Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Irish passport for English wife

  • 23-06-2019 05:27PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 919 ✭✭✭


    Hi all.

    My wife, born in England, (her grandfather was Irish) has a British passport. Living and working in ROI 20 plus years.

    I'm Irish, is my wife directly eligible for an Irish passport? Or would she have to apply for Irish Citizenship and then apply for an Irish passport?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,093 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Your wife would either have to establish that she was already Irish or be naturalised to get an Irish passport.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,174 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    She can probably get one through her grandfather.


  • #4
    august12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭august12


    Chauncey Gardner wrote: »
    Hi all.

    My wife, born in England, (her grandfather was Irish) has a British passport. Living and working in ROI 20 plus years.

    I'm Irish, is my wife directly eligible for an Irish passport? Or would she have to apply for Irish Citizenship and then apply for an Irish passport?

    Thanks

    https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/irish_citizenship_through_birth_or_descent.html#l091af

    See 'Foreign Births Register' section.


  • #5
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Chauncey Gardner wrote: »
    Hi all.

    My wife, born in England, (her grandfather was Irish) has a British passport. Living and working in ROI 20 plus years.

    I'm Irish, is my wife directly eligible for an Irish passport? Or would she have to apply for Irish Citizenship and then apply for an Irish passport?

    Thanks

    Foreign births register.
    https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/


  • #6
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 28,401 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    Chauncey Gardner wrote: »
    Hi all.

    My wife, born in England, (her grandfather was Irish) has a British passport. Living and working in ROI 20 plus years.

    I'm Irish, is my wife directly eligible for an Irish passport? Or would she have to apply for Irish Citizenship and then apply for an Irish passport?

    Thanks
    Only an Irish citizen can get an Irish passport. Your wife could explore whether she is entitled to citizenship on the basis of her descent and, if not, she can apply for naturalisation in the usual way. I would have thought her prospects are good.


  • Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement