Ireland - Apply for a Personal Public Service Number

ProcedureEdit

Complete an Application Form (REG 1), the form is available only at PPS Number allocation centres.
Submit the completed form along with the appropriate identity documents.
You will be notified of your new number through the issuance of a letter of notification, sent automatically to the address given on the application form within 3 to 5 working days. This letter is acceptable proof of one's number for transactions with specified bodies for public services e.g., health, education, Revenue, employment, Driving Licence.

Required DocumentsEdit

Completed Application Form (REG 1) available only in PPS Number allocation centres
Proof of Identity

Irish citizens born in Ireland, you will need to produce the following documents:

Long version of your birth certificate, And
Photographic ID, such as your passport or driving licence, And
Evidence of your address, such as a household bill (electricity, telephone, gas, etc.) in your name.

Irish Citizens via naturalisation or Foreign Birth Registration, you will need to produce the following documents:

Your current passport or Certificate of Naturalisation, or
Your Foreign Birth Registration certificate and Irish or UK driving licence or Irish learner driving permit, And
Evidence of your address, such as a household bill in your name.

UK citizens, you will need to produce the following documents:

Current passport, or
Your birth certificate showing your mothers birth name or adoption certificate and current driving licence, And
Evidence of your address, such as a household bill in your name.

Non- Irish, you will need to produce the following documents:

EU/EEA citizen - Your passport or national identity card
Non EU/EEA citizen - Your passport, And
Evidence of your address, such as a household bill in your name.

Not acceptable as Proof of ID:

Baptismal Certificate
Employment Identity cards or Personal letters
Photo-copies of certificates/document
Expired documents (For Irish and UK citizens passports expired within the last 12 months may be accepted)
Address Documents

Proof of address: must show the customers name and address, any one of the following:

a household utility bill
an official letter/document,
financial statement,
property lease or tenancy agreement,
verifiable[]note 1] employer's letter,
confirmation of address by a third party such as a school principal/administrator, accommodation/property owner[note 2]or manager.

Notes:

It is not necessary that the employer owns/provides the address accommodation.
Where an applicant is staying with friends/relatives an original household bill plus a note from the bill holder confirming residency at the bill address is acceptable. This note can be written on the bill itself.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Client Identity Services
Department of Social Protection
Shannon Lodge
Carrick-On-Shannon
Co. Leitrim

Locall:1890 927 999

Website

Personal Public Service Number Registration Centres by County

EligibilityEdit

You must be living in Ireland to apply for a PPS Number.
You must be able to show proof that a PPS Number is required for a transaction with a specified body.
In some cases people who are not resident in Ireland may need a PPS Number. For example, someone who is a beneficiary under an Irish will may need to supply a PPS number before a grant of probate can issue.

A PPS Number has already been issued to you if:

You were born in Ireland in or after 1971
You started work in Ireland after 1979
You are getting a social welfare payment
You are taking part in the Drugs Payment Scheme

FeesEdit

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ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Processing TimeEdit

You will be notified of your new number through the issuance of a letter of notification, sent automatically to the address given on the application form within 3 to 5 working days

InstructionsEdit

Before you can be obtain a PPS Number, you must show that you need one for a transaction with a specified body. For example, if you are taking up employment, you need a PPS Number to register with the Revenue Commissioners. However, looking for work is not a transaction with a specified body and employers should not look for your PPS Number when recruiting. An employer should only seek a PPS Number if you are actually taking up employment with the organisation.

The Department of Social Protection, the Revenue Commissioners and the Health Service Executive (HSE) are some of state agencies that use PPS Numbers to identify individuals.

Personal Public Service Number-Register of Users

A PPS Number is always 7 numbers followed by either one or two letters.

The PPS Number was known as the Revenue and Social Insurance (RSI) number. If your number is the same as your spouse's number but your number has a W at the end, you may need a new PPS Number - see 'Phasing out of W numbers' below for more information.

Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
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Need for the DocumentEdit

A Personal Public Service Number (PPS Number) is a unique reference number that gives individuals access to social welfare benefits, public services and information in Ireland.

Following is a procedure on how you can apply for a personal public service number.

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External LinksEdit

Citizens Information Ireland:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/personal_public_service_number.html

Department of Social Protection:

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/PPSN.aspx

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