublin 1.
The Department of Justice has recently published details regarding the citizenship ceremonies on the Immigration Service Delivery website.
The Court of Appeal has decided to refer a question to the CJEU in the case of R.S v Minister for Justice [2024] IECA 151, delivered on 21st June 2024.
The question relates to whether the Minister can make a decision/finding pursuant to the 2015 Regulations in relation to marriage of convenience/ fraud after the individual has become an Irish citizen through naturalisation.
The facts of this case surrounded an applicant who obtained an EU Fam residence card based on his marriage to an EU national in 2010 and he later naturalised as an Irish citizen. The applicant later separated and divorced from his EU National spouse.