Posted by kelley
on January 1, 2009, 5:24 am, in reply to "Does anyone know ...."
70.188.104.213
I have found the consulate in Chicago (www.irishconsulate.org) to be very efficient, I only communicated with them by email, but I always got an answer the same day or the day after.
They mailed me the forms for my Irish passport and I followed the instructions on there. I went to the passport office at the courthouse to witness my identification. Make sure they put their seal on the application. You can do this at the same time you put in your own application, they didn't charge me anything to verify my ID. I was renewing mine since I had gotten married and changed my name. If I remember, it took less than 4 weeks to get it back. Very easy and painless.
From your post I'm assuming your husband is Irish, You will need a copy of his birth certificate to prove your son's entitlement to irish citizenship unless your son was born in Ireland that is, you didn't say.
I'm not aware of any requirement for you having your passport for 6 months though. My husband traveled with me to visit my family on a brand new passport, I don't know if going there to live would be any different. Maybe somebody else could answer that. Good luck.
Kelley
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: the number to an irish embassy that could help
: me on a few questions. I am getting a whole
: different ones, and I can never get through.
: My husband and i are thinking about moving
: to ireland really soon. Our son does not yet
: have his Irish Passport, how long would that
: take to obtain one? I don't even have an
: passport, do i need to have it for 6 months
: before i live in Ireland? I am an American
: Citizen.
: We are living here in the US and things
: aren't working out here- I want to do
: everything right in order to live there. Can
: anyone tell me these procedures, it would
: help a lot.
: Anyone in this situation with Real life
: stories? if not any please.
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: Thank you
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