Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Information pertaining to Irish Citizenship (Naturalisation) applications: The percentage of applications which have (a) received an approval from the Minister*, (b) been refused after consideration by the Minister ** and (c) are still being processed and have not yet been submitted to the Minister for a decision***, for applications submitted during each of the following months: September 2017 to August 2018 * For the purposes of clarity, here it is meant that the Minister has reviewed and approved the application subject to the submission of Euros 950, 2x passport photos, citizenship ceremony, etc. ** For the purposes of clarity, here it is meant that the Minister has reviewed the application and decided not to grant citizenship, with no further processing of the application expected. *** For the purposes of clarity, these are applications still on hand which have not yet been submitted to the Minister for a decision.