Baby passport queries

grahamor

Hi,

Our baby is 8 days old and we want to apply for his passport asap.

His mother (my wife) is French and I am Irish. Citizens Information mentions :

Where a parent is a national of an EU/EEA Member State or Switzerland, the parent must have resided in the island of Ireland for a total of 3 or more years during the 4 years immediately before the birth. That parent's passport, or national identity card, and Declaration Form A (pdf) must be provided.

Does this apply to us as one parent is Irish ? Is it only applicable when both parents are not Irish but members of other EU countries ?

Thank you for any assistance.

PhoenixParker

No.
Once you're Irish it's straightforward.
The child is entitled to citizenship based on your citizenship, regardless of whether yoy live in Ireland.

You'll need your own passport and documents if memory serves.

enfant terrible

PhoenixParker wrote: »

No.
Once you're Irish it's straightforward.
The child is entitled to citizenship based on your citizenship, regardless of whether yoy live in Ireland.

You'll need your own passport and documents if memory serves.

That's correct we got our recently.

You'll need your passport and baby's birth cert.

grahamor

enfant terrible wrote: »

That's correct we got our recently.

You'll need your passport and baby's birth cert.

Thanks for the info, yes I have the birth cert.

Regarding the photos, how strict are they with newborns? Eyes open, facing camera are most important? . Keeping the mouth closed is proving to be challenging!

enfant terrible

grahamor wrote: »

Thanks for the info, yes I have the birth cert.

Regarding the photos, how strict are they with newborns? Eyes open, facing camera are most important? . Keeping the mouth closed is proving to be challenging!

Yes we went to a chemist and about three guys helped us distract himself till they got the picture we needed.

Our problem was sticking tongue out but we got one eventually ☺

sillysocks

When we got ours for our baby we couldn’t get a photo with her mouth fully closed. It was still accepted , and the chemist reckoned they were more lenient with baby pictures anyway. Lying down on a changing mat (upside down so its white) with you over them is the easiest way I think!

Immy

Our toddlers mouth is opened in his and they took it