Irish Passport Application

Meeting the requirements is a crucial part of your Irish Passport application. Most of it involves your supporting documents, and generally, you’ll provide documents to prove your identity, address, and age.

The documents you have to provide include:

• Official photo identification – this can be your driver’s license, passport, or National ID from a foreign country
• Proof of Irish citizenship – this will depend on the type of citizenship you have
• 4 photographs of yourself
• Notarized consent by parents or legal guardians if the applicant is under 18 years
• Bank statements, utility bills, or other forms of government correspondence

Generally, your Irish citizenship will determine the documents you’ll submit. For example, Irish citizenship by marriage, naturalization, descent, or adoption requires different documents for different circumstances.

Furthermore, you need an eligible witness to verify your identity. Your witness must hold a position of authority, and they’ll sign and date 2 of your 4 photographs. Each requirement requires a separate document.

You must submit your documents along with your application, and only original documents are accepted. You can’t submit photocopies or laminated documents.

To avoid delays and increase your chances of getting an Irish Passport, you should make sure all your evidence is complete before submission.

According to Irish law, anyone born on the isle of Ireland before January 1st, 2005 is an Irish citizen. If you were born on the isle before the above date and you reside outside Ireland, you must register to the nearest Irish Embassy to approve your citizenship.

Hence, before you can apply for your first Irish Passport, you need to first register with the Foreign Births Register and obtain citizenship. Nevertheless, no matter where you reside, you must provide all documentation that supports your citizenship claim.

Generally, you can prove your Irish citizenship in any of the following ways.

• If your Irish citizenship is through your birth parents, you must provide your Irish parent(s) marriage certificate. The certificate must show the names of both parents.
• If your Irish citizenship is by descent, you must provide your Foreign Birth Registration certificate.
• If your Irish citizenship is by naturalization, for example, citizenship via marriage, you must provide your naturalization certificate. In addition, you’ll provide an original copy of your passport from your birth country.

Documents you provide must be in English or Irish. Otherwise, you must submit the original copy along with a certified translated copy.

Minors cannot apply for Irish passports on their own; an adult must apply on their behalf with legal consent and extra witnesses. Aside from the standard passport application requirement, the main evidence for a child’s passport application is proof of the parent’s citizenship.

For children born in born in Ireland before January 1st, 2005, the requirements include:

• Child’s civil birth certificate showing the names of the parents.

For children born outside Ireland to Irish citizen parent(s), the requirements include:

• Child’s civil birth certificate showing the names of the parents.
• Parent’s Irish passport or birth certificate to prove citizenship.
• Marriage certificate if the Irish citizen parent(s) is married

For children with citizenship by descent, the requirements include:

• Child’s civil birth certificate
• Child’s Foreign Birth Registration Certificate

For children with citizenship by naturalization, the requirements include:

• Child’s civil birth certificate
• Child’s naturalization certificate

Child’s passport from country of birth, if born outside Ireland