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  • #7022
    cdsb46
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭cdsb46


    brayshizzle wrote: »
    this whole passport card, will it be using up resources that will cause delays in the normal passport applications ?

    Doubt it, with the embargo lifted there have been a lot of CO recruitment


  • #7023
    sebcity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭sebcity


    Anyone having issues taking the photo with the app? It keeps telling me to retake as the light is too low. I would be in the brightest room with lights blazing at me and it says the same


  • #7024
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    brayshizzle wrote: »
    this whole passport card, will it be using up resources that will cause delays in the normal passport applications ?
    the current procedure for passport renewal is MUCH to cumbersome, so if the new procedure of using an app on the phone to make the application for a card is successful, you would hope that new streamlined procedure would be extended to regular passport renewals.

    and if that happens then you'd be taking pressure off the passport office not adding to it.


  • #7025
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Mine is up in June next year and I was planning on renewing it sometime between February and April. Is this a good time? It's a renewal with a name change to my married name.

    Remember to submit your original marriage cert, not a photocopy.


  • #7026
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    cdsb46 wrote: »
    I would advice go slightly earlier maybe between jan and feb, this year things started to get busy again around the end of feb
    Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. I doubt I'll be in any rush for it but I figure it's better to stay away from peak times so those who actually need a new passport in those times have a better chance of getting them quickly.
    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    Remember to submit your original marriage cert, not a photocopy.

    Thanks. I probably would have sent a photocopy!


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  • #7027
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    Kotek Besar wrote: »
    Here's something else weird about these passport card applications..

    I applied for one each in respect of myself and my wife. Both of us resident in the UK. I applied for mine first, using the iOS app, and was charged €40 (€35 fee + €5 for international postage), as expected. A few minutes later I did my wife's application on the computer, only this time I was charged only €35.

    I'm sure the system's not intelligent enough to know that this second application is going to the same address as a recent application, so let's put both in the same envelope and charge these lads only one lot of postage.. more likely a glitch and international applications on the website aren't, for some reason, being charged the €5 postage fee. Or maybe it was just a one-off..

    Well, this is curious.. I applied for my passport card before my wife. According to the tracking both applications sat in the queue for printing for a few days, now my wife's has been dispatched while mine is still in the queue. How did my wife get to jump the queue?!


  • #7028
    Zardoz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,536 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    fxotoole wrote: »
    Cork don't have the infrastructure to produce a passport within 3 working days. Therefore Rapid Renewals are only available at the Dublin office.

    Buddy went into Cork office Monday afternoon and collected his passport yesterday morning.
    He isnt travelling for another week though but strange that he got it so quickly,he only paid 95 euro as well as it wasnt due for collection until next Thursday.


  • #7029
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Buddy went into Cork office Monday afternoon and collected his passport yesterday morning.
    He isnt travelling for another week though but strange that he got it so quickly,he only paid 95 euro as well as it wasnt due for collection until next Thursday.

    I've a had a passport ready in two working days from Cork too. It was about 3 years ago though, things may have changed since then.


  • #7030
    brayshizzle
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭brayshizzle


    Kotek Besar wrote: »
    Well, this is curious.. I applied for my passport card before my wife. According to the tracking both applications sat in the queue for printing for a few days, now my wife's has been dispatched while mine is still in the queue. How did my wife get to jump the queue?!

    how long from beginning of application to being dispatched did that take?


  • #7031
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    brayshizzle wrote: »
    how long from beginning of application to being dispatched did that take?

    Ordered 05/10, dispatched 08/10.


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  • #7032
    brayshizzle
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭brayshizzle


    Kotek Besar wrote: »
    Ordered 05/10, dispatched 08/10.

    wow, great, seems to be a good time to order then. turn around is quick


  • #7033
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    brayshizzle wrote: »
    wow, great, seems to be a good time to order then. turn around is quick

    It should be quick to be fair. All they have to do on receipt of application is verify that the photo and name matches what they've already got on file and then hit the send-to-printer button.

    It would be even faster and more secure if they just used the photo already on file, bit weird they've not opted for this.


  • #7034
    fxotoole
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    Kotek Besar wrote: »
    It should be quick to be fair. All they have to do on receipt of application is verify that the photo and name matches what they've already got on file and then hit the send-to-printer button.

    It would be even faster and more secure if they just used the photo already on file, bit weird they've not opted for this.

    Presumably the logic is that if your passport was issued, say, 6 years ago, your image would have changed fairly drastically since 2009, so you are therefore required to submit a new photo.

    Is a bit weird and gimmicky that the design team opted for "selfies" rather than using the image they already have on file.


  • #7035
    Yuri Checkov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭Yuri Checkov


    Funny you mentioned pictures on file. I went to my local police station during the week to renew my residency permit, my last picture was taken 5 years ago. They had no problem using the picture held on file for my new card. That said I have not changed in that period of time.


  • #7036
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Zardoz wrote: »
    Buddy went into Cork office Monday afternoon and collected his passport yesterday morning.
    He isnt travelling for another week though but strange that he got it so quickly,he only paid 95 euro as well as it wasnt due for collection until next Thursday.

    He got it so early because it's October. It's the off season now.


  • #7037
    Marcusm
    Registered Users Posts: 10,175 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    fxotoole wrote: »
    Presumably the logic is that if your passport was issued, say, 6 years ago, your image would have changed fairly drastically since 2009, so you are therefore required to submit a new photo.

    Is a bit weird and gimmicky that the design team opted for "selfies" rather than using the image they already have on file.

    The passport application insists on a passport photo which is less than 6 months old; the passport card seeks one which is a "current likeness". I have submitted the same photo as my 2 year old passport. If it is rejected, I will be annoyed but unsurprised as there seems to be a significant lack of thought. There is certainly no security check that it is being sent to the same person; the passport office does not have my current address. As I have used a static photo, ie not ASelfie, I, the applicant, could be anyone. That seems like a significant security risk.


  • #7038
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Marcusm wrote: »
    The passport application insists on a passport photo which is less than 6 months old; the passport card seeks one which is a "current likeness". I have submitted the same photo as my 2 year old passport. If it is rejected, I will be annoyed but unsurprised as there seems to be a significant lack of thought. There is certainly no security check that it is being sent to the same person; the passport office does not have my current address. As I have used a static photo, ie not ASelfie, I, the applicant, could be anyone. That seems like a significant security risk.

    I'd imagine a person will compare the photos submitted for the card with your APS passport (you have to give your most recent passport number so they can look at your passport photo). Passport service will also be rolling out facial recognition technology.


  • #7039
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #7040
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    I take it non passport office people are processing the cards?

    Not that I've heard. I can't imagine external parties being given access to the APS system. The union would be going mad as well.


  • #7041
    fxotoole
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    No. Passport Office staff are processing the passport cards.


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  • #7042
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #7043
    SHOVELLER
    Registered Users Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭SHOVELLER


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    All they have to do is get it on their twitter account.


  • #7044
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Received my new passport card on Friday,

    thats a decent turn around from application to delivery!


  • #7045
    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,308 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    sebcity wrote: »
    Anyone having issues taking the photo with the app? It keeps telling me to retake as the light is too low. I would be in the brightest room with lights blazing at me and it says the same

    +1 Same here. Indoors, outdoors, the app just won't accept the photo. I've tried an iPad2 and Android phone so it's not the device. Just seems to be very picky about what it considers acceptable.


  • #7046
    Plates
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭Plates


    coylemj wrote: »
    +1 Same here. Indoors, outdoors, the app just won't accept the photo. I've tried an iPad2 and Android phone so it's not the device. Just seems to be very picky about what it considers acceptable.



    I had to try abut 5 or 6 times - seems like the "whiteness" of the white background is more important than the lighting.


  • #7047
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    coylemj wrote: »
    +1 Same here. Indoors, outdoors, the app just won't accept the photo. I've tried an iPad2 and Android phone so it's not the device. Just seems to be very picky about what it considers acceptable.

    Maybe try taking the selfie in a photo booth if you're passing one. I'm going to try that later.


  • #7048
    fxotoole
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    Maybe try taking the selfie in a photo booth if you're passing one. I'm going to try that later.

    I've just tried that at lunch time and the app accepted the photo on the first attempt.


  • #7049
    fxotoole
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    coylemj wrote: »
    +1 Same here. Indoors, outdoors, the app just won't accept the photo. I've tried an iPad2 and Android phone so it's not the device. Just seems to be very picky about what it considers acceptable.

    It's most likely down to the colour of the light not being "white enough", or the light not being distributed evenly enough, and therefore creating shadows on your face.


  • #7050
    Marcusm
    Registered Users Posts: 10,175 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Isn't official Ireland odd; obtaining a driving licence now requires a trip to a special NDLS centre as photo booths and photographers photos are no longer acceptable whereas DFA is now promoting the use of selfies.


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  • #7051
    Rachel Blue Squadron
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Rachel Blue Squadron


    NDLS is run by SGS international, they don't use a very sophisticated system there. The passport system is a lot better and its a huge database, almost everything sent in is scanned and saved for fraud prevention.


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