Some sunshine in May! Good news stories
With less sunshine then we’d hoped for the month of May, we at Nasc decided to share some more good news to brighten everyone up!
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aturalisation Applications granted
Last Friday we were notified that four Nasc clients received approval of their naturalisation applications. One of these was a woman who Nasc had worked with for the past two years, (Nasc had successfully applied for an independent residence permission for her), after she presented as a victim of domestic violence. The second woman had previously held IBC/05 (Irish-born child scheme) status.The other two were both refugees who had previously been refused for minor non-violent offences.
Residence permission
An application by an asylum seeker for residence permission based on her marriage to a naturalised Irish citizen was granted. The couple had been waiting about 7 months for her residence permission to come through.
Family Reunification
Finally, our major success stories, the first family reunifications of the year were granted. In total three families’ applications have been successful. Our first client is a refugee who fled his country in 2011 and was granted refugee status within a short period of time. The application for family reunification was submitted in 2012 by Nasc. Nasc made strong representations to the Department of Justice regarding the danger his family members were in and the positive decision was received by us on Friday. The other two are both naturalised refugees.
Have you had good news on a successful application made with the support of Nasc’s legal advice team? Please let us know! Send an email to jennifer@nascireland.org.
