High Court challenge brought over passport for boy born through surrogacy abroad
In 2017 an application was made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the boy’s behalf for an Irish passport.
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In 2017 an application was made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the boy’s behalf for an Irish passport.
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Tánaiste Simon Coveney said the Passport Office processed 6,000 applications during the Covid-19 emergency.
The oldest online Irish passport applicant was 101, and the youngest was five days old.
The claim has been circulating around Twitter and Facebook with a close-up image of the burgundy passport.
The Passport Service has invested “substantial resources” in tackling fraud since 2017.
The Department of Foreign Affairs was unwilling to make it a requirement.
A group has lodged an equality complaint over cross-border immigration checks.
Over 5,000 people are expected to apply this weekend.
Connacht lock Quinn Roux and his wife, Rentus, love life in Galway.
Meanwhile, a €12 million contract to provide a passport processing system in Ireland is being put out to tender.
Simon Coveney recently criticised TDs who use their offices for getting passports for constituents.
Applications for Irish passports in Britain and Northern Ireland made up 22% of all Irish passport applications in 2018.
The updated service means that citizens can renew their passports online from anywhere in the world.
In the first six months of this year, the office received more than 500,000 applications.
The number has grown 40-fold since 2016.
Significant improvements are planned at the Passport Office.
After their friendly defeat to Arsenal in Dublin, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri revealed his frustration at the Brazilian star’s delayed return.
It is “a matter of immense frustration” for staff that it’s taking longer than planned to process some applications, the Public Accounts Committee has been told.
The passport service has hired more than 200 extra staff to deal with the backlog.
Neil Curran says he was told different things by An Post and Passport Service.
Last year saw a record-breaking number of passport applications.
Thousands of Venezuelans across the world have been waiting on new passports for over a year.
Ths year saw the highest number of Irish passports ever issued in one year.
Today the Conservative Party said the UK’s exit from the EU gives it an opportunity to restore its national identity.
Appearing on the Late Late Show, Halawa – who spent over four years incarcerated in an Egyptian prison without being properly tried – denied having any support for the ousted Muslim Brotherhood.
It’s hard to think of one way that the expansion of the card is making life easier for citizens.
It’s down to what’s written on their birth certs.
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe is as culpable as anyone when it comes to the furore surrounding the Public Services Card. So why is he keeping such a low profile?
Concerns have been raised about the card, with some critics maintaining it equates to an identity card “by stealth”.
An online renewal facility for passports has been in place since March.
That’s a 10% increase on applications compared to last year.
The number of applications outstanding has been consistently on the rise in recent times in the wake of the Brexit vote.
The move is an attempt to crack down on child sex tourism.
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform confirmed that the card will be needed to apply for a passport from autumn of this year.
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Almost 65,000 people in Britain applied for an Irish passport last year, a 42% jump.
It is hoped the new system will speed up applications.
That’s according to Minister Charlie Flanagan.