GNIB Card Lost...Whats the next process ?

[CalvinKlien]

Dear All,

My wife recently renewed her GNIB card in INIS office and not sure where we have lost it. It is based on spouse of Irish citizen. Does anyone know whats the process of getting another card ?

Thanks

[pukon_check]

The best cenario will be for your wife to inform local garda station..They might provide her some suggestions or they will give her some kind of documents that she informed her local garda..
With this letter book another appointment and go to GNIB and meet immigration officer..
They will provide a new one..
Or else still your can go to GNIB with out reporting local garda..
The reason I m saying if incase the GNIB ask to report in local garda..
Cheers

[zepman]

The INIS website (see the last section on http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/ab ... ion-system) only says that you need to make an appointment and attend it to get a replacement.

However, Citizens Info (see http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/mo ... tml#ld1a9a) says that you do need a lost/stolen report.

It is a good idea to report this to your local Garda station anyway. Anytime you lose an official document, it is natural for any one to ask you if you reported it to the police. So, if the guy at the GNIB counter asks you the question, you will want to be covered.

You're lucky you don't have to pay the fee! All you guys need to spend is some time at the GNIB office* but it's a very small amount of time thanks to the appointment system.


*If your local Garda station is in a busy area (like the city), you might be spending a bit of time waiting before you get to speak to an officer to report the loss, but I'm not counting that.