Supporting Documents

You will need:

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

Your documentation

• 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 have changed your 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.
• Copy of current Passport
• If over 18 years - Three separate documents showing proof of Residence in Tanzania e.g. phone bill, gas/electricity bill, council tax, water rates, etc.
• 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 documentation (through whom you are 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

Deed poll (If they ever changed their name). The 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.

Your Irish-born grandparent's documentation: 

 

• 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).  The 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.

If one of your parents was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth but was not born in Ireland, you may also need:

 

• Your parent's Naturalisation Certificate or
• Your parent's Foreign Births Registration Certificate or
• Your parent's Post-Nuptial Declaration or
• 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 Births Registration.

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

 

• All of the documents applicable to the person named in Section A of application form
• All of the documents applicable to the person named in Section B of application form
• The original - FBR Certificate/Post Nuptial Certificate/Naturalisation Certificate/Foreign Adoption Certificate issued from the Irish Adoption Board for Irish Parent
• Three proofs of current residence in Tanzania for the parent and proof of residence for the child in Tanzania
• A Declaration of Intention to Retain Irish Citizenship will also be required. This form is accessible on the Department of Justice website in Ireland.

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.

Obtaining replacement documents

We need original documents (not photocopies) to process your application. If you do not have the original certificates, you may obtain replacements for the General Register Office (GRO) Ireland or the equivalent elsewhere.

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 have included all the documents on the checklist in your application

Sign and date the checklist

Send it by courier or post it to us with your application form and supporting documentation.

Remember...

If you have not included all the necessary documents, your application will be returned to you.