90/180 rule and EU passport query

[Army of stars]

Thank you Freddo and Bee. As soon as I get back to the UK next week I'm going to start the process.

..I looked into this for my wife..she qualifies as her mum was born in Ireland, but I would need her birth certificate, her wedding certificate and my wifes birth certificate.I don’t know about the fees, but If I got all the paperwork, it would take up to two years or longer to get the passport.
I won’t bother…90 in 180 will do fine for us.

If that works for you i'm sure you could do without the potential headache.

[Bee]

The long delays were during Covid as the offices wern't staffed. They have caught up by now. Brexit has placed a big constant workload on the Passport Office .Then you have our new citizens who are getting their Irish Passports. They have official ceremonies for them a couple of times a year where they are conferred which is very nice to see. I do know that the cost to them is roughly €2000 from start to end of the process.

Bee

[MrMedia]

Going to jump on this one and ask if there are any services supporting the Irish process? My wife has an Irish grandmother and wants to get the passport but I would rather buy in some administrative support to help as it could be easier. MTIA

[Bee]

She will have to register on the foreign birth register first. I see they are saying that could take 9 months. Then she will have to get her Grandmother's Birth Cert and possibly marriage cert. All those documents are freely available in a central register. She would need her grandmother's date of birth and Irish address to help with search. You could contact the Irish Embassy or any of the Irish Centres near you.

https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/ ... tizenship/

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/b ... rm%20(pdf).

https://ie.iasservices.org.uk/

these people say they have offices all over the UK. Their Irish phone no is
0035361518025

Bee

[Lincoln45]

Going to jump on this one and ask if there are any services supporting the Irish process? My wife has an Irish grandmother and wants to get the passport but I would rather buy in some administrative support to help as it could be easier. MTIA

It's fairly easy to do yourself, as Bee says the documents are easily available from Ireland and the Irish Embassy help line in London is very good. You fill out the forms online.

[MrMedia]

Thanks both!

[chrisz]

OK, so the process of getting the passport is underway. Firstly I need to obtain Polish citizenship and then a Polish passport. It's not going to be cheap - looking at around £1700 all in, but the 'payback' period will be under two years since we won't need to book two separate Brittany Ferries crossings between February and June just to stay within the 90/180 days rule. If only I was of Irish descent.............

[Bee]

Congrats chrisz. Yes it does appear the Irish passport doesn't seem to have as much red tape once you have a proven entitlement to one through birth or relationship. Still you know the EU passport is on its way which is the main thing.

Bee