This section sets out the general requirements for Irish citizens who wish to obtain an Irish Passport.

Please note that the information below is intended as a guide only. For further information, please contact the Embassy. Please also ensure that you make your application for a passport with the Irish Embassy in your country of normal residence. For a full list of Irish Embassies, please click here.

In giving effect to Statutory Instrument 47 of 2011, from 11 April 2011, passport fees are being re-introduced for citizens aged 65 and over

If you have a grandparent who was born in Ireland, or if one of your parents became an Irish citizen other than by birth in Ireland, you must first claim Irish citizenship via Foreign Births Registration before you can apply for an Irish passport. For more information, please click here.

Passport application forms are available from the Irish Passport Office in London. Alternatively, they can be obtained from your  nearest irish centre.   

If you will be travelling to the United States from 12th Jan 2009 onwards, you will be required to register your details with the Department of Homeland Security prior to travelling. Please click here for more information.

Please also note that from July 1, 2009 the US authorities will only permit entry to their territory on an emergency passport if the traveller has been issued with a Visa.