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I have all the paperwork to apply for an Irish passport as a US citizen whose grandparent was born in Ireland. But I am wondering if it will pass. Father's father was born with spelling of last name "A", it got changed somewhere when he came to US so marriage certificate and Dad's birth cert. have spelling "B"; dad changed it back to "A" as an adult.
Plus my dad's birth cert. and his parents' marriage cert. have a different first name for my grandmother than what I knew her name to be; dad's marriage cert. has her name as the one I knew.
My sister used all this paperwork to get an Irish passport but I believe it was over 20 years ago. Are they used to this kind of weird name stuff or are they going to be very tough? I don't want to waste my application fee.
Starting with access to your sisters' accepted file if possible, most of your expenses will have little to do with the filing fee. 20 years ago is just previous to the digital revolution. That may help or hurt you. What's the filing cost compared to having to order multiple backup pieces of data from US state and church records and even Ireland itself??
While it's not surprising that old paperwork has issues, you will need to have clear, crisp paperwork or data. Baptism paperwork, church records, and other data that back up the file you've built doesn't hurt. Is YOUR birth certificate folded? (Mine was folded right where my name was, long form).
Ireland only requires ONE grandparent? YOu may need to check updates in the regs. and/or what ACT applies to you compared to your sister. EXAMPLE; The USA Imm. Act was updated between my birth and my three later syblings. What applies to me may not apply to them.
Does Ireland require you to PROVE your relation spent a minumum number of years living in Ireland? The US requires that, and you use school, County, church, and marrainge certificates at the minimum. Are some records in Gaelic? They may need to be translated. just sayin.
Starting with access to your sisters' accepted file if possible, most of your expenses will have little to do with the filing fee. 20 years ago is just previous to the digital revolution. That may help or hurt you. What's the filing cost compared to having to order multiple backup pieces of data from US state and church records and even Ireland itself??
While it's not surprising that old paperwork has issues, you will need to have clear, crisp paperwork or data. Baptism paperwork, church records, and other data that back up the file you've built doesn't hurt. Is YOUR birth certificate folded? (Mine was folded right where my name was, long form).
Ireland only requires ONE grandparent? YOu may need to check updates in the regs. and/or what ACT applies to you compared to your sister. EXAMPLE; The USA Imm. Act was updated between my birth and my three later syblings. What applies to me may not apply to them.
Does Ireland require you to PROVE your relation spent a minumum number of years living in Ireland? The US requires that, and you use school, County, church, and marrainge certificates at the minimum. Are some records in Gaelic? They may need to be translated. just sayin.
I have almost all the paperwork from my sister, she was the one who sent for all the certificates. Except now I need GF's and dad's death certificates but they both died locally so no big deal.
It's a pretty easy process, I wouldn't worry needlessly about it. Just supply proof/copies of the items they require as asked on their website & it should be enough.
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