Getting a copy of my birth certificate
I am planning to get married and need my birth certificate to give notice. I can’t find it. How and where do I get a new one?
If youyou planplan toto getget marriedmarried inin Ireland, youyou mustmust givegive 33 months’ notice.notice. ToTo dodo this,this, youyou needneed toto bookbook aa marriagemarriage notificationnotification appointment atat aa civilcivil registrationregistration service.service. YouYou needneed toto bringbring certaincertain documentsdocuments withwith youyou toto thisthis appointment,appointment, includingincluding aa fullfull standard birthbirth certificatecertificate andand aa copycopy ofof thisthis certificate.certificate.
YouYou cancan applyapply forfor aa birth,birth, marriagemarriage oror deathdeath certificate,certificate, oror copies ofof thesethese certificates,certificates, online,online, byby email,email, byby postpost oror inin personperson atat aa civilcivil registrationregistration officeoffice oror thethe General RegisterRegister Office.Office. ThereThere ThereThere isis aa €2020 isis aa feefee €44 feefee forfor forfor issuingissuing eacheach birth,birth, photocopyphotocopy marriagemarriage requestedrequested andand deathdeathcertificates. ((however,however, certificates. youyou cancan makemake copiescopies ofof certificatescertificates yourselfyourself ).
YouYou cancan applyapply forfor aa birth,birth, marriagemarriage oror deathdeath certificatecertificate online atat lifeevents.lifeevents.hse.hse.ie.ie. YouYou cancan alsoalso applyapply inin personperson toto anyany civilcivil registrationregistration service.service. Contact detailsdetails forfor civilcivil registrationregistration services areare onon hse.hse.ie.ie.
If youyou wishwish toto applyapply byby post,post, youyou shouldshould completecomplete anan Application forfor certificatecertificate ((availableavailable ofof onlineonline Birth/Death/Marriage/Marriage/Adoption/CivilPartnership andand atat civilcivil registrationregistration serviceservice Partnership offices)offices) andand sendsend itit toto thethe OfficeOffice ofof thethe RegistrarRegistrar General, Government Offices,Offices, Convent Road,Road, Roscommon.Roscommon.
ToTo applyapply forfor aa certificatecertificate byby email,email, youyou willwill needneed toto download anan Email Application forfor certificatecertificate ofof Birth/Death/Marriage/ Marriage/ Adoption/Civil Partnership,Partnership, completecomplete thethe requiredrequired detailsdetails and emailemail thethe formform toto GROonlinepayments@groireland.groireland.ie.ie. When thethe General RegisterRegister OfficeOffice receivesreceives youryour emailemail application,application, it willwill emailemail youyou aa securesecure paymentpayment link,link, allowingallowing youyou toto paypay thethe feefee usingusing aa debitdebit oror creditcredit card.card.
Certificates areare printedprinted onon securesecure paperpaper andand mustmust bebe posted. ThereThere isis moremore informationinformation availableavailable onon welfare.welfare.ie. ie.
Further informationinformation isis availableavailable fromfrom thethe Citizens Information Centre below.below.