Irish passport

My daughter, SiL and their two daughters got their Irish Passports,within a few weeks of the Brexit vote. He was born near Belfast and they all lived there.
They have now moved over to South England - but it is so much easier for them in travelling having those EU accepted passports.

Oh well. I'll just gave to go on holiday without him

There was a thread last week re Irish passports.
As the child of someone born on the island of Ireland before 2005 you are automatically an Irish citizen and can apply for a passport with the relevant documents.
As a grandchild you must first register in the foreign births register then after a few months and checks you can apply for your Irish passport.
A spouse cannot apply.
I got my Irish passport some years ago, it was a simple process as I was an Irish citizen but born UK.

Thinking about it, I’m allowed an Italian passport. I worked there for a while but i qualify for one through my husband. I could also have an Irish one. If I planned on future foreign travel I think I’d apply for an EU passport but I doubt whether I’ll be going abroad again. Too many things on my UK bucket list for now.

Riverwalk, each country has its own rules.
so Kate1949 is a citizen by birth, so can apply for an irish passport without having to become a citizen first.

yes, unfortunately Kate1949, for a spouse to apply for citizenship they must be resident in ireland for at least 3 years, as well as married to the irish citizen for at least three years.

I think you're right Bella re husbands. I think the same may apply to wives.

trailoftears, just the title gave me a giggle - as around here an 'Irish screwdriver' is a hammer - so I wondered what an 'Irish passport' could be!

Kate, I’m pretty sure your husband wouldn’t qualify. My daughter now has an Italian passport because her dad is Italian, and so do her children, but not her husband. I wonder what would happen the other way round? Husband with Irish parents. Would the wife qualify? ?

I live in Ireland and I know there are long delays and difficulty contacting office for first time applicants, even Irish born ones.
There are huge numbers of applicants including for children born during pandemic.

There's an excellent online application process for renewals, son got his in 2 days! But first time ones take ages and if more documentation is required application seems to be sent back to end of queue.

They have recruited more staff but still problems I'm afraid. The good news is that they are careful about security before issuing as an Irish passport is very well regarded internationally, so could be valuable if it fell into wrong hands!

I'm not sure Riverwalk . I think you have to apply for citizenship first. Our granddaughter's paternal grandfather was born in Ireland and she was thinking of applying but she hasn't yet.

I wonder if that applies to grandparents as well as parents - not that I have any Irish grandparents, that I know of!

Riverwalk As I understand it, you are automatically and Irish citizen if you are born outside of Ireland to parents who were born in Ireland before 2005. Therefore I am an Irish citizen although I was born in the UK.

Presumably by 'passport' people are referring to the travel document?

Surely one has to apply for citizenship of the country first.

Hopefully you will get it soon. Does anyone know how the system works? My parents were born in the Irish Republic so I can apply. Do you know if my husband could get one just by the fact that he is married to someone who is eligible? Not much point in applying if he can't get one.

I read this week that the Irish passport office will be doubling up on staff to deal with the backlog.

www.rte.ie/news/politics/2022/0601/1302548-passport-office/

My grandkids Irish passport's came back extremely quickly we were surprised but maybe a lot of staff have been off with CoviD recently everything seems to have slowed down a lot so I d say hang in there if you’re not needing it, just be patient

Accepted and processing. You are definitely in the fast lane.
I was told on the phone that the processing time could be a year (or more)

Just be patient, there's no reason why you won't get it.

You're very lucky to be getting Irish citizenship so I shouldn't complain!

I expect they're inundated with applications.