Hi y2richie Your brother would have to register himself independently of you, but if one of you is successful then the other sibling surely can't be reasonably denied FBR, especially if you use the same documents pertaining to your mum and gran. Note that you do not need to register your gran or mum...

Hello y2richie, I am a British citizen and recently gained Irish citizenship myself through foreign birth registration and can give you a couple of tips. I cannot guarantee the correctness of my advice - I am not an expert, nor am I a lawyer, but as I said I have been through this process myself, an...

hi JAJ, thanks for the info :) yeah the funny thing is that i was absolutely sure that it isn't a problem to have both citizenships before i went ahead with the FBR. then someone i know made a comment the other day that i must have lost british citizenship automatically because i wasn't born in nort...

hello all, well, i promised an update and here goes - maybe someone else who finds themself in a similar situation in future will read this or find it via a search engine and get a quick answer to their query. the lack of "identity document" proved to be no problem - I was able to provide ...

... has anyone else had direct experience with a situation like this? Probably not! Bear in mind that registration as an Irish citizen under Foreign Birth Registration is a legal entitlement as long as certain facts are established. If you are refused for an arbitrary reason - and by that I mean a ...

Well it appears that you do not need to submit a birth certificate for your grandmother, but if you could it wouldnt hurt. However, your mothers birth certificate must have her parents names on it, thats why they ask for full civil birth certificates. The Irish embassy in London should be helpful, ...

Hello joesoap101, Because your mother is an Irish citizen, claim it through her. Obtaining a birth certificate for your grandmother would probably not be that difficult. Thanks for the prompt reply. I've looked at that page many times. So your interpretation is that it's sufficient to prove that my ...

Hello all, I've read through a lot of the threads on the forum and haven't been able to find a topic that answers my query, so I feel compelled to post and I really hope someone can help. I've already contacted my local embassy about this but keep getting referred to www.dfa.ie - I haven't been able...