Can I get an Irish passport?

pinkfeather

I moved over from England 4 months ago permenently and flew over using my drivers license as airport check in ID which is fine, but I want to apply for a passport, can I get an Irish one or would it have to be English? Does it make any difference?

Thanks In Advance

Ham'nd'egger

pinkfeather wrote: »

I moved over from England 4 months ago permenently and flew over using my drivers license as airport check in ID which is fine, but I want to apply for a passport, can I get an Irish one or would it have to be English? Does it make any difference?

Thanks In Advance

Contact the Passport Office and ask them; they will have full information for you. Have a look at this in the meantime, hope it helps you out

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=253

Saruman

Only if you are Irish or if your parents/grandparents are.
without being smart pinkfeather but the link hamndegger posted is what you get if you google: irish passport
There is bit in there telling you how to get one.

IIMII

You have to be an Irish citizen to get an Irish passport. If not an Irish citizen you will need to become one. To do that you have to be resident here for 5 years, or be married to an Irish citizen for 3 iirc

Rob_l

You dont give much details on what your nationality is but i reckon there is something in this that might answer your question

Proof of Citizenship
If born in Ireland on or before 31 December 2004 -
and applying for your first Irish passport or renewing your passport if under 18 years of age – you require to submit the long form of your Irish State birth certificate which shows the names of your parents. If you are renewing your passport and are over 18 years of age you only need to submit your expired passport.


If born on or after 1 January 2005 please see the citizenship notice here.
In summary, this notice advises that any application for a child born in Ireland since 1 January 2005, in addition to the child’s long form birth certificate, you must also submit the long form birth certificate of one of his/her Irish parents or proof of reckonable residence if parents are not Irish citizens.

If born outside Ireland to a parent born on the island of Ireland
the form of your civil birth certificate which shows the names of your parents (the long form) and
the long form civil birth certificate of your Irish born parent and, if applicable, your parents’ civil marriage certificate.

If neither of your parents was born in Ireland but you can claim Irish Citizenship by descent:
your Certificate of Entry in the Foreign Births Register issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the long form of your civil birth certificate.

If a naturalised Irish Citizen:
the citizenship certificate issued by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and your long form birth certificate.


If you are applying for a passport in a name other than that on your birth certificate or marriage certificate you must produce evidence that you have changed your name or that you are commonly known by that name. In general two examples or more showing two years proof of usage is required to be submitted.

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=254

pinkfeather

Rob_l wrote: »

You dont give much details on what your nationality is but i reckon there is something in this that might answer your question



http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=254

I moved over from England hun

IIMII

pinkfeather wrote: »

I moved over from England hun

You are a British subject then and to become an Irish citizen you'll have to jump through a few hoops. Might be easier to visit the British embassy in Dublin, or just head up to Belfast to the passport office there in the city centre

Rob_l

pinkfeather wrote: »

I moved over from England hun

And your only living here for four months I would say no your unlikey to be able to get a passport and like the poster above says even if you can there is no doubt that the process would be a lot more difficult than trying to go through the british embassy or even heading up north to get it renewed

pinkfeather

okely dokely, thanks a lot guys and gals for the advice, peace out x

acontadino

it hardly matters tbh

towger

acontadino wrote: »

it hardly matters tbh

.... unless you want to declare to play for a quality rugby team

GerardKeating

pinkfeather wrote: »

I moved over from England hun

Which does not automatically mean you are a British Subject, a lot of other nationalities (including one or two Irish) live there...

If you, or a parent or grandparent were born in Ireland, they you can claim irish citizenship and get an irish passport, if not you need to live here about five year then apply for natualisation which will take another year.

If you are a british citizen (or citizen of another EU state) then apply there for a passport, makes little difference coming into and out of Ireland.

Judgement Day

'I moved over from England 4 months ago permenently and flew over using my drivers license as airport check in ID which is fine, but I want to apply for a passport, can I get an Irish one or would it have to be English? Does it make any difference?'

I have never yet heard of an English passport but no doubt they will be needed if the Labour party succeed in wrecking the Union!

Not unless a parent or grandparent is Irish. You can't just move to other countries and apply for their passport after a few months! :pac:

Richard

Judgement Day wrote: »

'I moved over from England 4 months ago permenently and flew over using my drivers license as airport check in ID which is fine, but I want to apply for a passport, can I get an Irish one or would it have to be English? Does it make any difference?'

I have never yet heard of an English passport but no doubt they will be needed if the Labour party succeed in wrecking the Union!

True, and to be really pedantic, the term is no longer "British Subject", it's "British Citizen"

fasterkitten

pinkfeather wrote: »

I moved over from England 4 months ago permenently and flew over using my drivers license as airport check in ID which is fine, but I want to apply for a passport, can I get an Irish one or would it have to be English? Does it make any difference?

Thanks In Advance

Yes, there is a difference between being a British subject and an Irish citizen.

L1011

I'm 99% the concept of a British subject still exists in law; but only refers to an extremely limited set of cases...

IIMII

On 1 January 1983, upon the coming into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, every Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies became either a British Citizen, British Dependent Territories Citizen or British Overseas Citizen.
The use of the term "British subject" was discontinued for all persons who fell into these categories, or who had a national citizenship of any other part of the Commonwealth. The category of "British subjects" now includes only those people formerly known as "British subjects without citizenship", and no other. In statutes passed before 1 January 1983, however, references to "British subjects" continue to be read as if they referred to "Commonwealth citizens".
British citizens are not British subjects under the 1981 Act. The only circumstance where a person may be both a British subject and British citizen simultaneously is a case where a British subject connected with Ireland (s. 31 of the 1981 Act) acquires British citizenship by naturalisation or registration. In this case only, British subject status is not lost upon acquiring British citizenship.
The status of British subject cannot now be transmitted by descent, and will become extinct when all existing British subjects are dead.
British subjects, other than by those who obtained their status by virtue of a connection to the Republic of Ireland prior to 1949, automatically lose their British subject status on acquiring any other nationality, including British citizenship, under section 35 of the British Nationality Act 1981.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject