Citizenship Fees

Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Fees) Regulations 2008, the following new fee structure came into effect on 1 August 2008.

The following fees shall be paid by the applicant on the issue of a certificate of naturalisation:

(a) where the application is made on behalf of a minor, a fee of €200.00;

(b) where the application is made by a widow or widower whose spouse was, immediately before death, an Irish citizen, and who has not, subsequent to the spouse's death, become a naturalised citizen of a state other than the State, a fee of €200.00;

(c) in the case of all other applications, a fee of €950.00;

(d) the fee payable under (a), (b) or (c) shall be nil, if the application for the certificate concerned is made by or on behalf of a refugee or stateless person or by or on behalf of a programme refugee.