Irish passport application needs Irish grandparent docs

NoodleDoodleMan

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

You only need one grandparent to have been Irish to start the process of applying.

I'm eligible but haven't pursued it - it involves a lot of paperwork such a birth and marriage certificates going back to grandparent(s) time.

Nor am I convinced it's worth having if your spouse and children are not eligible.

eskbanker

NoodleDoodleMan said:

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

That URL doesn't look right (and doesn't work), do you mean https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, without the apparently spurious 'gra' being included?

marcia_

NoodleDoodleMan said:

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

You only need one grandparent to have been Irish to start the process of applying.

I'm eligible but haven't pursued it - it involves a lot of paperwork such a birth and marriage certificates going back to grandparent(s) time.

Nor am I convinced it's worth having if your spouse and children are not eligible.

 But your spouse or children don't need to be eligible. Holding an EU passport means they can travel and live with you and enjoy the same benefits

NoodleDoodleMan

eskbanker said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

That URL doesn't look right (and doesn't work), do you mean https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, without the apparently spurious 'gra' being included?

Yes, correct without the 'gra' - not sure where that came from - leprechaun attack ?

NoodleDoodleMan

marcia_ said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

You only need one grandparent to have been Irish to start the process of applying.

I'm eligible but haven't pursued it - it involves a lot of paperwork such a birth and marriage certificates going back to grandparent(s) time.

Nor am I convinced it's worth having if your spouse and children are not eligible.

 But your spouse or children don't need to be eligible. Holding an EU passport means they can travel and live with you and enjoy the same benefits

Can they use the same passport control lane on holiday to avoid the post Brexit queues that UK passport holders endure ?

Why wouldn't they be able to live with you if they didn't have an Irish passport ?

Mojisola

marcia_ said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

I'm eligible but haven't pursued it - it involves a lot of paperwork such a birth and marriage certificates going back to grandparent(s) time.

Nor am I convinced it's worth having if your spouse and children are not eligible.

 But your spouse or children don't need to be eligible. Holding an EU passport means they can travel and live with you and enjoy the same benefits

Yes, they do.

I looked into it to see if getting an Irish passport for myself would mean my children could apply to but I would have to have got one before having children for them to be eligible.

NoodleDoodleMan

I don't think that's what Marcia is saying, assuming I've read it correctly.

However, as you say, existing children of Irish citizens who gained such nationality retrospectively through grandparent legacy rights are not entitled to said citizenship, neither is a spouse.

marcia_

NoodleDoodleMan said:

marcia_ said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

You only need one grandparent to have been Irish to start the process of applying.

I'm eligible but haven't pursued it - it involves a lot of paperwork such a birth and marriage certificates going back to grandparent(s) time.

Nor am I convinced it's worth having if your spouse and children are not eligible.

 But your spouse or children don't need to be eligible. Holding an EU passport means they can travel and live with you and enjoy the same benefits

Can they use the same passport control lane on holiday to avoid the post Brexit queues that UK passport holders endure ?

Why wouldn't they be able to live with you if they didn't have an Irish passport ?

 Yes they can and they can live with you anywhere in the eu https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&langId=en

NoodleDoodleMan

marcia_ said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

marcia_ said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

This is a good website for finding Irish relatives.

https://www.irishgenealgraogy.ie/en/

You only need one grandparent to have been Irish to start the process of applying.

I'm eligible but haven't pursued it - it involves a lot of paperwork such a birth and marriage certificates going back to grandparent(s) time.

Nor am I convinced it's worth having if your spouse and children are not eligible.

 But your spouse or children don't need to be eligible. Holding an EU passport means they can travel and live with you and enjoy the same benefits

Can they use the same passport control lane on holiday to avoid the post Brexit queues that UK passport holders endure ?

Why wouldn't they be able to live with you if they didn't have an Irish passport ?

 Yes they can and they can live with you anywhere in the eu https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=463&langId=en

A spouse and/or child with a UK passport can go through EU lane at Spanish (for example) immigration ?

Looking at that link - they only have the right to reside for 3 months - then they need to apply for residency card.

Not relevant of course if only on holiday trips.

Niesmann1

youth_leader said:

Once you have the Foreign Birth Registration I believe you can apply for the Irish passport in the normal way?  I haven't got any further than collating all of the information and finally finding someone on the official 'Witness' list to witness my application.  I also need to save for the fee, I'll be submitting in March.

Registering a foreign birth - Department of Foreign Affairs (dfa.ie)

The documents I need to send for the application are 

My original birth certificate
My original marriage certificate I am divorced, do you know if divorce certificate would be required?
A certified photocopy of my passport (other options) What are the other options?
Two separate original copies of proof of address
Four photographs, two witnessed

For my grandmother I need to send

Original birth certificate 
Original marriage certificate
Copy of Death Certificate

Good afternoon youth_leader. I would appreciate if you can answer the areas in bold above, please. As my father was born RoI, I qualify as an Irish citizen, I guess I require same certs that you required for your grandmother? Any advice greatfully received and thank you in advance.