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applying for a baby passport

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  • 09-01-2012 5:35pm
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    chirogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm a single mum to a 5mth old and would like to apply for her passport soon. As I'm her sole guardian, I've heard I'd have to sign a affadavit. Can anyone confirm this? Btw her father isn't on the birth cert.
    Thanks.


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    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Yes, you will have to sign an affidavit.


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    chirogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭chirogirl


    Thanks. Do I go to the passport office to sign the affidavit?


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    seamus
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    You can download the affidavit form here:
    http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=256

    You'll need to go to a solicitor or a commisioner for oaths to have it validated. They should just charge a flat fee for this.


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    Morag
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    No you need to get one drawn up and signed by a Commissioner for Oaths to send in with the application for the passport.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/witnesses/affidavit.html


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    ash23
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    It's quite easy.
    I went to our local solicitor with my daughters long birth cert. He asked was I the childs sole guardian, did the father have guardianship etc. I said no and he signed the form. he also signed the back of her birth cert but I'm not sure why that was.

    It cost about €10 at the time and only took a few minutes.
    I sent it off with her long birth cert, photos, passport form and fee and hey presto!

    If your child was born after 1/1/05 and you are Irish, you also have to provide your own birth cert or passport with the application.

    If you aren't Irish there are other documents you need to supply depending on your nationality

    See http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/travel_abroad/passports/passports_for_children.html for more info.


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