Applying for PPS number outside ROI

TomSweeney

I posted this in AH , but maybe here is better actually ..

Hi,

I need to apply for a PPS number for my son - we live abroad but he has an Irish passport.

He needs the PPS as he inherited some money from his granny that recently died (my mother).

I also need my own as I have long lost mine.

The email cis@welfare.ie are ignorning my emails (this is the official point of contact)

I cannot get through to any number - just rings out or if I'm lucky they redirect me to the email...

I have the form for my son and filled out and emailed the scanned docs to the email above, but nothing ...

Anyone do this recently ?

dennyk

This page has all the details:

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/12e6de-get-a-personal-public-service-pps-number/#applying-for-a-pps-number-if-you-are-living-outside-ireland

Government departments are quite slow around here, so it might be some time before you get a response. How long have you been waiting? If you are concerned that your email did not go through, you can always post the documents to the address listed instead. However I wouldn't expect a quick response in either case.

Same reply as After Hours.

Normal processing time for PPS numbers is 5/6 weeks depending on location, and your application is probably waiting in a queue to be processed. I think you said you applied in June?

So far this year, up to the start of August, there have been 183k+ new PPS numbers issued - that is more than 1000 a day, (hardly slow) and more than the number for 2021 in total. They are estimating it will top 300k this year.

You'll just have to be a little patient and wait until they get to yours.

cml387

Just as a point.

If I were to will some money to my cousin in the UK who is a British citizen they wouldn't need a Irish PPS number to claim the money.

If the OP is so long out of the state that they have lost their PPS number then presumably they are resident for tax purposes in that other country?

TomSweeney

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119523435#Comment_119523435

Yes but according to my solicitor, I need a PPS number, so does my son, anything more than 15k in inheritence the receiver needs a PPS...

BarneyJ

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119523435#Comment_119523435

Assuming you are resident in Ireland and the money is held in an Irish bank account, if the amount your cousin was to inherit from you exceeded €12,000 then your cousin would need an Irish PPS number. He/she would have to apply for one.

Your executor could be held personally liable if your cousin, as a non resident beneficiary, had a CAT liability as a result of the inheritance but did not pay it.

TomSweeney

PPS application accepted and will get it in the post, so the ball is rolling.

Thanks!