Please note that this Consular Service is only for British Nationals who require assistance. 

Our Consular Section stands ready to protect the interests of British Citizens abroad.

What a Consul can do:

• Contact relatives and friends and ask them to help you with money or tickets
• Advise on how to transfer funds
• Refer you to local Social Services
• Help you to get in touch with Local Lawyers or provide information on legal aid.
• Arrange for next of kin to be informed of accident or a death and advise on procedures
• Contact and visit British Nationals under arrest or in an Irish Prison and, in certain circumstances, arrange for messages to be sent to relatives or friends
• Give guidance on organisations experienced in tracing missing persons
• Make representations on your behalf to the local authorities in certain circumstances
• Give information and process applications for British Nationals wishing to get married abroad

But a Consul cannot:

• Intervene in court proceedings
• Get you out of prison
• Give legal advice or instigate Court proceedings on your behalf
• Get better treatment for you in hospital or prison than is provided for Irish nationals
• Investigate a crime
• Pay your hotel, legal, medical or any other bills
• Pay for travel tickets for you
• Undertake work more properly done by travel representatives, airlines, banks or motoring organisations
• Obtain accommodation, work or work permit for you

Contact Us:

NB This email address is for British Nationals who require assistance it is not for Visa enquiries: consular.dubli@fco.gov.uk