Passport Fees
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For the issue of a Standard passport, valid for ten years. Available to persons aged 18 to 64 years |
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€80 |
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For the issue of a Large passport, valid for ten years. Available on request to very frequent travellers |
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€110 |
| For the issue of a passport to children under 3 years of age, valid for three years. | €16 | |
| For the issue of a passport to children aged 3 to 17 years of age, valid for five years. | €26.50 | |
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For the issue of a passport to persons aged 65 and over, valid for ten years |
Free Gratis | |
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Public Counter Urgent Fee Payable, upon proof of urgent travel, for passports required to be issued on the same or next day following application. This fee is in addition to the appropriate passport fee as set out above. Please note that this is not an 'on demand' service and is only available for same/next day genuine urgent travel |
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€55 -Adult €30 -Child |
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Out of Hours Emergency Service Administration Fee This is for the issue of a temporary passport of limited validity by the Department's out of hours emergency service. Subsequently a fresh application must be made for a regular passport along with payment of the appropriate fee as set out above. |
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€110 - Adult €55 - Child |
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Passports issued outside of Ireland by Irish Embassies/Consulates are charged in Euro or at the equivalent local currency rate. |
Applications in Ireland
Fees paid in Euros must be paid by cheque drawn on an Irish bank. Cheques, postal orders and bank drafts enclosed with ordinary postal applications should be made payable to the Passport Office. If applying by ordinary post you may also pay by Laser, Visa, Amex or Mastercard. Always include the expiry date of the card. For security reasons, cash should not be included with a postal application.
Payment may be made by cash, cheque, postal order, bank draft or debit/credit card when applying in person at the Passport Office in Dublin or Cork.
Fees for Passport Express [Only in Ireland and UK]
Fees for applications made through the Passport Express Service should be paid to the Post Office in question. There is an additional processing fee for this service. Please see the An Post website for these fees.
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£6.00 |
Per application in UK Post Office branches in Northern Ireland and Great Britain |
If applying by Passport Express you pay the combined passport fee and the Post Office processing fee at the Post Office. [The application form includes a section [section 1] where debit/credit card details may be entered. This does not apply to applications sent by Passport Express and should not be completed in such cases].
Applications made abroad
The local currency equivalent of the fee will be notified by the relevant Irish Embassy or Consulate . If you wish to pay by cheque, the Embassy or Consulate in question will advise the correct payment details to enter on the cheque. You may be asked to pay other charges (e.g. courier or other postal costs) incurred in providing the service.
