Irish Amnesty: Nearly 5,000 illegal households (including 1,019 Chinese) obtained identity

The scheme is open to those who have lived in Ireland for at least four years without immigration status.

Nearly 5,000 undocumented immigrants, including 1,019 Chinese, and more than 3,000 asylum seekers have so far been granted residence permits in Ireland in a scheme described as "only in a generation" for those who qualify. one" chance.

As of July 31 this year, the Department of Justice had received a total of 6,548 applications involving 8,311 people.

An additional 3,193 applications were received under the international protection portion of the program, which ended on August 7.

The undocumented immigration legalization scheme is open to those who have lived in Ireland without immigration status for at least 4 years, or 3 years if they have children; If you stay for 2 years, you have the right to apply for a No. 4 visa under the international protection section. People who have obtained a residence permit through the above methods can legally stay in Ireland to live and work.

In response to a parliamentary question from Sinn Féin MP Pa Daly this week, Acting Attorney General Heather Humphreys said that as of Monday, 4,794 decisions had been made on undocumented migrants, of which 4,654 (97 per cent) had been granted residence permits . Only 94 applications were rejected and 46 were withdrawn.

In addition, the International Protection Unit received 3,193 applications, of which 2,303 were approved by the International Protection Office or "equivalently," the attorney general said. Another 396 applications were ineligible and 260 applications were withdrawn.

"This is a once-in-a-generation program to give long-term visa-less (black in Ireland) people the opportunity to legalize their status, enter the workforce and begin their path to citizenship," Humphreys said.

She said the processing of applications was continuing.

The naturalization requirements are: after holding the No. 4 visa, the number of days of residence for 5 years, and the annual naturalization points requirement of 150 points can be applied for planning naturalization.

Figures previously released by the Department of Justice to the Irish Times showed that Brazilians (1,316), Pakistanis (1,074) and Chinese (1,019) received the most applications for undocumented immigrants, followed by Filipinos, Nigerians, Indians and Bangladeshis each submitted about 250 applications.