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Hi all, I applied for first time passport for my son on 30th April from abroad (country that can do the online application) - documents were submitted to local embassy and then sent to Ireland - documents received by passport office on 11th May. The estimated issue date is 9th June. Obviously now is the 19th of June and no movement on it since. Does anyone know how much longer it is likely to take?

Is it safe to assume that there was no issues with the documentation or is there still a chance they could come back to me looking for something else?

The link stays ‘live’ for a certain period only so I’d advise requesting a new one.

Hello I am brand new here and just hope I am in the right place!!

We live in Scotland and my husband received his Irish passport in February - his dad was born in Tralee (1905) so he is already an Irish citiizen, hence it wasn't too difficult to obtain in the end, but there were quite a few hoops to jump through as you'd expect!

Now our son would like one too!! I have looked at the Irish Passport site and it seems he needs to send his full birth certificate, ID (British Passport?), our marriage certficate, my husband's full birth certificate and details of his Irish passport (number?) in the first instance so our son can be granted Irish citizenship. Have I go that right please?

He is currently abroad so we know nothing much can happen yet but I just want to be sure I can relate the details once he gets home.

Also can anyone say the sort of timescale for Irish Citizenship being granted please?

Thank you very much for any help you can offer

Yes thank you, sorry I think I have got a bit ahead of myself. I realise he needs to be an Irish Citizen first of all.

I think he needs to produce all those documents to apply for Foreign Birth registration? The photos, birth certificates etc, and also proof of address in Renfrewshire? If he achieves Irish citizenship I assume he has to lodge all those documents again in support of his passport application?

Sorry to push this but can someone please confirm that what I think is the case, actually is!! Am I right in saying, that to become an Irish Citizen our son needs to produce his BC (born in Scotland), his grandfather's Irish birth certificate, his father's Birth certificate (born in UK) and his father's Irish Passport details, photos, confirmation of address and an online application for Irish Citizenship? Once he has that he can apply for a passport submitting all these things again. Or is the fact that his father is an Irish Citizen with an Irish Passport preclude the need for some of these items?

Thank you

Thank you so much for that!!

Hi all,

I'm trying to send my documents to the Passport Office, but the address they gave me is a PO Box. Now, UPS etc don't send to PO Boxes. Do you think it's ok to send it directly to the Passport Office and bypass the PO Box?

Thanks in advance!

I presume you’re doing an online application, no, you definitely can’t post directly to the passport office. Use the post office to post your documents, recorded delivery if you’d prefer. If you have to use a courier, try another company if UPS won’t post.

Maybe a silly question but we go on holiday in a fortnight and just hoping for some reassurance.

I applied for 3 passports for my 3 sons and my youngest son, aged 4 hasnt got his middle name printed on his passport, the rest of us do.

Any reason for this to cause an issue?

Sorry if something similar has been asked before or if this is not the right place to ask! I am looking to apply for a British passport with eligibility based on decent. To the best of my ability I have deciphered that I could have automatic eligibility due to the fact my mother was born in the UK before 1983. I see when applying for your first British passport you must have the application countersigned by someone who has known you for more than two years, not related by birth or marriage, who works in a “recognised profession” AND they also need to provide their own passport number. I think this utterly ridiculous. I don’t know anyone outside my extended family that would fit the bill. And wouldn’t be comfortable asking someone to provide their own passport number. Has anyone else come up against this? I’m wondering why a Garda or Commissioner of oaths wouldn’t suffice without meeting the criteria of knowing you for 2yrs+ / providing their passport number. Any advice would be very appreciated.

It must be recent i.e within the last 6 months, must be original, as far as I’m aware, copies or printouts won’t be accepted