![]() If you are an American citizen who has a parent born in Ireland before 2005, you are already considered an Irish citizen and can apply directly for your first Irish passport! With these printed copies, I was able to obtain the official Marriage Certificates I wanted for posterity reasons. I had researched and found on my own, my father’s parents’ marriage registration as well as my great grandparents’ marriage registration. There were other official documents I wanted from the Civil Registration Services as well. ![]() A definite family heirloom! The original document will be returned to you once your passport process is complete. The official document is simply the registration record printed on beautifully colored, official watermarked paper. He emailed me a copy of my father’s birth registration I printed it out and I now had it in my possession! This is the record I needed to now get the official document required to apply for my passport. This saved me many additional, frustrating hours of searching. With all the information I already had, it took only one hour for the genealogist to find what I could not. I chose a genealogist and emailed him directly. The entire process is done through email. This website gives you access to Irish genealogist members who, for a commission, can help you locate information. I used the website Accredited Genealogists. ![]() At this point, I knew I required professional help. Unfortunately, even with all the basic facts such as my father’s birth date and year, both his parents’ names, as well as the town of his birth, I could not find the registered birth of my father online on my own. Applying for citizenship can be a very long and difficult process. I was therefore able to bypass the process of applying for my Irish citizenship by descent and having to register my birth with the Foreign Births Registry. This is required to prove he was born in Ireland and therefore automatically makes me, (though born in the U.S.), an Irish citizen. I needed my father’s official birth record to apply for my first passport. ![]()
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