Written answers

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Passport Applications

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport office will fully restore acceptance of passport applications by post from abroad, particularly from the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22165/20]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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All Irish citizens living abroad can apply to renew their passport using Passport Online. The Passport Service, together with the Department’s Mission network, encourages all eligible applicants to use this service. In countries where Passport Online is not available to first time applicants, applicants can submit a paper-based application to their nearest Embassy or Consulate.

The Passport Service resumed paper-based postal passport applications through the Passport Express (PX) and Northern Ireland Passport Express (NIPX) services on 4 August 2020. The Department of Foreign Affairs will continue to review its policy regarding postal applications from other locations.

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