How can i get an irish passport?

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tzddean

From http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/travel-and-recreation/travel-abroad/passports-and-visas-to-travel-abroad/applying_for_an_irish_passport/?searchterm=passport
"If you are an Irish citizen living in Northern Ireland or outside Ireland and you are applying for an Irish passport, you should fill out form APS 2. Use this form if applying for a new, renewal or replacement passport. You can get the application form from the Irish embassy or consulate in the country where you live (or the closest embassy or consulate). You can also request an application form APS 2 here: https://test.oasis.gov.ie/utilities/form_request_dev.py?formid=APS2. The Passport Express service including forms is now available through 70 UK Post Office branches in Northern Ireland and the UK. "

Why When How

Anyone born on the ISLAND or Ireland to Irish or EU national parents is entitled to an Irish passport.

Anyone whos PARENTS or GRANDPARENTS were BORN on the ISLAND of Ireland can get a Irish passport.

Anyone from NI is entitled to both a British and ROI passport.

The Questioner

Anybody who was born on the Island of Ireland is entitled to an Irish Passport. Many of my friends from both sides in the North of Ireland, have an Irish passport. They have found it is easier to travel abroad with one, and also they consider themselves to be Irish, which of course they are.
As far as I know there is an Irish Government office in Belfast, check it out in a local telephone directory. If that does not help, a simple phone call to the Dept of Foreign Affairs in Dublin @ 00353 - 1- 6711633 or there is probably a direct dial number from the North to a Dublin number. there is also a email address, it is passportdublin@dfa.ie. I hope this helps you. Slan,(goodbye) ps. guess where I am from.

Priscilla Duck

The visit to the garda station is simply to get your signature and photo stamped as proof that you are who you say you are. Regardless of where you apply from, you will need to get your documentation authorized by either the police, a notary or the nearest Irish embassy.

Full details are here:
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=254

Freeeeezing !

iv got one too....

i don't really know how you can get one...

but i know u can definitely get one !!!!

sorri...

Frighteningly Sober

Check out the attached link. If you fulfil the criteria for having an Irish passport you can request an application form from the address on that page.

Steve F

Can I apply under any circumstances if I have not been resident in the State for 5 years?
There are some circumstances where the Minister, in his absolute discretion, may waive some or all of the conditions for naturalisation, including the residency requirement. If you are married to an Irish citizen for at least three years, you may qualify after only three yearsâ€™ residence: see Naturalisation of spouses of Irish citizens below.

Naturalisation of spouses of Irish citizens.
If you are married to an Irish citizen and living in the island of Ireland, you may meet special conditions for naturalisation based on that marriage if:
you are of full age (i.e. eighteen years or older, or married if younger than eighteen)
you are of good character
you are married to your Irish citizen spouse for a period of not less than 3 years,
your marriage is recognised under the laws of the State as subsisting,
you and your Irish citizen spouse are living together as husband and wife and your Irish spouse submits to the Minister an affidavit in the prescribed form to that effect,
you have had immediately before the date of the application a period of one yearâ€™s continuous residence in the island of Ireland, and
you have had, during the 4 years immediately preceding that period, a total residence in the island of Ireland amounting to 2 years,
you intend in good faith to continue to reside in the island of Ireland after naturalisation and
you make a declaration of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State (see below for the point in the process at which this is required).

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has power (in his or her absolute discretion) to waive one or more of the conditions outlined above in the case of a non-national spouse of an Irish citizen applying for naturalisation if satisfied that the applicant would suffer serious consequences in respect of his or her bodily integrity or liberty if not granted Irish citizenship.
If you are married to an Irish citizen but donâ€™t meet all of these special conditions, you may nonetheless qualify for naturalisation under the general provisions set out earlier in this leaflet.

Calculation of period of residence in relation to application for naturalisation.
When calculating periods of residence in the State for the purposes of an application for a certificate of naturalisation, certain periods may be excluded from the reckoning. These are periods where your presence in the State was not properly documented, or (in certain cases) periods covered by a permission to remain which was for study purposes or while having a claim for asylum examined. The details are as follows:

EEA nationals
If you are a person to whom the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations 1977 apply (i.e. a citizen of an EU state (other than the UK) or a citizen of Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein), any period for which you did not hold a residence permit or document granted under those Regulations or the European Communities (Right of Residence for Non-Economically Active Persons) Regulation 1997. (UK citizens are not required to have residence permits or documents under those Regulations, and so all of the time that a UK citizen has spent in the State is reckonable for naturalisation purposes.)

Non-EEA nationals
If you are not a citizen of an EU state or of Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, any period where you were required by law to have permission to remain in the State, but did not, will not be reckoned (remember that certain non-nationals are exempted by law from the requirement to have permission to remain). In addition, periods of residence in the State will not be reckoned which were covered by a permission to remain if that permission wasâ€”
for the purposes of study (whether or not that study involved you being in employment during any of the period of study), or
while your claim for asylum was being examined.

The law covering naturalisation is at sections 15,15A,16 and 16A of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1986, 1994 and 2001).

Ian M

In the Short term you can't.

To obtain an Eire Passport you would need to obtain Eire Nationality and renounce your British Citizenship. You cannot have both.

You will need at least 5 years residency in Eire to qualify. Marriage to an Eire citizen may speed things up a little but it will be a long process.

Ian M

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