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Title: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: lorlor53 on Wednesday 28 November 18 10:27 GMT (UK)
I am having a bit of trouble as i want a birth certificate to prove parents of my Great Uncle Robert Stanley Andrews born in Dublin Ireland in  May 1918. The form to send for it says i have to send 4 euro's, but living in Gloucestershire England we deal in pounds, so i can't see how to send for it.
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: hallmark on Wednesday 28 November 18 10:30 GMT (UK)
Can you buy a Money Order for €4.00  ?
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: Gadget on Wednesday 28 November 18 10:45 GMT (UK)
Can you not order online with a card:

https://www2.hse.ie/services/births-deaths-and-marriages/get-certificates/ordering-certificates.html

http://lifeevents.hse.ie/



Gadget
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: lorlor53 on Wednesday 28 November 18 10:51 GMT (UK)
I will go to the post office tomorrow and see if i can buy a money order for 4 euros and also look to buying it online, thanks
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: Sharron__ on Friday 30 November 18 23:29 GMT (UK)
I’ve sent for quite a few photocopies lately of birth/marriage & death records from Dublin and they send me an email with a payment link so I can pay with a credit card....it’s really easy. 

They take about a week to get back to you with a payment link, once you email the form back and then you get the photocopies about 7 days later.

http://www.welfare.ie/en/downloads/E-mail-Application-Form-in-English.pdf
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: Elwyn Soutter on Friday 30 November 18 23:39 GMT (UK)
A money order will probably cost more than the 4 euros you are trying to send. If you can’t or don’t want to pay by credit card, you can send them cash. Send them a 5 euro note. They won’t send any change but it’s cheaper than a money order.
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: lorlor53 on Sunday 02 December 18 08:01 GMT (UK)
I will probably have to do this, thanks for your reply, i found a way of doing it via email and it says they will write and ask for payment details, but i have heard nothing from them.
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: Sharron__ on Sunday 02 December 18 08:58 GMT (UK)
I will probably have to do this, thanks for your reply, i found a way of doing it via email and it says they will write and ask for payment details, but i have heard nothing from them.

It takes about 7-8 days to hear back and then another 7-8 days to receive the record in my experience.
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: lorlor53 on Monday 03 December 18 09:50 GMT (UK)
Ok right thanks
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: Lisajb on Monday 03 December 18 11:39 GMT (UK)
A money order will probably cost more than the 4 euros you are trying to send. If you can’t or don’t want to pay by credit card, you can send them cash. Send them a 5 euro note. They won’t send any change but it’s cheaper than a money order.

I had some change once from them , a sterling cheque for less than a £1. I wish I'd put a note on my application asking them to put the change in the charity pot. It must have cost more for them to raise the cheque than It was worth!
Title: Re: Wonder if someone could please help
Post by: lorlor53 on Monday 03 December 18 19:01 GMT (UK)
Thankyou for your reply, i will give it a little while later to see if they return my email, if they don't i will send it by post with a 5 euro note. once again thanks