September is passport awareness month, so we’ve come up with some more tips for renewing your U.S. passport to try to make the process a bit easier for you!
Just like last year , we’ve taken on board the most common errors we see with passport renewal applications here at the U.S. Embassy Dublin, and want to share our ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 6 September, 2018 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services, Passport Awareness Month, U.S. Passport
Your Vote Counts! Did you know that many U.S. elections for House and Senate seats have been decided by a margin smaller than the number of ballots cast by absentee voters? All states are required to count every absentee ballot as long as it is valid and reaches local election officials by the absentee ballot receipt deadline. Follow a ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 21 August, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services
The U.S. Embassy Dublin informs U.S. citizens that His Holiness Pope Francis will visit Ireland August 25 – 26, 2018. More than 500,000 people are expected to attend the outdoor Papal Mass scheduled for Sunday August 26, 2018. The U.S. Embassy provides the following information for U.S. citizens visiting Ireland during the Pope’s visit and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 26 July, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services
Demonstration Alert – U.S. Embassy Dublin, Ireland June 20, 2018 Location: Announced gathering point is in front of the U.S. Embassy Dublin, 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Event: Demonstrations are expected to take place on Thursday, June 21, 2018, beginning at 4 p.m. in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland. The exact ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 20 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services
Calling all J-1 students! As you passed through our waiting room on the day of your visa appointment, did you notice the amazing photographs of J-1 students, just like you, enjoying their American adventures? Do you want your J-1 summer photos to inspire hundreds of future J-1 students too? We want you to share your ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 29 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, Non Immigrant Visas, Visas
Effective April 2, 2018, the passport execution fee will increase from $25 to $35. The $10 execution fee increase applies to U.S. passport applicants using the DS-11 form including: first-time applicants over age 16, children under age 16, and applicants who reapply after reporting their previous passport lost or stolen. Customers applying with the DS-11 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 21 March, 2018 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services
The Embassy will be closed on Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2 due to severe weather conditions impacting the Dublin area. All Consular appointments will be rescheduled in due course. Please check our Twitter and Facebook feeds for latest updates. Embassy Twitter:
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 28 February, 2018 | Topics:
Emergency Services, News, Security & Emergency Messages, Visas
| Tags: American Embassy Dublin, Closures, Operations, Snow, Weather
Embassy of the United States of America Dublin, Ireland January 25, 2017 Your vote counts! Did you know that many U.S. elections for house and senate seats have been decided by a margin smaller than the number of ballots cast by absentee voters? All states are required to count every absentee ballot as ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 25 January, 2018 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, U.S. Citizen Services
The recent announcement that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may spark protests, some of which have the potential to become violent. U.S. Embassy Dublin reminds U.S. citizens of the need for caution and awareness of personal security. Reports indicate that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 8 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, Security & Emergency Messages
United States Embassy Dublin, Ireland Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Personal Security Reminder December 7, 2017 The recent announcement that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may spark protests, some of which have the potential to become violent. U.S. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 7 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, Security & Emergency Messages
The U.S. Embassy in Ireland established its Youth Council in December 2013 as part of the Global Youth Initiative supported by the U.S. State Department. The Council has up to 75 members, aged 18-25 years old. The new term begins in January 2018 and members serve on the Council for a one year term, with ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 30 November, 2017 | Topics:
News
The U.S. Embassy in Dublin advises qualified students who are interested in applying for the J-1 Summer Work Travel (SWT) or Camp Counselor program in 2018 to be proactive and begin the application process as soon as possible.
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 14 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland cautions U.S. citizens that tropical storm Ophelia is expected to land on the western coast of Ireland on October 16. The Irish Meterological Service (Met Éireann<
https://www.irishtimes.com/topics/topics-7.1213540?article=true&tag_organisation=Met+%C3%89ireann>)has issued a red weather warning for all of Ireland for October 16 from 6:00 am to 11:59 pm. Met Éireann’s most recent statement ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 16 October, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Events, News
September is Passport Awareness Month in the United States, so we’d like to share some tips for renewing your U.S. passport! The U.S. Embassy Dublin processed over six thousand passport applications in 2016, and we expect this number to rise considerably in 2017. Ten years ago in 2007, over 18 million U.S. passports were issued ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 28 August, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: American Citizen Services, Passport Awareness Month, U.S. Passport
(as prepared) A Thanaiste, A Airi, a Ard vhaara, agus a dhaoune uaishe. A dhaoine uaisle, tá fáilte rómhaibh go dti Páirc an Fhionnuisce go dtí ceiliúra Lá na Saoirse! (Tanaiste, Lord Mayor, Ministers, and Distinguished guests, you are very welcome to Phoenix Park to the U.S. Embassy’s Independence Day Celebration!) Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 29 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: Dublin; Independence Day
Are you going on a J-1 this summer, to work, travel or be a camp counselor? We want you to share your summer with us! Throughout the summer, please share photos and videos of you and your friends living the American dream! Send us high resolution photos or URLs to 60-second videos throughout your J-1 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Non Immigrant Visas, Visas
Promoting human rights and democratic governance is a core element of U.S. foreign policy. These values form an essential foundation of stable, secure, and functioning societies. Standing up for human rights and democracy is not just a moral imperative but is in the best interests of the United States in making the world more stable ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 6 March, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Official Reports
U.S. Embassy Dublin Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2017 The U.S. Embassy is delighted to announce that an additional 2,600 J-1 Summer Work and Travel (SWT) slots for 2017 have been allocated by the U.S. Department of State for use in Ireland. This brings Ireland’s SWT allocation to 7,000, which is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 15 February, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News, Press Releases, Visas
Just voted in November? Still traveling or living overseas? You should register and request your absentee ballot to vote again in 2017 to ensure your election office knows where to send your ballot for any upcoming special elections for federal office. Some states are also holding gubernatorial or other statewide elections this year. The Federal Voting Assistance ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 14 February, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services
U.S. Embassy Dublin Office of Public Affairs February 6, 2017 Executive Order on Visas An order issued by a U.S. District court in the state of Washington on February 3 bars the U.S. government from enforcing certain provisions of Executive Order 13769, “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” including those related to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 31 January, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Events, News, Press Releases, Visas
On Monday, December 5, 2016 Assistant Secretary Evan Ryan of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State and Her Excellency, Ambassador of Ireland, Anne Anderson signed a three year extension, lengthening the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), for the twelve month Ireland Work and Travel (IWT) Program between the Government of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 6 December, 2016 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Visas
| Tags: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Exchange Programs, Ireland Work and Travel, IWT, j visa
November 2, 2016: Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and fiddler Sara Watkins performed and shared her creative process with moderator Niall Toner, RTE radio broadcaster and bluegrass musician in our Creative Minds series on November 2, 2016. Sara Watkins debuted in 1989 as fiddler and founding member of the award winning
group Nickel Creek . Their fourth album won ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 2 November, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, News
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Ireland on October 30th to meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Charles Flanagan TD and the pair discussed the Northern Ireland peace process, as well as a range of regional and global issues. After the meeting Secretary Kerry said “ I’m deeply appreciative for your ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 1 November, 2016 | Topics:
News, TTIP, U.S. & Ireland, Visas
| Tags: Aherlow House Hotel, Charlie Flanagan, John Kerry, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, peace, Secretary John Kerry, Tipperary, Tipperary International Peace Prize, Tipperary Peace Convention, U.S. Secretary of State
On October 24, 2016, the Embassy hosted a Creative Minds event on “Closing the Gender Gap in Film/TV and the Performing Arts,” featuring Madeline di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, alongside Rachel Lysaght, Chair of Women in Film & Television (WIFT) Ireland, and Lian Bell, founder of Waking the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 24 October, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Culture, Events, News
October 17, 2016: This Creative Minds event held October 17, 2016 featured Greg MacGillivray, an Academy Award-nominated documentary maker whose films have grossed over $1 billion at the box office. His film Everest is the second-highest grossing IMAX film in history. Fionn Davenport, host of Inside Culture on RTE Radio 1 was the moderator. MacGillivray ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 17 October, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Culture, Events, News
Don’t wait, return your voted ballot right away! Remember U.S. embassies and consulates are not polling places; same-day in-person voting is not available outside the United States. The majority of states require voted ballots to reach local election officials by the close of polls on Tuesday, November 8. U.S. citizens who want to participate in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 7 October, 2016 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News
| Tags: American Citizen Services, Voting
September 26: In this Creative Minds event Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and composer Jimmy Webb performed songs on piano and shared his creative process and career journey in an interview with Irish broadcaster and music journalist John Kelly. During his 30 year musical career, Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 27 September, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Creative Minds, Culture, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News
Planning a trip abroad in the coming months? September marks our annual Passport Awareness Month, and we want to encourage U.S. citizens and dual citizens in Ireland to apply for your passport well in advance of your planned travel! Processing times are greatly reduced during our off-peak months of September, October, and November, so it ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 1 September, 2016 | Topics:
News, Travel & Tourism, U.S. Citizen Services, U.S. Passports
| Tags: American Citizen Services, Passport Awareness Month, U.S. Passport
Did you have an unforgettable J-1 summer this year? Share your J-1 summer with us! Email us a high resolution digital photo of you and your friends in front of an iconic U.S. city or landmark to
DublinJ@state.gov . UPDATE!!: The closing date has been extended to midnight on Sunday September 18, 2016! The winning ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 22 August, 2016 | Topics:
News, Non Immigrant Visas, Uncategorized, Visas
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, Creative Minds, Creative Minds Series, J-1, J-1 Visa, U.S. Embassy
On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, this Creative Minds event explored advances transforming head and neck cancer care. Facilitated by Professor James Paul O’Neill from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, other keynote speakers included Dr. Luc G. T. Morris from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and Mr. Iain James Nixon, the ...
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By murphyjb | 27 July, 2016 | Topics:
Creative Minds, News, Science & Tech
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, American Embassy, Creative Minds, Creative Minds Series, Dublin, Head and Neck Cancer, Ireland, Kevin O'Malley, U.S. Embassy
“If there is a single theme to this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, it is the conviction that there is nothing inevitable about trafficking in human beings. That conviction is where the process of change really begins—with the realization that just because a certain abuse has taken place in the past doesn’t mean that ...
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By murphyjb | 8 July, 2016 | Topics:
News, Policy, Reports, Uncategorized
| Tags: Trafficking in Persons
On Friday, July 1, 2016, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin F. O’Malley hosted U.S. Independence Day celebrations at the American Ambassador’s Residence in the Phoenix Park. Noted Irish tenor Paul Bryom sang the Irish national anthem and African-American jazz artist Carmen Browne performed the U.S. anthem. This year’s ‘Fun at the Fair’ festival theme showcased emerging Irish bands inspired by ...
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By murphyjb | 4 July, 2016 | Topics:
Events, News
| Tags: 4th of July, Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, American Embassy, Dublin, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Ireland, July 4th, Kevin O'Malley, U.S. Embassy
U.S. Embassy Dublin Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2016 With the
changes to the J-1 Summer Work Travel (SWT) program taking effect in 2016, the U.S. government has worked actively with applicants, the Irish government, and independent U.S. and Irish implementing institutions to ensure Irish students continue to benefit from the J-1 program. For the 2016 season, two independent program sponsors that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Ireland | 20 May, 2016 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Visas
| Tags: Ambassador Kevin O'Malley, American Embassy, American Work Adventures, Dublin, Ireland, J-1, J-1 Visa, Travel Bug, U.S. Embassy
U.S. Embassy Dublin Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2016 Attention all Students Planning on participating in 2016’s J-1 Summer Work and Travel Program. The U.S. Embassy in Dublin advises that all students who have been issued a Certificate of Eligibility by their program sponsor or Irish service provider book their Embassy ...
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By murphyjb | 28 April, 2016 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News, Press Releases, Visas
| Tags: J-1, J-1 Visa, J1, J1 Visa, Summer Work and Travel
The following appeared in the Irish Independent newspaper on March 17, 2016 Ireland is the only country guaranteed an annual date at the White House Kevin O’Malley Seven years ago, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama requested that the water in the White House fountain be dyed green – similar to a Chicago ...
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By murphyjb | 17 March, 2016 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, President Barack Obama, Public Affairs, U.S. & Ireland
