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Fees



FEES PAYABLE BY THE PUBLIC TO OIFIG AN ARD - CHLARAITHEORA (GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE) (as per Statutory Instruments; S.I. No. 766/05, S.I. No. 767/05 and S.I. No. 769/05)

NOTE: All Fees are in EURO (€), the legal currency of Ireland.

1.

Certificates:

 

Including particular Search Fees

Extra copies

Birth Certificate

€10.00

€8.00

Death Certificate

€10.00

€8.00

Marriage Certificate

€10.00

€8.00

Short birth Certificate

€10.00

€8.00

Authentication of an Existing certificate
This fee refers only to Birth and Death certificates.

€10.00

€10.00

Search and photocopy of entry in the Register

€6.00

€4.00

Reference information consists of Year, Quarter, Volume and page No.

2.

Search Fees:

Particular Search: €2.00 
A Search (in the public Research Room, Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 by the applicant) over a period not exceeding five years for any given entry. The Fee for each particular search is €2.00.

General Search: €20.00
Search (in the Research Room Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 the applicant) through the indexes to Births, Deaths or Marriages during any number of successive hours not exceeding seven. (Fee does not include the cost of certificates or photocopies).

3.

Authentication of an existing certificate: €10.00
Search and Photocopy of entry in the Register: €6.00
Additional Photocopies: €4.00

4.

Payment Methods:

Payment Methods :

We will accept personal cheques/bank drafts, International Money Orders and Irish Postal Orders denominated in € Euro. N.B. Euro denominated [personal cheques, bank drafts or International Money Orders must be drawn on a branch of a bank located in Ireland and be acceptable for clearance through the Irish cheque clearing system.

 

All Cheques etc. should be made payable to "The Civil Registration Service”.

 

 

CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.

We will accept credit card payments in the following manner:

         In person at our public counters on the 1st floor of our office in Government Offices, Convent Road .

         By post to General Register Office, Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon.

         By fax @ 090 6632999.

 

We will accept Mastercard and Visa credit cards.

 

It should be noted that applications where payment is by credit card will not be expedited or treated any differently from applications using other payment methods.

 

 

New application forms (which contain a provision for the inclusion of credit card details) for Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates, designed for our ongoing computerisation/modernisation programme will be posted on the Apply for a Cert page of this website

 

These forms can be downloaded and then submitted to this office by post or fax.

If you have difficulty downloading the forms simply write or type the relevant information on a sheet of A4 size paper and post or fax it to us.

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

CREDIT CARD DETAILS SENT BY POST OR FAX ARE SENT AT THE CARDHOLDERS OWN RISK AND THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE CANNOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY THE LOSS OR INTERCEPTION BY THIRD PARTIES OF SAID DETAILS

 

5.

LOCAL COUNTY OFFICES

 

Birth Death and Marriage certificates are also available from any Civil Registration Office (Click here for HSE Registration Offices) on application in person or by post.

These local offices usually have a much faster response time than the General Register Office as they generally receive a smaller amount of applications.

Note: Some local offices do not accept credit card payments. They can only accept cheques/bank drafts (which must be drawn on an Irish Bank), Irish Postal Orders or cash in € Euro. Cheques etc. should be made payable to the "Registration Office” If you wish to pay by credit card the application may be made to the General Register Office or you may contact the individual local offices to check whether credit cards are acceptable .

-          If you have any questions contact the G.R.O. Roscommon phone 090 6632900/1890 252076 or use the Contact Us page on this website. (See also the About Us page and the Apply for a Cert page )

6.

Offices Open to the Public.

The Public Office at Government Offices, Roscommon is open to personal callers from Monday to Friday (except on public holidays), from 9.30 a.m to 4.30 p.m.


The Research Room at Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 is open from Monday to Friday (except on public holidays), from 9.30a.m.to 4.30 p.m.

Please see link to HSE Registration Offices.

Click here for HSE registration Offices.



General Register Office, Government Offices,
Convent Road, Roscommon.
Tel: +353 (0) 90 6632900
LoCall: 1890 252076
Fax: +353 (0) 90 6632999
Fax: +353 (0) 90 6632988