If you are planning on making the trip to Ireland this May you MUST have a passport. I submitted my paperwork this passed December and still have not received my passport. My wife is trying now for the third time to get her paperwork processed and the passport service person keeps finding new things wrong with her application. You must have a "Certified" copy of your birth certificate from the state you were born in, a regular copy will be rejected. Contact your state records department for a "Certified" copy, cost for mine was $18 over the internet. You can download the passport application form from this website: http://travel.state.gov/passport_services.html See you all in Ireland. Dave Sontos VIN 02573 NRA Member [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]