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Due to the COVID-19 Emergency, processing of applications for certificates received in the General Register Office will be delayed due to staff re-deployment to more urgent duties within the department.
If your application is extremely urgent we will do our best accommodate you. You can contact us as per the contact details on this page.
Please be assured that your application will be processed as soon as we are in a position to do so.
Certificates of birth, death, marriage and civil partnership can be obtained from the General Register Office or from your local civil register offices.
You can find a list of local civil register offices here.
It is only possible to order from the GRO via the email application form below. The older form which requested credit card details is no longer valid and cannot be processed by GRO due to issues surrounding customer data and financial protection issues.
Any applications on the older form will be returned to the customer, and will not be processed.
GRO regret any inconvenience this may cause, but in the interest of best practice dealing with sensitive customer financial information, it will only be possible to pay via the online link which will be securely emailed to you on foot of your order.
Multilingual Standard Forms (MSF) can be obtained when ordering certificates from the General Register Office only, and can be used when presenting certificates to authorities in an EU member state. MSFs should accompany certificates to avoid translation requirements.
If you need proof that you were not married in Ireland, or proof that someone else was not born, married or died in Ireland, GRO can provide you with a certified letter indicating that there is no evidence of an entry for a person in our registers. This letter is called a “No Trace Letter” and costs €20.00, (this fee includes the search and issue of the “No Trace” letter). A pay by link request will be issued upon receipt and examination of your enquiry.
A letter of “No Trace” of an entry in our registers can be requested by emailing the GRO at GRO@welfare.ie with details of the entry you require.
Applications for certificates of birth, death, marriage, adoption and civil partnership can be downloaded here.
Application for certificate of Birth/Death/Marriage/Adoption/Civil Partnership (by email)
This is the application form for ordering a birth, death or marriage certificate by email. Updated- 02/2021
DownloadPlease download this form, type the details and e-mail the form to:
You can order a certificate from your local civil registration office. A list of civil registration offices is available here.
These applications will be dealt with by the Health Service Executive and enquiries regarding applications made to this service should be made to the HSE at 00353 (0)1 8638200.
