Irish Foreign Birth Registration Problem
Discussion
I applied for foreign birth registration 9 months ago.
I sent the application with all the required documents and the €278 fee.
The birth certificate and marriage certificate of my grandmother I sent were the copies provided by the official records office in Ireland.
I have just received an email from the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland saying they can’t process my application because I haven’t sent the original documents!
How could I possibly send the original documents, her birth certificate is over a hundred years old and nobody in my family has it.
When I made the application I’m sure it said certified copies were acceptable.
Have the goal posts changed, possibly as a way of putting off the large number of current applicants?
Has anyone else had a similar response from the DFA in Ireland?
I sent the application with all the required documents and the €278 fee.
The birth certificate and marriage certificate of my grandmother I sent were the copies provided by the official records office in Ireland.
I have just received an email from the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland saying they can’t process my application because I haven’t sent the original documents!
How could I possibly send the original documents, her birth certificate is over a hundred years old and nobody in my family has it.
When I made the application I’m sure it said certified copies were acceptable.
Have the goal posts changed, possibly as a way of putting off the large number of current applicants?
Has anyone else had a similar response from the DFA in Ireland?
https://www.dfa.ie/citizenship/born-abroad/registe...
''Documents relating to the grandparent born in Ireland (unless stated, originals must be submitted):''
Seems pretty straight forward to me.
''Documents relating to the grandparent born in Ireland (unless stated, originals must be submitted):''
Seems pretty straight forward to me.
ad13mac said:
Do you now how you get the original birth or marriage certificate.
As far as I know, nobody ever gets an original birth or marriage certificate, the state retains that. All you can ever get is a certified copy. That is the case in the U.K., and I would imagine in other countries too.OP: presumably you're doing this for an Irish Passport?
Was your mother born in Ireland - anywhere on the island of Ireland?
If so, simply get an Irish passport application form. You'll only need her birth certificate, your birth certificate, and, presuming your Mum was married to your dad when you were born, her marriage certificate.
I've just been though this process and the Embassy of Ireland consular section where I live accepted the official COPY certificates when they were from official sources. I had to get a copy of my birth certificate and my mum's first marriage certificate. They won't, however, accept certified photocopies of anything.
Good luck!
Was your mother born in Ireland - anywhere on the island of Ireland?
If so, simply get an Irish passport application form. You'll only need her birth certificate, your birth certificate, and, presuming your Mum was married to your dad when you were born, her marriage certificate.
I've just been though this process and the Embassy of Ireland consular section where I live accepted the official COPY certificates when they were from official sources. I had to get a copy of my birth certificate and my mum's first marriage certificate. They won't, however, accept certified photocopies of anything.
Good luck!
BOR said:
RC, how long did the process take for you?
I'm into month 6 now ...
The Embassy said my passport would take 6-8 weeks. My application was submitted on 30/10/19.I'm into month 6 now ...
If yours is 6 months, I can only guess you had a postal application to Ireland? The consular section and dep. Ambassador already checked my application, so maybe that's the difference?
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