Information On Permission To Remain

Permission to remain in the State as evidenced by the Gárda National Immigration Bureau is a matter of vital importance to all applicants for naturalisation. 

Applicants and potential applicants must ensure that their registration with the

is kept up to date during their residency in this country.

Part of the procedure employed to determine an applicant’s residency, in the processing of their application for naturalisation, is an assessment of whether the applicant has been legally resident in the State, through a thorough examination of GNIB residency stamps.

Please note that Work Permits, letters from Employers, or other Departmental Letters are not in themselves evidence of having legal residence in the State. The only proofs accepted for this purpose are GNIB Stamps.

The requirement to renew GNIB registration at regular periods allows for greater control over the immigration process whereby checks can be carried out to ensure that a person is still meeting the conditions attached to the type of permission he or she was granted.

Work permits, letters from employers, or other Departmental letters are not in themselves evidence of having remained in the State.