Documentation

You will need to include:

• 4 Passport Photographs (2 witnessed)
• Long form birth certificate. This must be included for all under 18s and for adults if you have lost your passport, or if applying for your first passport. Please note a certified extract from the Population Information System is acceptable for those born in Finland.
• Civil Marriage Certificate (if you are changing your name). Please note a certified extract from the Population Information System is acceptable for those married in Finland.
• Additional documents for first and/or lost passport application. See below for information.

If you are applying for an Irish passport for the first time; or your previous passport expired more than 5 years ago; or have lost your passport you will need to include the following:

• Your original long-form birth certificate and your original civil marriage certificate (if you've changed your surname). Please note a certified extract from the Population Information System is acceptable for those born or married in Finland.
• A certified copy of your photo identification, such as your driver's licence, or the original copy of your passport from another country or your college identification card. You can get it certified by the person who witnesses your application form.
• An original document showing proof of your name, such as a pay slip, college registration correspondence or social welfare receipts.
• An original document showing proof of your address, such as a utility bill, bank statement or official correspondence from a public or private sector organisation.

Further documents are required in certain cases, please select from the option(s) below for information if:

• You were born outside Ireland to a parent born on the island of Ireland
• Neither of your parents were born in Ireland but you can claim Irish Citizenship by descent
• You are a Naturalised Irish Citizen
• You were born abroad and adopted under Irish Law
• You are a Post-Nuptial Citizen

If you were born outside Ireland to a parent born on the island of Ireland, you will also need:

• Your original long-form birth certificate and your original civil marriage certificate (if you've changed your surname). Please note a certified extract from the Population Information System is acceptable for those born in Finland
• The long-form birth certificates and civil marriage certificate (if applicable) of your Irish-born parent.

If the birth/marriage certificates are not in English, you must submit a certified English version of the original, translated by a registered translator.

If neither of your parents were born in Ireland but you can claim Irish Citizenship by descent, you will also need:

• Your original foreign birth registration certificate. Please see the citizenship section for more information on this certificate.

If you are a naturalised Irish citizen, you will also need:

• Your original naturalisation certificate. Please see the citizenship section for more information on this certificate.
• Your original long-form birth certificate and your original civil marriage certificate (if you've changed your surname). Please note a certificate extract from the Population Information System is acceptable for those born/married in Finland.

If the birth/marriage certificate is not in English, you must also submit certified English versions of the originals, translated by a registered translator.

Born Abroad and adopted under Irish Law

• Your certificate of entry by the Adoption Authority of Ireland in the Register of Foreign Adoptions.
• Your original civil marriage certificate (if you've changed your surname).
• A document that proves your adoptive parent was an Irish citizen at the time of your adoption, such as a long form birth certificate or an Irish passport.

Post-Nuptial Citizen

Your original post-nuptial certificate.

Your original long-form birth certificate and your original civil marriage certificate (if you've changed your surname). Please note a certified extract from the Population Information System is acceptable for those born/married in Finland.