Guide to posting your documents

Keep photocopies of ALL documents that you are posting. Put your name and CAO number on every document you send.
Get proof of postage each time you are posting documentation.
You can get a certificate of postage from An Post. For your convenience, there are four certificates of postage slips pre-printed on the back cover of the CAO Handbook. Just ask the teller in An Post to stamp one of the certificates when you are sending your documentation.
For confirmation that the documents you posted arrived safely in CAO, enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard with your documentation.
Submit all supporting documents to the CAO, Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway before 15 March 2024.

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