GENDER RECOGNITION

How To Apply For a Gender Recognition Certificate

Complete the GRC1 application form.   The form includes a Statutory Declaration which must be witnessed by one of the following: Peace Commissioner/Notary Public/Commissioner for Oaths/Solicitor.
Attach the relevant required documents

• Birth Certificate or Adoption Certificate
• Proof of residency in Ireland, if you were not born in Ireland
• If you have had your preferred gender recognised in another jurisdiction and wish to have that recognition validated here, a  copy of the relevant decision, order or certificate
• If you are aged between 16 and  18, a Court Order from the Circuit Family Court exempting you from the requirement to be at least 18 years of age in order to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate.
• If you wish to have a  name other than that on your original birth certificate shown on the Gender Recognition Certificate,  evidence of "use and repute" over two years or a Deed Poll for a change of name which has been enrolled in the High Court

Send the completed application form, along with the relevant required documents from the list above, to the following address:

For attention of G. Mc Gourty/M. Dwyer/K. Cornyn
Client Identity Services
Department of Social Protection
Shannon Lodge
Carrick-on-Shannon
Co Leitrim
N41 KD81

If help is required to complete the application form, contact either Geraldine Mc Gourty 071 9672588, Mary Dwyer 071 9672549 or Kathleen Cornyn 071 9672582.