Do you need to renew or replace your Irish passport, or are you an Irish citizen applying for your first Irish passport?
FAQs: What you need to know…
Click here to view ‘Documents Required for Passport Applications’
- All certificates must be original. Photocopies and certified photocopies cannot be accepted
- A New Zealand marriage certificate will have no handwriting. Handwritten New Zealand marriage documents will not be accepted
- Forms can be completed in blue or black ink
- PPSN can be left blank when submitting your application in New Zealand
- A Justice of the Peace is one of the 23 approved professionals who can act as your witness (the full list is on the green application form with more listed on the white guidelines)
May I apply to you for an Irish passport?
Any citizen of Ireland, currently in New Zealand, may apply for an Irish passport at this office. If you are not a citizen but wish to become one, see our citizenship pages for eligibility.
May I apply online for an Irish passport?
Yes. Irish citizens who are aged over 18, and have held an Irish passport may be eligible to apply to renew their passport online. More information at www.dfa.ie/passportonline
Anyone not eligible to apply online must complete a paper application form and courier it to us at PO Box 279, Auckland 1140.
May I download a passport application form from the internet?
No. Each printed application form has its own unique serial number.
To obtain a form, please email us with your name and postal address in New Zealand. Our email is consul@ireland.co.nz.
How long does it take to process a paper passport application?
Passport processing times vary at different months of the year. Peak periods, with longer processing times, are usually from March-July each year. Current processing time is updated monthly under the ‘resource’ section of our website. Paper applications are checked at the Consulate in Auckland and processed, but the passports are produced in Ireland and returned to us for forwarding to you in the courier envelope that you provided with your application. For this reason it is not possible for us to guarantee delivery dates and you should allow plenty of time for your application to be processed.
How much does an Irish passport cost?
There is a scale of fees depending on the age of the holder. A list of current fees and guidelines for applications can be viewed here CURRENT – passport fees and guidelines
I have lost my Irish passport… What now?
You can make an application online at www.dfa.ie/passportonline or email our office on consul@ireland.co.nz to request a paper application form
I need to travel urgently and have no valid passport… What can I do?
We can issue an emergency travel certificate at the Consulate. These are for a single journey only and are valid for 3 days. We issue them only in the case of genuine emergency travel and on sight of your travel arrangements. These emergency certificates are intended primarily for travel to Ireland. If you chose to travel on an emergency certificate it is your responsibility to ensure that it is acceptable for travel to the destination you are visiting. An emergency certificate cannot be issued to first time applicants
Passport Tracker
I submitted a paper application a while but my application is not appearing on the online passport tracker. Is there a problem?
Not necessarily. Your application only appears on the tracker system when it has begun processing in Ireland. This may be 2-3 weeks after you have submitted your application to the Consulate in Auckland. We hope that this will be changed on a future software upgrade. In the meantime, if there is any problem processing your application, we will contact you. Otherwise, it should appear on the tracker shortly.
Track your passport application here.
If there is a problem with your application, we will contact you using the details you provide.