Passport Question

BoB_BoT

Hi all,
My passport yesterday went though the wash (left in one of my back pockets) my question is will it still be accepted by airports and customs etc? Just need to make sure so i'm not prevented going to the Us.
Thanks,
Rob

Darren

The US Immigration service people can be a nightmare. Save yourself the hassle and worry and get a new one.

BoB_BoT

Humm, it's a pitty, I havn't even had the chance to use it yet. Will I be able to get a replacement before the 27th ?

MagicBusDriver

Use the Post Office express service. If thats not quick enough, you need to go in to the passport office.

Colls

Definitely get a new passport. Mine fell into a pint when I was in San Diego a few years back. It was fine for a couple of other trips, but beacuse the back was coming away from the page where the photo is attched, I was almost stopped going to Paris for a weekend last year. It would be awful to miss out on a trip away for such s illy thing. Defo get a new one. Doesn't cost as much as if you were renewing it. Send in the complete renewal cost with the express service and they'll refund you the extra bit afterwards.

Enjoy your trip.

Hobbes

My cousin a good few years back did the exact same thing. She sent in the passport and then had special branch around to her house a few days later asking all sorts of questions.

Turns out in the wash it had removed the plastic backing without damaging the paper, so they weren't sure if the photo on the back was the real one. Again this is a good few years back.

drane2

Actually they don't do replacement passports anymore. They stopped it in March of this year.

BoB_BoT

For the past 2 days I can't seem to get though to the passport office number in Dublin. Does anyone know what kind of replacement I need? Or do I have to apply for a completely new one? Getting too close to the date of departure so I guess I'm gonna have to go up to Dublin to get it .

sharkman

Get your ass into the passport office , You will need your original passport , two passport photos ( both signed) and your birth cert ( long copy ) ...


They will issue a new passport on the spot ..


Hey Presto !!!

BoB_BoT

Excellent, have all of that anyways so it's just going up to dublin to get it then.

Thanks for the help,
Rob

Flukey

Contact the American Embassy as well.

EKRIUQ

The ways the yanks are at the moment if your passport has a crease they'll send you back at immagration

branners69

You deffo want to get that passport sorted goin over to them yanks..

They have actually put a ban on people smiling and typically the brits are following the rule, the lap dogs they are!!

Check this out:

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=560573&section=news

fragile

Just as a matter of interest, is the maximum number of passports that any citizen can receive due to damage/loss 3? if so, would showing them the damaged passport mean it would still be counted?

TomTom

the americans are making everyone worried about visiting the country. I am going to visit my cousin there in october on my way home from oz and i am not looking forwad to it one bit. I'll have to deal with the american passport control in fiji, then again in LA as i have a 10 hour stop over and agian in NY leaving the place. All this just to visit my cousin. Well she better be in one hell of a good mood when i arrive.

Ruu_Old

ive been to america tons of times and never had a problem, i really wouldnt lose that much sleep over immigration. Just stay calm and dont sweat over it

Zaph

Another thing to remember about passports when going to the States is that their new rules state that you won't be allowed into the country if there's less than 6 months left to run on your passport.