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Full original civil birth certificate (version that includes the name(s) of the parent(s)).

Link UK: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

Register or log in.
It takes around 10 minutes to fill out the form(s), and you’ll need a debit or credit card.

Link US:
https://www.usa.gov/birth-certificate#main-content

Links to a U.S. government site with advice.

Original civil marriage or civil partnership certificate (if applying for a passport in your married name).

Link UK: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

Register or log in.
It takes around 10 minutes to fill out the form(s), and you’ll need a debit or credit card.

Link US:
https://www.usa.gov/marriage-certificate

This links to a U.S. government website with advice.

Proof of address, such as original government correspondence, a letter from the local government health services, local social welfare services, or other local government services. These must be accompanied by a translation into English or Irish. Where you do not have government correspondence, original utility bills or bank statements may be considered.

* I used a car tax bill from the local government.

** You must submit one document as proof of name and one document as proof of address. It cannot be the same document. **

Proof of name, such as original government correspondence, a letter from the local government health services, local social welfare services, or other local government services. These must be accompanied by a translation into English or Irish. Where you do not have government correspondence, original utility bills or bank statements may be considered.

* I used a gas utility bill.

** You must submit one document as proof of name and one document as proof of address. It cannot be the same document. **

You must submit an original government-issued photographic identification. This can be an original passport from another country or a certified copy of your driver’s license (certified by a solicitor or notary public).

* I used my driver's license. A local attorney made a copy of both sides of my license and then witnessed it on the back to be a true copy.

Your Irish-born parent’s full original civil birth certificate. The version that includes the name(s) of their parent(s). We do not accept baptismal certificates or birth certificates that do not show the name(s) of the parent(s). We do not accept laminated certificates.
If your Irish-born parent’s name on your birth certificate is different from their name on their Irish birth certificate, you will need to link your parent’s identity to your birth certificate. For example, they could have changed their name through marriage or divorce. We will require the original documents, such as the original civil marriage certificate or the separation agreement, your judicial separation court order, or your divorce decree. This must be certified by a solicitor or by the court.

Apply for a birth certificate: https://www2.hse.ie/services/births-deaths-and-marriages/order/birth-certificate/

After hearing some nightmare stories about people being contacted to supply extra paperwork, I added a sleeve with extra documents and a note saying, "Extra Proof of I.D. if Needed".

I included:

**Don't forget a copy of the application cover page must be resubmitted if the passport office asks you to send in any extra paperwork after your initial submission.