We were Aug 2019 applicants (for my daughter) and received confirmation of address and congrats emails this week. It’s a long time but feel very blessed nonetheless. Good luck to all
Our family is of irish/english/maltese heritage, resident in england. We’ve been using FBR and the maltese equivalent to secure citizenships, mainly with the younger members of the family in mind: so they can one day live/work/love without borders getting in the way (whatever they decide). For FBR, ...
Hello, I'm pretty new to this, just had a few questions if anyone can answer. I'm going to try to apply to the foreign birth registration through my grandparent (who was born on the Isle of Ireland). When they say "original" documents for birth/death/marriage certificates of the grandparent, what i...
Hi all, I have a maternal Irish-born grandmother. I think I now have all the documents I need to apply, but my UK-born mother does not have a passport, driving licence, or any other state-issued ID document. Should that matter? (I have her birth certificate of course.) Yes, it matters. The best cou...
Hello I applied for my daughter’s FBR in August 2019. I never received a confirmation of receipt email, which seems to be standard, so I called them on Friday and they said the paper application was received on 26th Aug and is in the queue. They said the processing time is currently 10-11 months. Go...
Hello. Your father probably wasn’t registered and it is unnecessary to entertain that now as the law sees him as automatically irish by virtue of being born to irish-born parent. Your claim for FBR looks good, and you would need documentation covering yourself, your father, and one grandparent. Your...
If your grandmother was born in Ireland, you mother won’t have a FBR as she is automatically Irish.
The only time you need your parent’s FBR is if the Irish-born person is great-grandparent or further back.
Hi Jamie, it sounds like you are going to be fine. One discrepancy with the dates would be overlooked if all else looks pretty much OK. I had one discrepancy as to dates, and another discrepancy on the spelling of the Irish surname, and I was issued an FBR without query. I think the officials look a...
My son is applying through descent through my Irish born mother. One of the required supporting documents is a copy of her CURRENT passport or driving licence. My mother is 87 years old and has understandably let these both expire. Has this sort of issue been a problem for anyone else or can I hope...
Hello Here is my timeline: Application received by London embassy 27th July 2018. Added to register and congrats emails received: 26 March. FBR and all docs received today, 3rd June. (A total of just over 10 months). Not sure why there was such a delay between being added and receiving the documents...
On the NI issue and Guardian article, the position of those in the North is very serious. Under the GFA, those born in the North can identify as British, Irish or both. With the UK leaving the EU, those in the North looking to exercise treaty rights as EU/Irish citizens - for example, a right to hav...
Hello diljeet. Interesting question. I have no direct experience but would suggest that the certificate is not cancelled when another is issued, because the certificate is actually a certified copy of what exists on the Register held by the DFA (similar to how a birth certificate works). A passport,...
Hello Irish Citizenship will entitle you to live and work in Ireland or the UK, even if there is a ‘hard brexit’ as there is a Common Travel Area between the UK and Ireland which pre-dates the EU, and which both UK and Irish governments continue to affirm. So living in the North with Irish citizensh...
Hi Lee You can’t apply for your passport until you have the FBR certificate in hand. You need to include the certificate with your passport application. At present they are processing July 2018 applications, so the 6 month estimate is being exceeded currently. They may be able to catch up if they de...
People only normally renounce citizenship in order to take up citizenship of another country which doesn’t allow dual citizenship. So in this case it is unlikely that citizenship was ever renounced as UK and Ireland both allow dual citizenship. I do not believe the armed forces would require it eith...
This is great news - congratulations! It’s good that they can take these things into account. It’s also great news for everybody else as it shows that Balbriggan is up and running (finally!!). I applied via London in late July, and have been at a final ‘management approval’ stage since at least Jan ...
Hello 1. Yes - passports or driving licences should be notarised copies. I asked a lawyer to do mine. Everything else needs to be original or new certified copies from the relevant Registry offices. 2. The main documents for each person (you, the relevant parent, and the relevant grandparent) are: b...
Hello You can apply for them at the same time, but the practical issue might be that some of the documents you need for your own passport application might also be needed for your sons' FBRs - for example, your dad's birth certificate showing Irish-born is the obvious example. Additional copies can ...
Call or email your local Irish embassy - they should be able to email you a pdf of your application or issue a refund. FBR is entirely separate from the passport offices.
I was wondering whether anyone would be able to point me in the right direction. I've done research on the topic, but a bit confused about how to apply. My grandfather is Northern Irish, born, raised and died in Belfast. My mother was born in Northern Ireland and raised in Belfast I was born in the...
Hello I recently applied too, so I am familiar with the form. 1. Your mother is automatically an Irish citizen, being born to a parent born on the island of Ireland (she doesn’t need to hold an Irish passport or register her FBR - citizenship is automatic from her birth). For citizenship by birth/de...
