Supporting Documents

You need to include personal details about yourself and your family in your online application to confirm that you’re entitled to Irish citizenship.

All the information you need can be found on the supporting documentation that you’ll have to submit with your application form.

Once you begin your online application, you have to complete it fully. You can’t save your details and finish it later. So make sure you have these documents to hand before you start:

You will need:

Original documents must be submitted in all cases – photocopies or laminates are not accepted

Your details

• Original Long form Civil Birth Certificate
• Original Civil Marriage Certificate (if married)
• Original Divorce Decree (final) if Divorced and Current Civil Marriage Certificate (if remarried)
• Deed poll (if you’ve changed your name)
• Copy of current Passport.
• If over 18 years - Three separate documents showing proof of Residence in Romania e.g. phone bill, electricity bill.
• If under 18 years – A school report/Doctor’s letter showing proof of residence of applicant and three separate proofs of residence for the applying Irish parent.

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

• Original Long form Civil Birth Certificate
• Original Civil Marriage Certificate (if married)
• Original Divorce Decree (final) if Divorced and Current Civil Marriage Certificate ( if remarried)
• Declaration of Alienage (if they ever renounced their Irish citizenship)
• Copy of current Passport
• Original Death Certificate if Deceased
• Deed poll (if they ever changed their name). Original must be submitted and must have been valid for at least two years. Three documents showing proof of usage in the newly acquired name - e.g. Bank Statements, Utility Bills that are at least two years old - must also accompany the deed poll.
• Declaration of Alienage (if they ever renounced their Irish citizenship)

Your Irish-born grandparent’s details

• Original Long form Civil Birth Certificate
• Original Civil Marriage Certificate (if married)
• Original Divorce Decree (final) if Divorced and Current Civil Marriage Certificate ( if remarried)
• Declaration of Alienage (if they ever renounced their Irish citizenship)
• Copy of current Passport 
• Original Death Certificate if Deceased
• Deed poll (if they ever changed their name). Original must be submitted and must have been valid for at least two years. Three documents showing proof of usage in the newly acquired name - e.g. Bank Statements, Utility Bills that are at least two years old - must also accompany the deed poll.

You may also need:

Depending on the circumstances under which you are claiming Irish citizenship, you may also need:

Your parent’s Naturalisation Certificate

Your parent’s Foreign Births Registration Certificate

Your parent’s Post-Nuptial Declaration

Your parent’s adoption details

If the parent of the applicant acquired Irish Citizenship through one of the above before their child was born, the child may apply for Foreign Birth Registration.

The documentation required to prove the line of descent in these circumstances is as follows:

(i) All of the documents applicable to the person named in section A of application form

(ii) All of the documents applicable to the person named in Section B of application form

(iii) The original - FBR Certificate/Post Nuptial Citizenship / Naturalisation Certificate/ Foreign Adoption Certificate issued from the Irish Adoption Board for Irish Parent.

(iv) Three proofs of current residence in Romania for the parent and proof of residence for the child in Romania.

(v) A Declaration of Intention to Retain Irish Citizenship will also be required. This form is accessible on the Department of Justice website in Ireland.

(vi) The Embassy of Ireland in Bucharest will only accept applications from applicants resident in Romania.

Further documentation

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

Authentication

We may check the authenticity of all documentation you submit as part of your application.

Getting replacement documents

We need original documents (not photocopies) to process your application. If you don’t have the original certificates, you can get replacements from the General Register Office (GRO) Ireland.

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 you’ve included all the documents on the checklist in your application
• Sign and date the checklist
• Bring to the Embassy or post it to us with your application form and supporting documentation

Remember…

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