I have wondered about this myself. But I ended up sending my marriage certificate anyway. It only cost $10, so I didn’t think it was worth testing the theory it might not be needed. You can always try asking them via their website.

Did you end up registering with the Adoption Authority in Ireland? I'm doing the same as we speak... You should probably post a new question to the forum. You are responding to a comment that was made over six months ago, by someone who has not posted anything since then. They may not be participat...

... if the two marriages of my mother (windowed) play any factor as her mother was only married once. Its anyone’s guess!! My guess is it will not be a factor. Your documents provide a complete picture of your family from your grandmother's birth to you. While immigration, citizenship, and national...

It should be the number in box 1 - not the certificate number. If it is a recent version of the FBR certificate, that number is also repeated at the bottom with the caption "Certified Copy of Entry Number xxxxxxx in the Foreign Births Register".

My mother and I were both born in Worcester Massachusetts. My grandparents and parents were also married there. The birth certificates I obtained from the city included Mother's maiden name, place of birth (city or country), and current residence (city) Father's name and place of birth I ordered the...

After all I just said, please see this post . Someone whose screen name is "Immigration Lawyer" said a few years ago that s/he knew of many people who NOT successful, and not one who was successful. I have no idea if that person truly is a lawyer or is/was qualified to make the statement. ...

Technically, there is this option : "If you are of Irish associations, the Minister for Justice and Equality has absolute discretion to waive the conditions for naturalisation. Irish associations means being related by blood, affinity or adoption to an Irish citizen". That would, I assume,...

You probably want to discuss this with a solicitor. If you move to Ireland before Brexit is completed, you probably can invoke residence rights for a non-EEA spouse of an EU citizen. But after that? It seems that UK citizens residing in an EU country before Brexit will have "settled" statu...

I'd suggest you start here . Unless you have €1 million to invest in Ireland, I think you would either need to be married to, or in a civil partnership with an Irish national, or you would need to have a work permit. Either of those would allow you to live in Ireland, and accumulate time against the...

Sorry to say, but that is correct. It’s hard to imagine that he would have gone to the trouble to register his birth in Ireland and not told you. It is not a simple matter of filling out a form. It requires that you to assemble and submit birth, marriage, and death records of your grandparent, paren...

I recently obtained entry in the Foreign Birth Registry. Having done so, some of my first cousins have become interested. Their cases raise some questions about the marriage certificate requirement. Is it really required in all situations? Here's some examples: (1) I am a married man. My name did no...

Congratulations Tom! As I mentioned on a previous post and I think to back up what michael123 mentioned, it does seem that after the reduction in processing time over the summer, the process is now taking up to the 6 month quoted time on the DFA website. Thank you! Maybe they are diverting resource...

Thank you Michael. Hope you aren’t far behind me!

Passport update: I just got a message from Fedex, informing me that a package will be delivered tomorrow that requires a signature. It was sent from San Francisco, which is the location of the consulate to which I sent my application. Since I don't normally get such deliveries, and the fact that the...

- Request for my parents' marriage/divorce certificate on September 4th - Request for 'two recent proofs of address' on October 18th. Sent these 2 days later Did you not include these with your original application documents? DFA states up front that these are required. So, was your original docume...

...grandmothers DOB on birth and death certificates are the same but she lied to my grandfather regarding her age and therefore, she is 4 years younger on the marriage cert. Ha! I have a feeling my grandmother was also less than truthful with my grandfather about her age. Some records make it appea...

I sent a message via the website inquiry form asking about my application status, no reply. Its been a week, has this happened to anyone else? I made the same web status inquiry on 2-July, and receive no response. I must have been in the final stages, because I was entered into the FBR on 26-July. ...

No doubt the embassy would be the best source of information. But others here have said that DFA does seem to give some latitude when it comes to dates. My grandparents marriage certificate did not have birth dates. It did have their ages, but neither was correct. What probably made up for that disc...

I see it is still up to 6 months processing time is this correct? My documents were received in Dublin on April 16th. I received my FBR certificate exactly four months later - August 16th (though I was officially entered in the FBR three weeks earlier on July 26th). Others have received emails conf...

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I would like to hear of anyone's experience in submitting proof of address documents. I need 3 but I don't have any utility bills.

In addition to a utility bill, I submitted my auto lease bill and a cable TV bill. My FBR application was successful, so obviously those are OK.

[quote=Aerlinguist post_id=1695434 time=1540322230 user_id=187137] I have my Irish passport!! Just picked it up from the consulate in New York. [quote=Aerlinguist post_id=1600335 time=1519139163 user_id=187137] Congratulations! Any idea if the passport is always sent via the consulate where you appl...

The passport tracking site says my passport was printed and dispatched today. As I said, I sent a notarized copy of my passport. So tha was OK with Dublin. I would hope the London Embassy would not require more than that. You might want to contact them to verify. Interesting that many have received ...

After receiving your FBR Certificate does anyone know whether you need to supply your current country’s passport when applying for the Irish passport? The instructions I received from the Irish consulate in San Francisco indicated that I should submit a notarized copy of a current ID (passport/driv...

What courier did they use, Fedex, UPS, Post office? Did the delivery require a signature? So the documents came on the 15th... ...The envelope was large and said Registered post. I guess after US Customs in NY it was transferred to USPS. Mine also came via Registered Post (Ireland) and U.S. Postal ...

My passport application appeared in the passport tracker earlier this week (7 weeks after it was received at the Consulate in San Francisco on 22-August ). It says "The estimated issue date for your Passport is: 12/11/2018" . When I first read this a few days ago, I forgot that much of the...