PPSN Application

For Immigrants to Ireland, registering with government authorities is mandatory to facilitate accrual of applicable benefits.

Getting a PPSN (Personal Public Service (PPS) Number is one of those important tasks for all.

PPSN is required to access the following

• Government Departments
• Educational institutes
• HSE (Health Service Executive (Govt. sponsored covid vaccinations)
• Local Authorities (Driving License & others)

Applying for PPSN is an easy online process which requires the applicant to substantiate 3 points:

• Identity Proof 
• Current Passport
• Need of PPSN (any)
• Apply for driving licence
• Apply for Tax Credits in case on Joint Assessment for married couples on revenue.ie
• Apply for admission in Educational Institute 
• Address Proof in name of applicant (any)
• Electricity Bill (can have names of both Husband & Wife)
• Rent Agreement (can have names of both Husband & Wife)
• Letter from Third Party (Property Owner / Hotel / Property Manager/ 
• Letter from Electricity Bill Holder (Friends or Family) in case of living in shared spaces along with Electricity Bill

I am sharing the step by Step process along with sample Letter submitted by me.

• Step 1: Create a Basic account on MyGovID by visiting https://www.mygovid.ie/ Do update the account with your mobile no (preferably Irish for seamless login using OTP verification mode) 

• Step 2: Visit MyWelfare using https://services.mywelfare.ie/ and login using MyGovID

All notifications or updates on the process for PPSN would be received over here, keep checking regularly to ensure replying to the requisites of the department

• Step 3: Upon Login, scroll down and click on Accessing Public Services and start filling the requisites.

• Step 4: Ensure you have scanned versions the following documents
• Scanned Copy of First & Last Page of Passport of Applicant
• Scanned copy of Long Term Visa issued by Minister of Justice
• Scanned Copy of Offer Letter (incase you are starting employment and would need PPSN for Bank Account & accessing Revenue.IE) 
• PPSN application Form can be downloaded from https://www.gov.ie/en/form/8a1c7-personal-public-service-number-application-form-reg1/
• All Applicable Forms can be downloaded from https://www.gov.ie/en/service/12e6de-get-a-personal-public-service-pps-number/
• Application form for a PPSN 
• PPSN Third Party Consent form
• PPSN questionnaire on need of PPSN
• Scanned copy of Spouse PPSN Card (if applying as a spouse of CSEP)
• Scanned copy of Marriage Certificate (for married couples)

• Step 5: Upload & Submit - Create a Merged Document of all the scanned documents in a pdf file and upload the documents as a single file.  Upon uploading submitting the requisite documents you may receive a notification on the portal (My Welfare) within a week from the Officer of the department and we get 14 days to reply to the information sought. The notification may be about any specific additional document depending upon your cases. 
• Additional documents in my case were Assessable Spouse Election Form (https://www.revenue.ie/en/life-events-and-personal-circumstances/documents/assessable-spouse-election-form.pdf)
• Additionally, Proof of employment of Spouse  such as Work Reference letter from Employer of Spouse or Pay Slips were sought

• Step 6: Receive your PPSN No and Apply for a PSC Card (SAFE REGISTRATION)- If there is no need of any other document, Within 2-3 weeks you should get a letter from department stating the PPSN. 
• Visit https://psc.gov.ie/how-to-apply/ to book for a face to face registration by either of the following:
• Book appointment at local Intreo Office by emailing the applicable office for your area seeking appointment (https://www.gov.ie/en/service/make-a-public-service-card-psc-personal-public-service-number-ppsn-application-appointment/?referrer=https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/SAFE-Registration-PSC-Location.aspx)
• Book an appointment logging to My Welfare
• While appearing for the appointment, carry the following:
• PSC appointment letter received
• Letter with PPSN No.
• All the documents that had been submitted (Forms)

• Step 7: Activation of your Welfare Account using the PSC card received.

• Step 8: Incase you have given the reason as updating the your civil status on Revenue, it would be important to register yourself on revenue and update the civil partner status for yourself and spouse.   

Forms and application used by me are as follows:

1. PPSN Reg form

2. Application Letter stating the reason for issuance of PPSN (In my case it was updating the civil status of my spouse on revenue and apply for joint assessment). 

It may vary from case to case basis such as for Students (it is seeking admission to college), for New Joiners in employment (Starting employment and applying for a Bank account, getting registered at

 Revenue etc.) 

3. Assessable spouse Form to be submitted in specific cases (Spouse updating civil partner status on revenue)