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Adding middle name

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  • 23-02-2020 1:45am
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    Ray367
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭


    Hi everyone

    Our son is five and a half years old and we want to add a middle name to his name. How to go about it ? What’s the process ?

    Thanks


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    jlm29
    Registered Users Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭jlm29


    Ray367 wrote: »
    Hi everyone

    Our son is five and a half years old and we want to add a middle name to his name. How to go about it ? What’s the process ?

    Thanks
    I don’t think you can change his birth certificate. You can probably change by deed poll if you feel the need. Or you can just tell him his middle name is whatever you want it to be, and he’ll never really know any different


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    Xterminator
    Registered Users Posts: 4,722 ✭✭✭Xterminator


    Hi OP

    Add it to what? EG Passport, birth cert ? what are you trying to achieve?


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    Ray367
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Ray367


    Xterminator wrote: »
    Hi OP

    Add it to what? EG Passport, birth cert ? what are you trying to achieve?

    On his birth certificate


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    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,933 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    A birth certifcate is a record of information at a particular point in time - ie your child's birth.


    If you want to amend it, you need to add the change by means of a deed poll, via a solicitor.


    I did it years ago, it was a fairly nominal cost at the time.


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    Ray367
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Ray367


    Thank you everyone. Just spoke to the birth registration office, she said she’ll send a form today and as an evidence I need to get a letter from GP/School and there’s a €5 charge and she’ll issue an updated birth certificate with the middle name added.


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    jlm29
    Registered Users Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭jlm29


    Ray367 wrote: »
    Thank you everyone. Just spoke to the birth registration office, she said she’ll send a form today and as an evidence I need to get a letter from GP/School and there’s a €5 charge and she’ll issue an updated birth certificate with the middle name added.

    It’s good you got sorted. It’s a bit mental though, that you’re allowed to amend such an important document.


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    jlm29
    Registered Users Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭jlm29


    Ray367 wrote: »
    Thank you everyone. Just spoke to the birth registration office, she said she’ll send a form today and as an evidence I need to get a letter from GP/School and there’s a €5 charge and she’ll issue an updated birth certificate with the middle name added.

    It’s good you got sorted. It’s a bit mental though, that you’re allowed to amend such an important document.


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