fbr.dfat.ie Foreign Birth Registration Ireland : Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Organization : Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Type of Facility : Foreign Birth Registration
Country: Ireland

Website : https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/
Register Online : https://www.fbr.dfat.ie/

Foreign Birth Registration:

You can register your birth on the Foreign Births Register if you are eligible to become an Irish citizen. Find out what you need to do before you begin your online application.

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Eligibility:
Before you begin your online application registration process, make sure you’re eligible for Irish citizenship.

An application for Irish citizenship through Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) can be submitted by any person with a grandparent born in any part of Ireland or by any person whose parent received Irish citizenship or was deemed to be an Irish citizen prior to the birth of the applicant.

Is your parent (through whom you are claiming citizenship) an Irish citizen through:
** A parent born in Ireland
** Naturalisation
** Post-nuptial citizenship
** Foreign birth registration
** Adoption

Supporting Documents:
You need to include personal details about yourself and your family in your online application to confirm that you’re entitled to Irish citizenship.

All the information you need can be found on the supporting documentation that you’ll have to submit with your application form.

Once you begin your online application, you have to complete it fully. You can’t save your details and finish it later. So make sure you have these documents to hand before you start:
You will need:
Your details:
** Your birth certificate
** Marriage certificate
** Deed poll (if you’ve changed your name)

Your parent’s details (through whom you’re claiming citizenship):
** Birth certificate
** Marriage certificate
** Deed poll (if they changed their name)
** Declaration of Alienage (if they ever renounced their Irish citizenship)

You may also need:
Depending on the circumstances under which you’re claiming Irish citizenship, you may also need:

Your Irish-born grandparent’s details:
** Birth certificate
** Marriage certificate
** Deed poll (if they changed their name)
** Declaration of Alienage (if they ever renounced their Irish citizenship)

Your parent’s Naturalisation Certificate:
** Date of their naturalisation
** Number of their naturalisation certificate

Your parent’s Foreign Births Registration Certificate:
** Date on which their birth was registered on the Foreign Births Register
** Office from which their registration was issued
** Foreign Births Entry Number (found on the certificate)

Your parent’s Post-Nuptial Declaration:
** Date on which their Post Nuptial Declaration was granted
** Number of their Post Nuptial Declaration Certificate

Your parent’s adoption details:
** Date of their adoption

Further documentation:
We may ask you to submit more documents to support your application. If you’re applying to one of our Embassies or Consulates overseas, check their website for details of any other documents they might need.

Authentication:
We may check the authenticity of all documentation you submit as part of your application.

Getting replacement documents:
We need original documents (not photocopies) to process your application. If you don’t have the original certificates, you can get replacements from the General Registrar’s Office.

Checklist:
When you submit and print your online application form, a checklist of the documents you need will also print out. Please ensure that you have included all the documents on the checklist with your application.

Fees:
Living in Ireland:
Over 18 years of age:
** Registration: €250
** Foreign Birth Registration Certificate: €20

Under 18 years of age:
** Registration: €125
** Foreign Birth Registration Certificate: €20

Payment methods:
** Cash
** Bank draft (made payable to the ‘Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’)
** Irish postal order
** Credit/debit card

All bank drafts must be drawn on an Irish bank or a bank showing a connection with a bank in Ireland. We don’t accept personal cheques.

Living abroad:
Visit your nearest Irish Embassy website for details of Foreign Births Registration fees and payment methods accepted.