Hi there,
I was born in South Africa, my father and both his parents were born in England. I have just recently obtained UK citizenship by descent. I am looking into getting our Irish passports pre-Brexit. I have been reading quite a bit and first came across this link https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenshi ... ign-birth/ which makes it all seem very straightforward.
Both of his (deceased) mother's parents were born, and married in Ireland.
I have my grandmother's birth certificate, wedding certificate and her parent's wedding certificate as well my great-grandfather's birth certificate.
Neither my grandmother nor my father have/had Irish citizenship.
It is my understanding that if my father enrols on the Foreign Birth Register, he can get his Irish passport, after which I can enrol on the Foreign Birth Register via my great grandparents using the same process.
So far it all seems very simple. However I came across the following link: http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/ci ... rn-ireland which seems to exclude children born after 1986 where the parent was not registered prior to their birth.
I was born in 1987. So does this, definitely, preclude me from gaining my Irish passport even if my father gets his; or is it still worth a shot?
Could anyone provide more guidance or literature on this matter please?
TIA
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