Over 6,000 undocumented apply for 'life-changing' chance to legalise status in Ireland

Justice Minister Helen McEntee said her department had launched a social media ad campaign directed at the top 10 nationalities eligible under the scheme in their native languages.

More than 6,000 undocumented people in Ireland have applied for a special Government scheme to regularise their status in the country.

In excess of 900 people have so far been successful in what has been described as a “once-off” opportunity for people living here without immigration visas to legalise their situation.