1st Irish passport application

Volkanerinamira wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:55 am

Hey I see you are attending the next ceremony on 21st may and you are from northern Ireland, just a quick question when u were sending the bankers draft how long did u wait for it at ur bank? And is the only thing ur sending is the draft and 2 passport pics? I no they ask for gnib car but obviously we don't have that here do no residents need to send anything in its place?
THE BANK (ULSTER BANK IN BELFAST CITY OFFICE) WAS VERY QUICK. THEY HAVE TO FILL IN A FORM ON THE FIRST DAY WHEN YOU REQUEST THE DRAFT AND DON'T GET AN ANSWER STRAIGHT AWAY. THEIR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DEPARTMENT NEED TO DO SOME CHECKS (THIS IS NORMAL) AND NORMALLY REPLY THE NEXT MORNING. THEN YOU GO TO ACTUALLY PROCESS THE DRAFT. THERE IS A CHARGE. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT SHOULD BE BUT I THINK IT'S LESS THAN £10.

APART FROM THE DRAFT, ALL WE SENT WAS THE PASSPORT PHOTOS AND THE COPY OF OUR RESIDENCE CARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND. THIS WAS NOT REQUIRED BUT I HAD COPIES AT HOME SO I JUST PUT ONE IN. JUST FOLLOW THE INFO IN THE APPROVAL LETTER.

HAVE YOU ALREADY SPOKEN TO YOUR BANK?

I'm still working out what is the fastest way to get there on 21st, It's looking like we will have to go on 20th stay overnight to be there on time, I'm not really fancying driving so prob take the train which takes about 7 hrs lol.

WE ARE GOING TO GO ON THE SATURDAY AND STAY IN DOOLIN FOR A NIGHT THEN DRIVE TO KILLARNEY ON THE SUNDAY. WE'RE GONNA STAY AT ROS VILLA B&B IN KILLARNEY BEFORE THE CEREMONY. I DON'T KNOW HOW COMPLEX THE TRAIN IS BUT I'M DEFINITELY DRIVING!

In regards to the 1st passport I wasn't even aware they needed all that kind of information , u said about driving license but this couldn't be compulsory as not everyone has a driving licence and also my countries passport is out of date and why would I even renew it when I'm applying for an Irish passport .

THERE IS A LIST OF STUFF THAT THEY NEED HERE: https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenshi ... king-days/.

I DON'T THINK THEY ACTUALLY NEED THE DRIVING LICENSE BUT I WAS GOING TO SEND IT ANYWAY JUST IN CASE. THEY DO ASK FOR: 'A certified copy of your photo identification, such as your driver’s licence, or the original form of your passport from another country or your college identification card' BUT THE ORIGINAL PASSPORT WOULD COVER THIS.

chaoclive wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:28 pm

Hi all

My partner will become irish in May at the ceremony. He will apply for a passport after that & we just wanted to check a few things for a newly naturalized citizen living in northern ireland. I'm just curious if anyone else has any experience with the following?

1) Do they need our civil partnership cert? He will bee naturalized ion the basis of a civil partnership with me (Irish citizen) living in Northern Ireland.

2) Do they return the original naturalization certificate?

3) It says that they will need a certified copy of his driving license. Is a UK provisional license enough?

4) Do they actually have to have his actual current country passport? Or would a certified copy (certified by a bank manager) be enough?

5) He receives his payslips online. Would a printed payslip be enough to prove his name?

6) My partner has a Chinese birth certificate which has been translated and certified for the naturalization application by a translation company in Belfast. Would this certified/translated copy alone be enough for the irish passport application? Do they absolutely need the original chinese birth certificate? The only reason why I ask is that the original of this document is the only available copy in the world. The chinese government have said that they are not able to produce another copy of it.

I know that no-one will know all the answers and I have sent emails to the DFA to check with them but it's not easy to send so much info in one email to them. We don't have an application number at all just yet as we haven't applied yet. I just want to get everything in order!

Thanks for any insight you may have
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