ireland naturalization
Question regarding the 1 year residence for Naturalization
<p>I am French and I have been living in Ireland for 7 years. Firstly as a student, then working in the country.</p>
<p>As you probably already know, since July 2019, there is a law that says &quot;This includes 1 year (365 or 366 days) of continuous residence immediately before the date you apply.&quot;
At first it meant you cannot leave the country WHATSOEVER for a full year, but when this came out, we heard a lot about this rules being reconsidered.</p>
<p>So what I am wondering now is, is it still the case?
I know that for none-EU citizens, they can go abroad for about 20 days per year without problem and still get the citizenship through naturalisation.
Also, &quot;This includes 1 year of continuous residence&quot; does not really sound clear to me, as when traveling abroad, we actually are still resident of Ireland.
I've been going to France about 3 weeks to visit my family in the last year, but no other travels, do you believe my application could go through?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance for your help.</p>

<p>A judge ruled in July that this requirement may only be satisfied by 365 or 366 days of physical presence in Ireland.  An appeal <a href="https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/news/citizenship-applications-continuous-residence-requirement" rel="nofollow noreferrer">was scheduled for this month</a>.  It does not seem that the rule is different for EU citizens, but it <em>was</em> different before July, because there had been a policy in place that considered short trips abroad not to interrupt residence.  The July ruling held that the policy was contrary to law.</p>
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<p>do you believe my application could go through?</p>
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<p>It seems very unlikely your application would succeed, since this is precisely what the judge said was not acceptable.</p>
<p>Without having looked in detail, and being unfamiliar with Irish law, I think that there is probably a decent chance of the ruling being overturned on appeal.  I would certainly not apply before the appeal is decided if I were you, unless or until you have been in the country for a full year.</p>
