Document: IRL-TO-02001

IRL-TO-02001

Recto - identity: UV feature; OVD (optically variable device); Laminate; Personal data; Personal data; Printing technique; Printing technique; Printing technique; Printing technique
Verso: Substrate; UV feature; Facial image; Numbering

Title:

PAS / PASSPORT

Issuing Country:

IRL - Ireland • ÉIRE_IRELAND •

Document Category:

T - Travel document

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

02001

First issued on:

26/06/2026

Valid:

yes

Legal status / main purpose:

Travel document issued to nationals of: IRL - Ireland • ÉIRE_IRELAND •

The passport card is available to all Irish citizens who hold a valid Irish passport booklet; it can be used for travel within the EU/EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Overall construction:

card

Format width (mm):

Format height (mm):

Number of pages:

Validity

Maximum validity:

5 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

18 year(s)

Extension is possible:

Validity-additional information:

The passport card expiry date cannot exceed that of the passport booklet

Validity

Maximum age for validity:

17 year(s)

Validity-additional information:

Passport cards for minors are valid for the same period as their holders' passport booklet

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

Security features:

OVD (optically variable device)

OVD (optically variable device):

Kinegram®

Security features:

Laminate

Light:

CO-AXIAL

Security features:

Personal data

Light:

OBLIQUE

Description:

date of birth is tactile

Security features:

Personal data

Print mode:

biographical / other personalisation text

Security features:

Printing technique

Print mode:

pre-printed text/ overprint

Print mode:

background/ security printing

Security features:

Printing technique

Description:

red, green, bronze

Security features:

Printing technique

Security Element:

thermochromic ink

Security features:

Printing technique

Verso

Substrate
UV feature
Facial image
Numbering

Security features:

Substrate

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

UV feature:

fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

Security features:

Facial image

Photo type:

secondary (ghost) image - black & white

Security features:

Numbering

This information is supplied to you by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. It has been selected and compiled by document experts in Ireland • ÉIRE_IRELAND •

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