Requests for Urgent Assistance

If you are an Irish citizen in need of urgent assistance, please contact us on the following email address: lisbonembassy@dfa.ie. You should provide us with details of your full name as it appears on your Irish passport, contact details (mobile phone number and email), Irish passport number and current location.

Revised Embassy Working Arrangements

Due to the ongoing public health situation, the following revised working arrangements will operate at the Embassy throughout August 2020:

1. Visits to the Embassy's Public Office will be by appointment only on Monday / Wednesday / Friday from 10.00 am - 12.30 p.m. Please contact us by email at lisbonembassy@dfa.ie to request an appointment.
2. The maximum permitted number of visitors to the Public Office at any one time is one person or two in the case of family members.
3. All visitors to the Embassy are required to wear facemasks and to avail of hand sanitizer facilities as provided.
4. Building Management controls in place require visitors to wait outside the building until their appointment time.
5. Verification will sought from visitors in advance of their appointment that they do not have any symptoms of Covid-19 and have not been a close contact of person(s) confirmed to have contracted Covid-19 before entering the premises.
6. Emergency appointment requests outside of standard Public Office hours will be considered on a case by case basis.

Visa Applications:

Only emergency priority visa applications can be processed at present – for details, please visit http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Home .

Advice on Entering Ireland from Abroad:

The Irish Authorities require anyone coming into Ireland, apart from Northern Ireland, to restrict their movements for 14 days. This includes citizens and residents returning to Ireland.

Restricting your movements means staying indoors in one location and avoiding contact with other people and social situations as much as possible. To ensure that this is being observed all passengers arriving to Ireland from overseas are obliged to complete a mandatory Public Health Passenger Locator Form and to submit it to the relevant authority at their port of entry. Exemptions are in place for providers of essential supply chain services such as hauliers, pilots and maritime staff. Check the Irish Government Advice Page for full information on these requirements. Further advice for people who have recently returned from abroad is available from the HSE.

For all other COVID-19 related travel queries, please call the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's dedicated advice centre on + 353 1 613 1733.