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Ireland · citizenship by descent

Ireland

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Eligibility

Find out in a few questions — before you pay anything.

Ireland runs more than one programme, and which one you belong in depends on your line. Pick Ireland, answer questions about your family, and get an honest read. Free, no account, no card.

Ireland Foreign Birth Registration

Foreign Births Register

Decided by
Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs

The routes

Ireland FBR — Irish-born grandparentParent or grandparent

Adult applicant born outside Ireland applying through an Irish-born grandparent.

Decided by
Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs
Ireland FBR — parent registered on the FBRParent, grandparent or great-grandparent

Adult applicant whose parent held Irish citizenship through FBR registration at the legally relevant time.

Decided by
Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs

These are the routes the programme itself records, with the figures it records against each. Nothing here is our estimate.

Ireland — first passport (citizen by descent)

Irish passport by descent

Qualifying line
Parent
Decided by
Ireland Passport Service

The route

Ireland passport — applicant born abroad to an Irish-born parentParent

First-time adult Passport Online applicant born abroad with a parent born on the island of Ireland.

Decided by
Ireland Passport Service

These are the routes the programme itself records, with the figures it records against each. Nothing here is our estimate.

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Documents

This is a real vault. Built from your line, not a template.

Every Ireland case gets a document list built from that family's actual line. A marriage certificate appears only where a name actually changes; a death certificate only where the programme asks for one.

Documents · live
Ireland Foreign Birth Registration · 8 requiredFixed set
Your parent's civil birth certificate
Your parent
Required
Your deceased parent's civil death certificate
Your parent
Conditional
Foreign Births Register application form
You
Required
Certified photocopy of your current photo ID
You
Required
Your civil birth certificate
You
Required
Your grandparent's civil marriage or change of name record
Your grandparent
Conditional
Two original proofs of your address
You
Required
Four colour photographs
You
Required
Your parent's original Foreign Births Register certificate
Your parent
Required
Your civil marriage or change of name record
You
Conditional
Certified photocopy of your living parent's current photo ID
Your parent
Conditional
Certified photocopy of your living grandparent's current photo ID
Your grandparent
Conditional
Your deceased grandparent's civil death certificate
Your grandparent
Conditional
Your parent's civil marriage or change of name record
Your parent
Conditional
Your Irish born grandparent's civil birth certificate
Your grandparent
Required
Documents · live
Ireland — first passport (citizen by descent) · 5 requiredFixed set
Your original proof of address
You
Required
Your original proof of name
You
Required
Certified copy of your photo ID
You
Required
Your Irish born parent's full original birth certificate
Your parent
Required
Your Irish born parent's name link record
Your parent
Conditional
Your full original civil birth certificate
You
Required
Your civil marriage or civil partnership certificate
You
Conditional

Built from your line, not a template

If your case doesn’t need it, you never see it. Which of these lists is yours depends on which programme your line puts you in — the free check settles that first.

Ordered once, shared across the family

Your anchor ancestor’s records serve every relative applying on the same line. Family members see status. They never see the document.

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Cost

What it actually costs, including the parts that aren't ours.

Our fee is $100 a person. Everything else goes to a government or a records office, at cost, never marked up.

Heritage Passport

$100 per person, one time. Whole dollars, no subscription.

Heritage Passport · per person$100

We do not publish a government fee for Ireland yet. Rather than estimate one, we leave it out — you will see the real figure before anything is ordered.

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Life in Ireland

Some people want the passport. Some want the country.

If you're thinking about actually going, our sister platform covers what it costs to live in Ireland, how residency works, and what the tax picture looks like.

Citizenship first, or country first

A Ireland passport doesn’t require you to move. But if moving is the point, it’s worth knowing the numbers before you start a long paperwork process.

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Same family, different destinations

Families frequently qualify for more than one country. The free check shows every path, so you can choose on the merits rather than on the one you happened to think of.

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Programme facts on this page render from verified programme knowledge. Nothing here is estimated or invented.