Document checklist for newborn baby's 1st Irish passport

adublin wrote: ↑

Sat May 19, 2018 8:59 pm

Hello board,

I'm looking for clear info on this topic plz. I'm naturalised Irish citizen since 2016. My spouse is stamp 4 holder. We got a babyboy on March 2018 born in Dublin 1. I got his birth cert already. We like to apply for his Irish passport now. On Dfa website it says-
If your child has a parent who is an Irish citizen or is entitled to be an Irish citizen, include these documents with their passport application:

Photos
Four passport photographs, two of which must be witnessed.

Birth certificate
Your child’s long-form birth certificate.

Proof of parent’s Irish citizenship
The long-form birth certificate or Irish passport of that parent, issued before the child’s birth.

My confusion is should I send my original Irish Passport as proof of my Irish Citizenship?

anyone who went through similar situation or who knows about it plz reply. God bless.

adublin wrote: ↑

Sat May 19, 2018 8:59 pm

Hello board,

I'm looking for clear info on this topic plz. I'm naturalised Irish citizen since 2016. My spouse is stamp 4 holder. We got a babyboy on March 2018 born in Dublin 1. I got his birth cert already. We like to apply for his Irish passport now. On Dfa website it says-
If your child has a parent who is an Irish citizen or is entitled to be an Irish citizen, include these documents with their passport application:

Photos
Four passport photographs, two of which must be witnessed.

Birth certificate
Your child’s long-form birth certificate.

Proof of parent’s Irish citizenship
The long-form birth certificate or Irish passport of that parent, issued before the child’s birth.

My confusion is should I send my original Irish Passport as proof of my Irish Citizenship?

anyone who went through similar situation or who knows about it plz reply. God bless.

adublin wrote: ↑

Tue May 22, 2018 8:44 pm

Thanks a million @zepman


I've sent passport express today with my original passport as well.

In post office they said it'll take 15 working days to get it done but in DFA.ie website it shows new application turnaround time 34 days!

How long it took in your case bro?

God bless.

adublin wrote: ↑

Mon May 28, 2018 10:03 pm

@Bettyob and @zepman,

Can we not check status update online?

There should be an estimated date or something.

omg over 1 month for issuing a baby passport thats way too long! comeon!

Fingers crossed for all of us waiting.

God bless.

adublin wrote: ↑

Thu May 31, 2018 8:44 pm

omg!

thats shocking.

they should speed-up the process.

Hope we all get sorted soon.

God bless.

adublin wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:51 pm

@zepman,

oh thats great news. By the way why they called your wife for approval, its done on the form already no?

So, how many days you actually waited for?

regards.

zepman wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:38 am

adublin wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:51 pm

@zepman,

oh thats great news. By the way why they called your wife for approval, its done on the form already no?

So, how many days you actually waited for?

regards.

Yes, she completed the consent section of the form along with me, with the same Garda acting as the witness. They obviously saw the section since that's where they'd have got her mobile number from, so don't know why they had to call and get the consent again. It doesn't matter though since she wasn't asked to submit any document and in fact, getting the call indicated that the application was moving forward.

It took 38 working days. The application was received on April 16th and we received the passport this morning.