Migrants face three-year wait for citizenship

[Anatoli]

Господа-товарищи!

может у кого-либо есть доступ к полной версии этой статьи из The Irish Times (today) или сам release of the Department of Justice?

Большое Спасибо и С Новым 2008 годом!


Migrants face three-year wait for citizenship
A backlog of naturalisation applications means migrants seeking Irish citizenship must wait almost three years for a decision, according to figures released by the Department of Justice.......

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Сообщение от Anatoli

Большое Спасибо и С Новым 2009 годом!

Блин, не пугайте так больше! Я с ужасом стал вспоминать, куда делся 2008....

[Anatoli]

ну, это явная опечатка , так как через год будем искать статью
"Migrants face four-year wait for citizenship"

так что С Новым 2008 годом!

[Apple]

http://193.178.1.235/documents/bills...707/b3707s.pdf

[Al Murphy]

Сообщение от Apple

http://193.178.1.235/documents/bills...707/b3707s.pdf

Ну зачем так флудить? Эта ссылка ведёт не на статью in question, а на проек Immigration and Protection Bill, который обсуждался уже много раз...

[Kolobok]

Сообщение от Al Murphy

Ну зачем так флудить? Эта ссылка ведёт не на статью in question, а на проек Immigration and Protection Bill, который обсуждался уже много раз...

IoI

[dancer]

Migrants face three-year wait for citizenship
Ruadhán MacCormaic, Migration Correspondent

A backlog of naturalisation applications means migrants seeking Irish citizenship must wait almost three years for a decision, according to figures released by the Department of Justice.

Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan said the processing time of some 30 months was primarily due to the significant increase in the number of applications in recent years. While there were limits to the reductions that could be made in these waiting times, he has instructed officials to review the processes so they can be "streamlined" where possible.

There has been a sixfold increase in naturalisation applications in the past seven years. Some 6,608 forms were lodged last year, of which 1,234 were granted, and this compares with 1,004 applications - 125 of them successful - in 2000.

Setting out the reasons for the delays, Mr Lenihan said that before an application is referred to him for a decision, it is subject to a rigorous and time-consuming procedure to ensure the individual complies with residency criteria and that passports and supporting documents are valid.

With the help of Revenue and the Department of Social and Family Affairs, an applicant's ability to support himself financially is also checked, while gardaí are consulted to establish that a person "can be deemed to be of good character".

"The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is an honour and applications must be processed in a way which preserves the necessary checks and balances to ensure that it is not undervalued and is given only to persons who satisfy the necessary qualifying criteria," he said in response to a parliamentary question.

"Having regard to the resources available . . . there is a limit to the reduction in the processing time that can be achieved. I have, however, instructed my officials to undertake a review of the various processes in order that these might be streamlined further where possible."

Migrants can apply for citizenship if they have been living here for five years, are of "good character" and pledge "fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State".

However, major changes are to be made to the naturalisation criteria with the forthcoming Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill.

Under the new Bill, which is expected to be published next month, immigrants will be required to demonstrate "reasonable competence" for communication in English or Irish.

Mr Lenihan says language competence is an important measure of an immigrant's investment in his/her adoptive country.

© 2007 The Irish Times

[Kolobok]

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However, major changes are to be made to the naturalisation criteria with the forthcoming Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill.

Under the new Bill, which is expected to be published next month, immigrants will be required to demonstrate "reasonable competence" for communication in English or Irish.

Mr Lenihan says language competence is an important measure of an immigrant's investment in his/her adoptive country.

© 2007 The Irish Times

Deanaim neamhshuim / shitting myself

[rojer]

as long as it's English or Irish, we shouldn't be too worried, should we?

[Kolobok]

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Хоwевер, маёр чангес аре то бе маде то тхе натуралисатион цритериа wитх тхе фортхцоминг Иммигратион, Ресиденце анд Протецтион Билл.

Ундер тхе неw Билл, wхич ис ехпецтед то бе публишед нехт монтх... блах, блах, блах

© 2007 Тхе Ириш Тимес

Неужеле ЛТР наконец-то закрепят в законе? или только бед ньюс закрепят???

[Mysh]

A vot uje i janvari zakanchivaesia, i snova nichego

[Mysh]

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A vot uje i janvari zakanchivaesia, i snova nichego

A vot i novosti

Migrants to carry new biometric ID cards
Migrants from outside the EU will be obliged to carry identity cards with biometric information under sweeping reforms to the State immigration laws to be announced later this week. Login or subscribe for more.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ire...301321777.html

U kogo esti dostup k polnomu tekstu?

[abg]

это?

Migrants to carry new biometric ID cards
Carl O'Brien
Migrants from outside the EU will be obliged to carry identity cards with biometric information under sweeping reforms to the State immigration laws to be announced later this week.
As well as introducing new identity cards, the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill will streamline the asylum process, introduce changes to the way visas are issued to migrant workers and allow for the introduction of a language test for citizenship applicants.
Non-governmental groups will be watching carefully to see if the new legislation, to be published by Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan this week, meets their demands for a fairer immigration system. The Crosscare Migrant Project says the Bill will provide the Government with the first concrete opportunity to improve family reunification for migrants based in Ireland. In a paper to be published this week, it will say that strong rights to family reunification will be key to developing a successful integration policy.
"The current immigration system is weak and contradictory in this regard as we have outlined in our document and in fact in the recent past the Department of Justice has removed and restricted the right of family reunification to people to such a degree that it is seriously hampering integration," said Crosscare's policy officer, Joe O'Brien.
The group is calling for a right in legislation for family members of Irish citizens to reside in Ireland, regardless of their nationality. It says anomalies in law mean that migrants who become citizens can have their rights to bringing family members into the State undermined.
Government plans to reform the asylum process are likely to be among the most dramatic changes contained in the legislation. Senior Government sources say the current process - which can take months, and sometimes years, to process individual cases - will integrate the asylum and pre-deportation examinations into one single process.
Mr Lenihan is expected to argue that the changes will ensure genuine applicants get protection as soon as possible, while those not entitled to protection will no longer find it an attractive proposition to make bogus claims. The Irish Refugee Council, however, has said that safeguards need to remain in place under the new system.
© 2008 The Irish Times