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Honorary Irish Consulate
Passport Applications
After Covid there has been a huge increase in the number of Irish passport applications. Figures released by the Department of Foreign Affairs show that as of May 2022 a total of 560,000 passports were issued, which is 90,000 more than pre-Covid figures. The overall trend is a 50 to 60% increase this year alone. Many additional staff have been hired but there are still significant delays. We recommend that you renew your passport at least 6 months before your passport expires. In fact, you can start the application process 12 months before your passport expires.
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Passport Applications online
All applications for Irish passports are online athttps://www.dfa.ie/passportonline/- . This includes first time passports and newborn baby applications. The paper application forms are no longer used – everything is online.
Travelling in and out of Australia and Ireland
if you have an Australian passport (as well as an Irish passport) you should travel in and out of Australia on your Australian passport. Please remember that you need a valid visa or an Australian passport to enter Australia. If you become an Australian citizen, you no longer have a visa- therefore you must have an Australian passport. Further, your airline at Dublin airport (or at your stopover) may refuse to board you without a valid Australian passport or visa. Dual Irish/Australians have been refused boarding because of these issues so please ensure you have a valid passport or visa.
Children’s passport/Foreign Birth Registry
if you have children who were not born in Ireland and you want them to have an Irish passport, there a few things you should know. 1. If one of the child’s parents was born in
Ireland, the child is automatically entitled to an Irish passport to be applied for online in the usual manner.
2. If neither of the child’s parents was born in Ireland and one of their grandparents was born in Ireland, the child must be registered on the foreign birth registry. This is currently a two-year process which should be commenced as soon as possible. 3. So that your children can pass on the right to an Irish passport to their children, your child must be registered on the foreign birth registry before they have children of their own – otherwise it will be too late. For further information on foreign birth registration, please see: https://www.dfa.ie/citizenship/ born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/
How the Honorary Consulate Perth Can Help you.
We are here to help Irish citizens so please contact us if we can help on:
08 6557 5802
info@consulateofirelandwa.com.au http://consulateofirelandwa.com.au/
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We will not release information about your We will not release information about your situation, even to your family, if you don’t want situation, even to your family, if you don’t want us to us to We will safeguard your information in full We will safeguard your information in full compliance with Ireland’s Data Protection Acts compliance with Ireland’s Data Protection Acts
PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL
Experienced multinational, multilingual consular Experienced multinational, multilingual consular staff staff We will treat you in a sensitive, compassionate We will treat you in a sensitive, compassionate manner manner We work with external partners to supplement our We work with external partnerspractical support to supplement our practical support
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WHAT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO
Follow our travel Follow our travel advice
advice
Buy comprehensive Buy comprehensive travel insurance
travel insurance
For Europe get a Health Insurance Card (EHIC) For higher risk countries, register your travel details online with us
For Europe get a Health Insurance Let family and Card (EHIC) friends know your travel plans
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WHAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN DO
Advise and
Advise and support you support you in the case of in the case of a family a family bereavement, bereavement, serious serious illness, illness, detention, or detention, or other other emergency emergency Offer linguistic Offer linguistic and cultural and cultural support on who support on who to contact and to contact and how things are how things are done locally done locally
Issue emergency Issue emergency travel
travel documents documents
WHAT WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE CANNOT DO
We cannot We cannot provide medical
provide medical or legal advice
or legal advice or interfere in or interfere in judicial judicial processes processes We do not have We do not have a budget for a budget for medical, legal, or medical, legal, or other expenses other expenses
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WHAT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO
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Ensure you have a valid Ensure you have a valid passport, visa and passport, visa and sufficient funds sufficient funds Treat our staff with Treat our staff with courtesy and respect
courtesy and respect
WHAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN DO
Provide details Provide details of English- of English- speaking speaking doctors and doctors and lawyers lawyers
Contact your Contact your family or
family or friends on your friends behalf on your behalf Respond Respond decisively to decisively to major crises major crises abroad abroad Provide Provide comprehensive comprehensive travel advice on travel advice on health, security health, security and other topics and other topics
WHAT WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE CANNOT DO
We cannot We cannot influence the influence the visa decision of visa decision of other countries other countries We do not deal We do not deal with commercial with commercial or insurance
or insurance disputes disputes
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You and your needs are the focus of our work You and your needs are the focus of our work Action taken on 90% of requests for help within 24 Action taken on 90% of requests for help hours within 24
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We acknowledge queries within 3 working days, We acknowledge queries within 3 working days, respond within 15 days respond within 15 days
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We publish our consular policies and statistics on We publish our consular policies and statistics on www.dfa.ie www.dfa.ie Your case officer will communicate with you using clear Your case officer will communicate with you using and simple language clear
and simple language
We will share your personal information with you if We will share your personal information with you if requested under the Freedom of Information Acts requested under the Freedom of Information Acts
LEARNING LEARNING
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