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Embassy of Ireland in Washington D.C.

Verified 29 Sep 2026

Embassy of Ireland, Washington · Washington D.C., United States

Visit and contact

  • Address 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW The Mills Building Washington, D.C. 20006
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  • Telephone · emergency +1 202 462 3939 The contact page says to call the main number in an emergency and leave a message if the mission is closed.
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  • DFAT consular assistance, office hours (Dublin) +353 (0)1 4082527 Not a local mission number. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin during office hours, from the Consular Assistance Charter.
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  • Emergency (main number) +1 202 462 3939 The contact page says to call the main number in an emergency and leave a message if the mission is closed.
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  • DFAT out-of-hours consular emergency (Dublin) +353 (0)1 4082000 Not a local mission number. Duty officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin, published in the Consular Assistance Charter.
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  • Contact form ireland.ie
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  • Official website ireland.ie
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Services

  • Consular assistance Available Appointment required Listed as an Irish embassy or consulate on the Ireland.ie directory. Source
  • Passport Available Appointment required The mission services page says Irish residents in its district can apply for or renew a passport there. Source
  • Emergency travel document Available The Consular Assistance Charter says the Department can issue a temporary travel document in emergency circumstances, through its embassies and consulates. This mission page does not publish a separate exception. Source
  • Notarial Not stated The pages checked do not say that this mission provides notarial or document-witnessing services. A general notice about DFAT in Ireland authenticating Irish documents is not treated as a local notarial service. Source
  • Visa Available The mission contact page lists visa queries. Source

Serves citizens in 16 countries

Countries served
CountryCoverageNotes
US United States GeneralPrimary Consular region: the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.Visits to the Embassy are by appointment onlyContact us Embassy Website Our consular region covers the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
DM Dominica GeneralPrimary
LC Saint Lucia GeneralPrimary
BB Barbados GeneralPrimary
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines GeneralPrimary
GD Grenada GeneralPrimary
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis GeneralPrimary
PR Puerto Rico GeneralPrimary
VI US Virgin Islands GeneralPrimary
VG British Virgin Islands GeneralPrimary
BM Bermuda GeneralPrimary
KY Cayman Islands GeneralPrimary
TC Turks and Caicos GeneralPrimary
MQ Martinique GeneralPrimary
AI Anguilla GeneralPrimary
UM United States Minor Outlying Islands GeneralPrimary

Related missions

Visits or public access are by appointment. Published hours: Monday – Friday, 9.30am to 1.00pm & 2.00pm to 4.00pm.

The embassy contact page says it accepts queries from Irish citizens resident in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico and Caribbean islands it names: Anguilla, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. The Ireland.ie country pages for Haiti, Montserrat and Trinidad and Tobago do not list this embassy (they point to the UN mission and/or Dublin). The Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands pages list this embassy; the Miami consulate card also says it is responsible for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

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