S.I. No. 421/2025 - Immigration Act 2004 (Registration Certificate Fee) Regulations 2025
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th September, 2025. | ||
I, JACK CHAMBERS, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19 (as amended by section 34 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (No. 19 of 2022) and section 20 of the Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004) (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 242 of 2025 )) and the Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No.2) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 253 of 2025 ), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (as adapted by the Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 243 of 2025 )), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Registration Certificate Fee) Regulations 2025. | ||
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 5 September 2025. | ||
2. In these Regulations – | ||
“Act of 2004” means the Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004); | ||
“Act of 2015” means the International Protection Act 2015 (No. 66 of 2015); | ||
“Administrative Immigration Arrangements” means the arrangements of the Minister known as the Administrative Immigration Arrangements for the Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking; | ||
“civil partner” has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24 of 2010); | ||
“Regulations of 2015” means the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 548 of 2015 ); | ||
“Regulations of 2020” means the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) (Citizens’ Rights) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 728 of 2020 ); | ||
“Withdrawal Agreement” means the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community1 . | ||
3. The amount of €300 is prescribed for the purposes of section 19(1)(b) of the Act of 2004. | ||
4. The fee prescribed in Regulation 3 is waived in respect of persons belonging to any of the following classes: | ||
(a) non-nationals who, at the time of registration under section 9 of the Act of 2004, are – | ||
(i) under the age of 18 years, | ||
(ii) the spouse or surviving spouse of an Irish citizen, | ||
(iii) the civil partner or surviving civil partner of an Irish citizen, | ||
(iv) holders of a valid residence card issued under Regulation 7(5)(a) of the Regulations of 2015 or a document called “Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen”, as referred to in Article 10 of the Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20042 , | ||
(v) holders of a valid permanent residence card issued under Regulation 15(3) of the Regulations of 2015, | ||
(vi) holders of a valid residence document issued in accordance with Article 18(4) of the Withdrawal Agreement and referred to in Regulations 8 and 9 of the Regulations of 2020, or | ||
(vii) holders of a valid permanent residence document issued in accordance with Article 18(4) of the Withdrawal Agreement and referred to in Regulations 11(1) and 12(1) of the Regulations of 2020; | ||
(b) persons in relation to whom a refugee declaration (within the meaning of the Act of 2015), is, for the time being, in force; | ||
(c) persons in relation to whom a subsidiary protection declaration (within the meaning of the Act of 2015), is, for the time being, in force; | ||
(d) persons to whom a permission has been given under section 49(4)(a) of the Act of 2015, which permission is, for the time being, in force; | ||
(e) persons to whom a permission has been given under section 50(4) of the Act of 2015, which permission is, for the time being, in force; | ||
(f) persons to whom a permission has been given under section 56 of the Act of 2015 to enter and reside in the State, which permission is, for the time being, in force; | ||
(g) persons to whom a permission referred to in section 59(1) of the Act of 2015 has been given, which permission is, for the time being, in force; | ||
(h) persons to whom a permission has been given under section 60(6) of the Act of 2015, which permission is, still valid; | ||
(i) persons to whom the Minister has granted a temporary residence permission in accordance with the Administrative Immigration Arrangements, which permission is still valid; | ||
(j) persons who have permission to remain lawfully in the State for a recovery and reflection period in accordance with the Administrative Immigration Arrangements but who have not been granted a temporary residence permission in accordance with those Arrangements; | ||
(k) persons to whom the Minister has granted a residence permission in accordance with the International Protection Regularisation Scheme, which permission is still valid; | ||
(l) persons to whom the Minister has granted, in accordance with the Immigration Guidelines for Victims of Domestic Abuse, a change of permission due to domestic abuse, which permission is, for the time being, in force. | ||
5. The Immigration Act 2004 (Registration Certificate Fee) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 444 of 2012 ) are revoked. | ||
The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. | ||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, | ||
5 September, 2025. | ||
JACK CHAMBERS, | ||
Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. | ||
GIVEN under my hand, | ||
5 September, 2025. | ||
COLM BROPHY, | ||
Minister of state at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. | ||
