5,000 People Granted Irish Citizenship in Feb, 2025

Highlights: 5000 People Granted Irish Citizenship in Feb, 2025 

• The Irish government granted 5000 foreign nationals in February 2025. 
• Foreign nationals from over 130 countries have obtained Irish citizenship. 
• The total number of 31,000 foreign nationals has been issued with Irish citizenship in 2024. 
• Most foreign nationals acquiring Irish citizenship are from the UK, Brazil, and India.

 

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Foreign nationals granted Irish citizenship in Feb 2025  

In the February 12 and 14 ceremonies, 5,000 foreign nationals from over 130 countries were granted Irish citizenship. In the final ceremony, 5,000 foreign nationals received their Irish citizenship across six ceremonies. 

The Irish government has noticed an increase in the processing application capacity from 12,000 to over 20,000 in 2023. In 2024, the Irish government issued around 31,000 applications. The processing time of the Irish citizenship applications is also reduced from fifteen months in 2023 to eight months in 2024. 

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Countries to acquire Irish citizenship in 2025

According to the RTE News reports, the top ten nationalities with most of the applicants for Irish citizenship are Indians, who represent 18.2 percent of the total of 914 applicants. Here is the list of the following applicants to acquire Irish citizenship:

Countries	Irish Citizenship Acquired
United Kingdom	614
Brazil	531
Romania	380
Poland	360
Philippines	241
South Africa	210
Nigeria	205
Pakistan	191
United States	191

 

According to the Irish government, 203 citizenship ceremonies have occurred since 2011, and foreign nationals from over 180 countries have been granted citizenship. A total of 200,000 foreign nationals have become Irish citizens between 2011 and 2025. 

 

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