Parent an Irish citizen

If your parent was an Irish citizen through naturalisation, adoption or Foreign Birth Registration at the time of your birth, you can apply for Foreign Birth Registration.

Documents you must submit with your application:

Your documents

• Original long form civil Birth Certificate (plus photocopy)
• Original civil Marriage Certificate (plus photocopy) - Church certificates cannot be accepted
• Certified/Notarised copy of the photograph page of current passport or state issued identity document (e.g. Driver's Licence)
• If 18 years or over - two separate documents showing proof of residence e.g. phone bill, gas/electricity bill.
• If under 18 years – A school report/doctor’s letter showing proof of residence of applicant and two separate proofs of residence for the applying Irish parent

Your parent’s documents (through whom you’re claiming citizenship)

• Original long form Civil Birth Certificate (plus photocopy)
• Original Citizenship certificate (ie. Naturalisation or Foreign Birth Registration or Post Nuptial Certificate)
• Original civil Marriage Certificate (plus photocopy) - Church certificates cannot be accepted
• Certified/Notarized copy of the photograph page of current passport or state issued identity document (e.g. Driver's Licence) or
• Original Death Certificate if Deceased (plus photocopy)

Original documents must be submitted in all cases. Laminated documents are not accepted, except for naturalisation certificates. Original copies or Irish civil records can be obtained on www.certificates.ie.

Translating your documents

Please submit certified translations of any of the documents (plus a photocopy of each document) listed above if the originals are in a language other than English or Irish.

Further documentation

We may ask you to submit more documents to support your application.

Checklist

When you submit and print your online application form, a checklist of the documents you need will also print out. You need to:

• Make sure that you have paid online
• Make sure you’ve included all the documents required plus one photocopy of each document on the checklist with your application

Remember…

If you haven’t included all the requested documents, your application may be returned to you.