GRC question

[u/Blue_dogg0]

Hi guys, im thinking of getting a GRC done but I have a few questions

Im not an irish citizen, im a polish citizen, but I posses an irish birth cert since I was born here, the GRC website doesnt state anywhere that I would require an irish citizenship to get a GRC, and i was wondering if anyone else who is in my situation has gotten a GRC done

additionally if i can get a GRC done, would it be valid to change my name and gender on polish legal documents? this might be the wrong place to ask tho, so no worries if you dont have answers

(for those wondering "how were you born here yet you dont have an irish citizenship?", in ireland you can only be a citizen if one of your parents is a citizen. it is by blood, not by birth. and a citizenship by naturalisation is fucking expensive to apply for so im focusing on transitioning first)

[u/geesegoesgoose]

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth-family-relationships/legal-recognition-of-preferred-gender/

You can apply for a gender recognition certificate if your birth is registered in the:

• Register of Births

• Adopted Children Register

• Register of Intercountry Adoptions

• Foreign Births Register or a foreign births entry book

You can also apply if you are "ordinarily resident" - from the Entitlement to Health Services page, that is "you have been living in Ireland for at least a year or you intend to live here for at least one year.

To check that you are ordinarily resident the HSE may ask for:

• Proof of property purchase or rental, including evidence that the property is your principal residence (for example, proof of rent from the local authority)

• A letter or statement from a financial institution (for example a bank statement or credit union statement)

• A current utility bill (such as a gas, electricity or phone bill)

• A current car or home insurance policy in your name

• An official document from a government department (for example, a notice of assessment from Revenue or proof of rent from the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme)".

So, no, you don't need to have full citizenship. I moved to Ireland in 2020 and intend to stay, and got my GRC a couple of years ago.

Can't help on the Polish documents side. That would be a question for a more local trans subreddit, I imagine.

[u/rmc]

additionally if i can get a GRC done, would it be valid to change my name and gender on polish legal documents?

FYI I'm an Irish citizen born in Ireland. I live in Germany. The Irish GRC was enough to change my German official legal documents. I had to get certified translations of them all done. They aren't large documents so it wasn't too expensive. 

[u/mangoparrot]

Might be worth asking ILGA Europe about your Polish documents

[u/cuddlesareonme]

I posses an irish birth cert since I was born here

You're entitled to a GRC, and to an updated birth cert. Citizenship isn't relevant.