Applications for Irish citizenship from Britain have reached post-Brexit last year, as an increasing number of workers and pensioners have tried to access the “backdoor” access to the EU.
Increasing comes as UK It faces the weakening of economic prospects and the appearance of taxes, while European countries are giving access to the property market for British investors.
British applications for foreign birth registration, citizen route for people with Irish grandparents, increased 15 percent in 2024 to 23.456, according to official data divided with the financial time.
This was the biggest figure since digital records began in 2013, surpassing the previous peak in 2019, the year before the UK officially left the block.
Immigration lawyers said that the bad economic chances of the UK and the “sharp” reality after Brexit’s trips and limitations of work led to a sudden increase in workers and pensioners who sought “access to the EU return space”.
“The questionable political landscape in Britain not only provokes only, but accelerates the search for some to seek Plan B,” said Reza Nezam, a partner in RNL’s lawyers, a law firm who advises people on FBR applications.
“We expect the numbers to continue to increase because the economy in the UK is still not attractive to the younger generation, and those who approach retirement see that there are prospects for super taxes,” he added.
Lawyers suggested that the rush could be related to European countries, where the British decided to buy a holiday or a pension house, tightening access to customers who are not EU.
In January, the Spanish government announced that she was planning to introduce 100 percent “super tax” on property investors outside the EU effort to increase the accessibility of residence.
This follows the decision last year Abolish your “Golden Visa” schemeResidential path for rich investors who are not EU, following the steps of Portugal and Ireland.
FBR applications from Britain grew the third consecutive year after it suddenly fell in 2020 when Britain officially came to the EU and COID-19 travel.
Úna O’Brien, a senior associate in the Sinnott Solicitors, said the increase in the app reflecting the inconvenience of travel limitations after Brexit and the “cumbersome” application process that was sometimes required for years.
“Really from 2022, the reality of Brexita entered into force and British citizens began to experience sharply [realities of] They travel as passport owners who are not from the EU, “she added.” For some, it is the case that Irish passport you want to simply avoid ranks not from the EU at airports. “
There are much fewer applications through the naturalization of citizenship, which relies on the fact that it has been in Ireland for a number of years. Only 646 citizens’ reports in the UK were submitted in the first eight months of 2024, to which the data is available, which accounts for 7 percent of the total number made through this channel.
Meanwhile, more than half of the 42,808 reports FBR arrived from Britain last year, an abrupt increase with 12 percent of 5,750 applications in 2013.
The UK is the main initiator of this sevenfold increase in Irish citizenship reports through the FBR Channel in the last decade, but demand from North America has also increased and the figures have increased from 8,900 in 2023 to 13,055 in 2024.
Okeremute Okeregh, Director of the Irish Immigration Advice Council, said she was guided by political events, and “dramatic spikes” in the United States seeks Irish citizenship immediately after the election and inauguration.
“Americans are exploring citizenship relations in Ireland, as more and more insecure of what life will look like in the US under President Trump,” she said. “More people are considering the possibility in case they need to leave now and settle elsewhere.”
