What do you need to apply for an Irish Irish Passport?
There is useful information on the Department of Foreign Affairs website at the links below:
Born Abroad: Citizenship by Descent – Frequently Asked Questions
EU UK Referendum: FAQs – Citizenship, Passports & residency entitlements
You need the following:
A completed application form.
You cannot apply for an Irish passport online or download a copy of the application form. There are two types of application form:
Use an APS 1E form if you are living in Ireland
Use an APS 2 form if you are living in Northern Ireland
If you normally live outside Ireland but are currently in Ireland, you must still apply for your Irish passport in the country where you live (your country of permanent residence), using an APS 2 form.
An APS 1E forms can be obtained at:
Any Garda station
Local Post office
The Passport Offices in Dublin or Cork
Libraries
or contact the Passport Office by phone or email and the form can be posted to you
An APS 2 forms can be obtained at:
If you live in Northern Ireland, you will find APS 2 passport application forms in many Post Offices
If you live outside Ireland, you can get an APS 2 passport application form from your nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate.
As well as the completed application form you will need:
- Four passport photographs, two of which must be signed by a witness as per instructions provided with the application form
- Certified copy of your photographic ID such as a driving licence, a current passport, Public Services Card, passport from another country (The person witnessing the application form can certify it)
- Proof of use of name, for example, payslip, bank statement, social welfare receipts
- Proof of address, for example, utility bill, official correspondence from an Irish State agency.
- Appropriate fee
Important:
Commencing in March 2016, all first-time applicants for an adult passport who are resident in Ireland have to supply a photocopy of their Public Services Card for identification purposes. This also applies to adult passport applicants whose last passport was issued prior to January 2005 and has since been reported as lost, stolen or damaged. They no longer need to supply a certified copy of photographic ID or proof of use of name. Proof of address continues to be required.
Additional documentation
The additional documentation you must supply depends on how you obtained your Irish citizenship. If you are replacing a lost, stolen or damaged passport issued on or after 1 January 2005 and your new passport will issue in the same name, you do not have to supply the additional documentation.
Born in Ireland – you need to include:
Your birth certificate
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if you have changed your surname)
Born abroad to an Irish-born parent – you need to include:
Your birth certificate
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if you have changed your surname)
Your Irish-born parent’s birth certificate
Your parents’ civil marriage certificate (if applicable)
Citizenship through foreign birth registration – you need to include:
Your birth certificate
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if you have changed your surname)
Your foreign birth registration certificate
Your foreign passport
Please also see Registering a Foreign Birth for more details.
Born abroad and adopted under Irish law – you need to include:Your certificate of entry in the
Register of Intercountry Adoptions (If adopted abroad your adoption must be entered in the Register of Intercountry Adoptions)
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if you have changed your surname)
Your adoptive Irish parent’s birth certificate or Irish passport
Post-nuptial citizenship – you need to include:
Your post-nuptial certificate
Your birth certificate
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if you have changed your surname)
Citizenship through naturalisation – you need to include:
Your naturalisation certificate
Your foreign passport
Your birth certificate
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if you have changed your surname)
If your documents are not in English you must also supply a certified English version, translated by a registered translator. You may also be required to provide further information and/or attend for interview.
Certified copies of births, marriages and deaths certificates can be obtained from the General Register Office
Details correct as of July 2016.