- Children’s passports now valid for five years,
- Half the validity of adult passports
- Scheme effective immediately
Children’s passports will now last for five years, have the validity of adult passports.
Minister for foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan made the announcement in the course of a presentation on the new online passport application process in Dublin.
The new policy brings to an end the three-year children’s passport which the Minster said caused confusion and inconvenience for parents.
He said: All children’s passports will now be valid for five years at a cost of €30 and may be applied for using Passport Express. The three-year passport for infants will no longer be available. The extension of the five year passport to all children who are seventeen years of age or younger is another notable development aimed at improving customer service, in this case to the parents of young children. The standardisation of children’s passports will result in less confusion among parents about expiry dates on children’s passports and more efficiencies for the passport service.
- Watch here Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan launching the online passport scheme in Dublin
- Watch here the Q&A session at the launch of the Irish passport online application service Q&A
