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How to apply

Applying in Ireland

Call to our offices (Dublin and Cork)

If you have a document that was created in Ireland, and that needs to be authenticated, you can call to our public offices in Dublin or Cork. Please make an appointment if you have a large number of documents or a full foreign adoption dossier to be processed.

Dublin

PUBLIC OFFICE ADDRESS:

Authentication Section
Ground Floor
Knockmaun House
42-47, Lower Mount Street,
Dublin 2, D02 TN83

Tel: 01 408 2174

Opening hours

Monday - Friday (excluding bank holidays)

9:30 - 12:30 and 2:30 - 4:00pm

The postal address for applications will continue to be:

Authentications Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 80 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, D02 VY53

Postal Address

Authentication Section
Consular Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
80 St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
D02 VY53

Cork

Consular Services Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1A South Mall
Cork
T12 TA46

Tel: 021 4944765/021 4944766

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday (excluding bank holidays) 9:30-1:00 and 2:30-4:00pm

By post:

ALL REGISTERED APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT BY REGISTERED POST. POSTAL APPLICATIONS TAKE A MINIMUM OF 2 WEEKS FROM THE DAY OF RECEIPT IN CONSULAR DIVISION.

If you're sending documents by registered post, include a brief covering letter giving:

  • your name
  • return address
  • telephone number
  • the name of the country the document(s) are for use in
  • the appropriate fee

Fees

Each Apostille/Authentication stamp is €40, with the exception of documents directly relating to the export of goods, which are €10 each

Adoption Dossiers are €100 for the original pack, regardless of the number of labels required. Additional documents relating to this original pack are free of charge.

Post Placement Reports are €40 for each report (usually up to four post placement reports)

Methods of payment

You can pay by:

  • Cash
  • Bank draft (drawn on a bank in Ireland and payable to the 'Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade')
  • Irish Postal order
  • Credit/debit card

We do not accept Cheques or Electronic Fees Transfers.

Applying Outside Ireland

If you are living abroad and want to apostille or authenticate a document created in Ireland, the process is the same as for people living in Ireland: you have to apply to the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade directly – see instructions above re sending applications by post. This cannot be done via the Embassy or the Honorary Consulates.

If you are living abroad and need to have a statutory declaration or affidavit witnessed, a Notary Public in your area should be able to assist you.

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