My dad was born in Ireland dose that make me a Irish citizen ?

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submissivmsle36

hi you
yes this would make you Irish and let you claim Irish citizenship here in Ireland but you will have to prove this when your going for Irish citizenship because by law you a citizen of the country your born in you can and will be given Irish citizenship due to your farther been Irish when you make your claim for it

greenorlagh

Yes. You are officially Irish. Come into the parlour.

? BlueBerry ?

yes:

Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1956 to 2004, a person who was born outside Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen by descent if one of that person's parents was an Irish citizen who was born in Ireland.

Liz

My parents were born in the republic of Ireland and I got my first passport last year. On my passport is says Irish citizen and country of birth Great Britian.

benny

You are not a citizen unless you apply for a passport , but anyone who's parents or grandparents where an Irish citizen regardless if they we're born here or not,
You should apply for an Irish passport as this will give you freedom to travel and work in Europe without a visa, if you are american you can have dual citizenship, some of my friends in the U.S. have both

Puzzledirishgirl

Yes you may apply for an Irish passport. The rule applies back to your grandparents. So even if your dad hadn't been born here and his parents had been you could still apply for a passport! Just be careful that some countries don't recognise dual citizenship. So if I were you get the passport but would check before using it!

classick_kathleen

yes, it does make you a irish citizen, not only are most of my roots that go way back are Irish citizens before they went to America not only are my family roots from Ireland, I am also from Wales and England, that is where my family members started, way before I was born, both my sister and I don't know anything about our great-grandparents and also my sister and I don't even remember our grandparents.

â™¥ sarah

A person born abroad to a parent who, although not born in Ireland, was otherwise an Irish citizen at the time of the personâ€™s birth, can become an Irish citizen by applying for Foreign Births Registration, either to the Irish Diplomatic or Consular Mission nearest to where the applicant normally resides or, if resident in Ireland, to:

Consular Section
Department of Foreign Affairs
St. Stephenâ€™s Green
Dublin 2
Telephone: (01) 408 2555

CLIVE H

It probably means that if you want Irish Citizenship or duel nationality with your present citizenship, then it might be much easier if your dah were born in Ireland.

If you are Irish by race, I would highly recommend that you seek to add Irish Citizenship to yourself.

As an Irish Citizen, you will be made welcome everywhere.

I on the other hand with my Brit-Passport have to go through the body search channel each time and listen to loud ping sounds because I'm obviously carrying six daggers or something. . . . .

SMILE 2 ME

yes. u r now a member of the alcoholics society.

Orla C

Don't think so ... but if you can prove your father was born in Ireland, you can apply for an Irish passport.

Emily X

am i dunno if you dont live in ireland i dont think so !
or maybe u are im not too sure!
x

jackson

same here, your second generation irish, begora,.

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