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Overview

Top 5 Most Developed Nations: Ireland is on the top five most developed nations on the UN Human Development Index. Top 3 in Economic Freedom: Ireland is on third position on the 2025 Index of Economic Freedom by the Heritage Foundation. Top 3 Strongest Passport: Enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to over 190 destinations worldwide.

All the advantages of Europe, as part of the EU.

Enjoy the right to live and work in Ireland, Switzerland, and any of the 27 member states of the European Union at any time.

Make the most out of your ancestry. Acquire citizenship by descent.

Ireland allows descendants of Irish nationals to apply for full citizenship for life, which can be passed on to your future generations by descent.

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Citizenship

Ireland ALLOWS dual citizenship WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS

VISA-FREE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS

189

GLOBAL REACH

87%

TOP DESTINATIONS

Who is coming?

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You

United States

Application options

Our expert team has done extensive due diligence on all of the qualifying options to ensure every investment made through CitizenX lives up to the highest standards.

Timeline

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Government Processing Time

By combining real-time data and predictive analytics, we provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date estimate of how long you can expect to wait before receiving the final approval.

6 months

OFFICIAL PROCESSING TIME

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Procedure

CitizenX is adept at managing your entire journey to obtain automatic citizenship or citizenship by descent. We unravel the intricate layers of Irish law for you, support you in substantiating your heritage with a genealogist’s insight, draft essential legal documents, liaise with the Department of Foreign Affairs, and handle document scanning, copying, and mailing until your Irish passport is proudly in your possession.

Typically, the timeline for securing Irish citizenship through descent or affiliation ranges from 24 to 30 months, although some fortunate cases may wrap up within 18 months.

Automatic citizenship

If at least one parent or an Irish-born grandparent, great-grandparent, or great-great-grandparent was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth, you have automatic right to Irish citizenship. Ancestors other than your parents up to your great-great-grandparents are not applicable: siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles.

Citizenship by foreign birth registration

Being born outside of Ireland, you can become an Irish citizen if:

  1. One of your grandparents was born in Ireland, or
  2. One of your parents was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth, even if they were not born in Ireland.

Required documents

Passport

Birth certificate

Total price

$15,000