Are You Eligible for Irish Citizenship? .
Let’s Find Out! You may be eligible for Irish citizenship by birth or descent, depending on your family history.
Our dedicated research team will carefully investigate your ancestry to determine if you’re entitled to Irish citizenship. If you qualify, we’ll help source and prepare all UK and Ireland civil registration certificates, to meet the necessary legal and official standards.
How It Works .
Click on ‘Book Citizenship Enquiry’ button to book your eligibility check.
Pay the €50 research fee payment online to begin the process.
After payment, you’ll receive a link to a short questionnaire so our research team can review your family details.
Our team will carefully assess your ancestry to determine whether you may be entitled to Irish citizenship.
You’ll receive your eligibility outcome within two working days.
If you qualify, we can help source and prepare the required certificates and records in the correct legal format. Additional costs apply.
Our research team will obtain certified copies of the relevant document(s), formatted and prepared for legal use in your citizenship application.
We ensure that we can prepare all UK and Ireland civil registration certificates, to meet the necessary legal and official standards, so you can proceed with confidence.
If any key details are missing from the documents — such as a child’s name, an incorrect year of birth, or inconsistencies across records — you may choose to commission further research to find alternative documents.
Our experienced research team specializes in finding solutions when standard records don’t quite align, helping you move forward with confidence.
Once your documents are ready, our research team will dispatch them via registered post to ensure secure and traceable delivery.
Your documents will arrive safely, ready for use in your Irish citizenship application.
Please keep in mind that there are additional charges for each certified document we order, and for registered post.
Irish Citizen Eligibility Quiz.
Check if you’re eligible to become an Irish citizen either by birth or by descent.
Answer a few quick questions based on your family history and place of birth to find
out if you may qualify.
FAQs.
Yes, you may be eligible for Irish citizenship if your great-grandparents was born on the island of Ireland. However there are a few important conditions.
- To become an Irish citizen, your great-grandparent’s grandchild (i.e. your parent) who is of Irish descent must have registered in the Foreign Births Register between 1956 and 1986, or if you were born after 1986 they registered before you were born.
- The Foreign Births Register is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. You can contact the Foreign Birth Registration Customer Service Hub via phone (+353 1 568 3331 ) or webchat Phone lines are open from 9am– 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Naturalisation means you can legally become a citizen of a country you were not born in. Every country has its own laws and rules about citizenship. There are three main ways you can apply for Irish citizenship by naturalisation:
1. If you have legally lived in Ireland for five years.
2. If you are married to or in a civil partnership with an Irish citizen.
3. If you are applying on behalf of a minor.
If you are in Ireland as a refugee, you can also become an Irish citizen after three years. For more information on citizenship by naturalisation, and to see who is eligible, follow this link.
Under Irish law you do not have to give up Irish citizenship to become the citizen of another country. However, the law in some countries may require you to renounce your Irish citizenship before you can become a citizen there.
Please keep in mind, we cannot advise you on your application.
Our role is in assisting you in obtaining the necessary certificates to apply for Irish citizenship. Any specific queries relating to your application should be referred to the Department of Foreign Affairs.