Arrangements for Renewal of Registrations

4th December 2020

The Department of Justice continues to examine ways to improve the delivery
of  services  to  our  customers.  I  would  like to update you on one such
improvement  being implemented by the Immigration Service of the Department
with  effect  from  December 2nd 2020, which may be relevant to the work of
your organisation.

From   this   date,  our  customers  renewing  the  registration  of  their
immigration permission will no longer need to submit their passport to have
the  immigration  stamp added by their Registration Office. This applies to
renewals  for  Dublin-based  customers,  which  are  made through an online
renewal  process  facilitated  by  the  Burgh  Quay office and renewals for
customers  living  outside  Dublin,  which  are  made  in-person  in  local
Registration Offices at Garda Stations nationwide.

Customers  will  no longer have to leave their passport with a registration
office while their application is being processed. It is expected that this
will  significantly improve the time taken to renew immigration permissions
and  will  also  allow  the person to use their passport for other purposes
while their application is being processed.

Successful  applicants  will be issued with an Irish Residence Permit (IRP)
card  which  will  prove  that  they  are legally registered in Ireland and
identify the immigration permission that they hold.  If legal residence and
proof  of  an up-to-date immigration permission is a requirement for access
to  any  state services, the production of this valid IRP card will satisfy
this requirement.  If proof of a person’s reckonable residency in the State
is  required, queries should be addressed to the Garda National Immigration
Bureau, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

I  would  be grateful if you could please communicate this important change
within  your  organisation and to any relevant affiliates, especially where
this  information  may  be  important  for  their  area  of work or service
provision.

Our  website  www.inis.gov.ie  contains  more  information,  along  with  a
Frequently  Asked  Questions  document  on  these  changes,  with  relevant
information for both individuals and organisations. If you have any further
questions, please contact us at burghquayregoffice@justice.ie.

Yours sincerely,


Emer Mullins
Head of Registration Office

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