The United Kingdom is one of the most popular and established immigration countries in the world. Many immigration applicants around the world not only value the quality of local education, but also target the UK’s identity value and rich social resources. In addition, in recent years, the UK has continuously raised its immigration application threshold and even directly closed investment immigration channels, which also reflects the popularity of local immigrants.
And just when many people want to immigrate to the UK, the British are "crazy grabbing" Irish citizenship! According to local official statistics, since the UK voted to leave the EU, the number of British citizens who have obtained Irish citizenship has increased by nearly 1,200%! According to records released to local media by the Irish Ministry of Justice, only 54 Britons were granted Irish citizenship in 2015. The following year, as the UK began voting on whether to leave the EU, this number has almost doubled until 2021. To 1191 people!
Brits are rushing to get Irish citizenship? The number of applicants soared by 1200%
Why is this?
They already have British citizenship, but they are still aiming for Irish citizenship? I believe this is inseparable from the important reason why becoming an Irish citizen is equivalent to becoming an EU citizen!
Ireland is one of the EU member states. Having an Irish passport is equivalent to having an EU passport . You can enjoy the following rights of EU citizens:
◆ Cross the internal EU national borders without border checks;
◆ Have the right to travel in 27 EU countries Free to settle and live;
◆ You can freely choose to work in 27 member states, or you can live in one country and work in another (including family members, no matter what nationality they belong to, can live in the country);
◆ Children You can receive education in any EU country and enjoy the same educational benefits as citizens of that country;
◆ Citizens of the 27 EU countries and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland can jointly enjoy the EU’s high-quality medical system ;
◆ With a European Medical Card, you can enjoy medical services in any EU member state, and most medical items are free, etc.
Therefore, after the United Kingdom left the European Union, not only many British people took advantage of neighboring Ireland and chose to apply for an Irish passport, but more and more immigration applicants from many countries around the world also valued Ireland! However, they often choose Ireland not only for this reason, but also for Ireland’s other “magic weapon”!
The only country in the EU that has direct access to the UK
After the UK leaves the EU, not only the British will not be able to enjoy the benefits among EU member states, but people from most EU countries will also be unable to enjoy local benefits in the UK, with the exception of one country - Ireland !
Since Ireland and the United Kingdom have signed the "Common Travel Area" agreement, citizens of Ireland and the United Kingdom enjoy the right to enter each other's countries without visas, including:
◆ No need to apply for a permit to enter and live in each other's country Scope
◆ No need to apply for a work permit to work in each other's countries
◆ The right to local educational resources
◆ The right to local social benefits
◆ Access to health services
◆ Access to social housing
◆ The right to vote in local and parliamentary elections
also That is to say, obtaining an Irish passport means having a British permanent residence status! In addition, the Irish passport actually has many "hidden" advantages, such as: you can work and live freely in Switzerland. If you need to stay for more than 90 days, you can apply for a relevant residence permit according to the actual situation; you can apply for a Canadian Working Holiday Visa (IEC ); is one of the few passports that allows visa-free travel to the United States, etc.
Although Ireland currently does not have a one-step program to obtain a passport, applicants can obtain Ireland's highest level of residence visa (Stamp 4 visa) through Irish group donation immigration with a threshold as low as 400,000 euros. After obtaining the Irish Stamp 4 visa, you and your family and children can live in one of the six traditional English-speaking countries, and your children can enjoy 12 years of free public primary and secondary education.If your children hold a Stamp 4 visa and have graduated from high school in Ireland, they can directly apply to universities in the UK without the need for language and A-level and other bridging course scores.
Obtaining an Irish passport through a Stamp 4 visa is relatively simple. It mainly meets relevant requirements such as residence time, and you can apply for naturalization without a language test or naturalization test*!
