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Today, the PPS Number is used for accessing a wide range of public services in Ireland. The Department of Social Protection maintains a list of bodies that are legally authorised to use the PPS Number. [1] Everyone born in Ireland from 1971 onwards has a PPS Number: it is now assigned as part of the birth registration process.
A holder of Stamp 4 status is entitled to work in Ireland without a work permit, establish and run a business, and access state funds and services. [1] [2] The status is valid for a given period of time and is renewable; if it or other qualifying statuses are held for over 8 years, the holder may apply to convert to stamp 5 which allows the same entitlements but with no time limit.
The Irish Free State was created in 1922 as a dominion of the British Commonwealth, modelled explicitly on the Dominion of Canada.At the time, dominion status was a limited form of independence and while the Free State Constitution referred to "citizens of the Irish Free State", the rights and obligations of such citizens were expressed to apply only "within the limits of the jurisdiction of ...
Ireland does not issue identity cards, but issues an almost functionally equivalent passport card on an optional basis only to those who have an Irisih passport booklet. Recital 14 of the EU Regulation states that it does not apply to Irish passport cards because they do not serve identification purposes in the issuing member state.
Expiration date of passport (YYMMDD) 28: 1: numeric: Check digit over digits 22–27 29–42: 14: alpha+num+ < Personal number (may be used by the issuing country as it desires) 43: 1: numeric+ < Check digit over digits 29–42 (may be < if all characters are <) 44: 1: numeric: Check digit over digits 1–10, 14–20, and 22–43
The typical work-flow of an automatic border control system (eGate) [1] Automated border control systems (ABC) or eGates are automated self-service barriers which use data stored in a chip in biometric passports along with a photo or fingerprint taken at the time of entering the eGates to verify the passport holder's identity.
The system of citizenship registration was established by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956. [2] A person born outside Ireland to an Irish-citizen parent who was also born outside Ireland may acquire Irish citizenship by registering onto the Foreign Births Register or a Foreign Births Entry Book. [ 3 ]
An Irish passport. As of 2025, Irish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 191 countries and territories, ranking the Irish passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] Since Brexit and as of 2025, Irish citizens are the only nationality in the world with the right to live and work in both the European ...