Detect tampered and deepfake Irish Residence Permit (IRP) Card

What a genuine Irish Residence Permit contains

The card prints name, photo, date of birth, a registration number, the permission stamp number with a short description, and an expiry date, and cards issued from 1 March 2022 also carry the holder's signature. A chip stores the photo, fingerprints, and personal details but cannot be read from an image.

The card matches the permission granted, so its expiry follows the underlying permission and varies widely. Stamp types vary, name order and diacritics follow the passport, and the version issued before and after March 2022 are both valid. It is not a passport, not a Public Services Card, not proof of citizenship, and the older GNIB card was its predecessor.

How Irish Residence Permit forgeries are made

• Stamp and permission coherence

  The stamp number and its short description should match the permission the holder describes. A stamp that does not fit the stated purpose is an inconsistency.

• Version conformance

  The post-March 2022 design adds the holder's signature and extra features, and both versions are valid. A card claiming the newer version without a signature contradicts its own design.

• Expiry and issue logic

  An expiry earlier than the date of issue, or one that cannot fit the permission described, breaks the date logic.

• Name and diacritic fidelity

  Name order and diacritics follow the passport. Differences from the supporting documents are worth a look, though they are not conclusive alone.

• Photo and text patching

  Swapped portraits and altered name or date lines show up as cut-line edges, resolution steps and font changes in the edited region.

What TamperCheck checks on an Irish Residence Permit

TamperCheck runs 200+ forensic checks across three layers and returns a risk score from 0 to 100 with plain-English findings tied to specific regions of the document. These three carry the most weight on this document class.

• Portrait substitution and face-swap analysis

  The document is isolated from whatever it was photographed on, then the portrait region is assessed against the card surface around it. A pasted or generated face rarely matches the substrate it was placed onto.

• Stamp authenticity and placement

  Stamps are assessed for whether the ink was impressed onto the page or printed as part of it, and for whether the impression was placed digitally after the fact.

• Signature forgery analysis

  Signature regions are assessed for ink consistency and for how the stroke sits on the page, which distinguishes a genuine pen stroke from a pasted image of one.

• And many more checks

  The three above are the layers that carry the most weight on an Irish Residence Permit. Every upload runs the full suite of 200+ checks regardless of document class, spanning file structure and metadata, pixel-level forensics, font and text rendering, optical and print characteristics, provenance signals, AI-generation signatures, and many more checks.

Who verifies an Irish Residence Permit, and why

Irish employers, landlords, and banks. In each case the document is being used to unlock money, access, or a legal status, which is exactly what makes it worth forging.

How to verify an Irish Residence Permit in 4 steps

1. 1

   Photograph every face

   Capture the front and the back flat at full resolution, so the stamp, signature, and expiry survive close analysis.

2. 2

   Identify the version

   Decide whether the card is the earlier or the post-March 2022 version, and check that the signature is present where the design calls for it.

3. 3

   Match stamp and dates

   Compare the stamp and description with the permission described, and the expiry with the date of issue.

4. 4

   Run a forensic check on the file

   The stamp and dates carry the logical story, and the print carries the edit history. TamperCheck runs 200+ forensic checks including date-logic validation, field consistency, and patch detection, returning a risk score from 0 to 100 with findings tied to specific regions of the image.

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