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Please be advised that the Embassy of Ireland, the Netherlands website has moved and this page is no longer being updated. The Embassy website is now available at Ireland.ie/thehague.

Born outside Ireland?

Guidelines for Applicants Resident in The Netherlands

born outside ireland

Born outside Ireland?

You are automatically an Irish citizen if one of your parents was an Irish citizen who was born in Ireland.

You can become an Irish citizen if one of your grandparents was born in Ireland, or you can become an Irish citizen if one of your parents was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth, but was not born in Ireland. If you're eligible, you can register your birth on the Foreign Births Register.