Original birth cert

Seanachai

I may have lost my original birth cert, will I be unable to apply for certain state services because of this?

ohnonotgmail

I think you need a PSC card to apply for state services. Do you have one?

Caranica

Seanachai wrote: »

I may have lost my original birth cert, will I be unable to apply for certain state services because of this?

Just get another one from the HSE?

Seanachai

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I think you need a PSC card to apply for state services. Do you have one?

I do, what I mean is applying for things like passports, from what I remember they need a long form original birth cert

ohnonotgmail

Seanachai wrote: »

I do, what I mean is applying for things like passports, from what I remember they need a long form original birth cert

Only for the initial application. If you dont have one you can order one for 20 euro.

Victor

Seanachai wrote: »

I may have lost my original birth cert, will I be unable to apply for certain state services because of this?

The General Register Office holds the original birth certificate. What you had was a copy. Copies can be obtained for a few euros.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/registrar_birth_marr_death.html

Seanachai

Victor wrote: »

The General Register Office holds the original birth certificate. What you had was a copy. Copies can be obtained for a few euros.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/registrar_birth_marr_death.html

Okay, that makes sense

coylemj

Victor wrote: »

The General Register Office holds the original birth certificate. What you had was a copy. Copies can be obtained for a few euros.
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I understand what you're getting at Victor and please forgive the pedantry but there is no such thing as an 'original' birth certificate. The GRO holds the register of births and for a fee, they will make a copy of any entry. The document they send you is known as a 'birth cert' and you can order as many copies as you please.

GM228

I think when you hear "original birth cert" it does not hold it's literal meaning as in the very first cert, it's a term of art usually meaning an authentic issue, i.e not a photocopy, scan etc.

coylemj

GM228 wrote: »

I think when you hear "original birth cert" it does not hold it's literal meaning as in the very first cert.....

The OP clearly thought it did.

Seanachai

coylemj wrote: »

The OP clearly thought it did.

It's how it's always been referred to with anybody I've spoken to, the term is obviously being misused

hullaballoo

Without getting too bogged down in semantics, the meaning of the word "original" is understood to mean first or earliest most frequently.

Here, it has the meaning "not a copy" as that meaning might pertain to an artwork such as a song or painting.