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Stolen Passport

  • 08-09-2004 5:04pm
    #1
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭


    After having my passport stolen in Hungary I spent €75 getting a new ten year one. I was issued a 6 month one and after that I would gewt a passport for the remainder of the ten years. Now after ringing the passport office here in Ireland they tell me I should not have paid as there is some new rule brough in since March and I have to pay for it again. What a bunch of spas. Cant ring Hungary as they are closed right now so have to wait till the morning.


Comments

  • #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    IANAL and my memory is sketchy on this but...

    I think the following used to be the case:

    The first time you lost your passport you could just re-apply (new application, not a replacement) for a new one and get it as normal.

    The second time you had to pay full whack for a one year passport and subsequently pay again for a full passport.

    Obviously this may have changed a lot in recent years due to the percieved problem of asylum seekers and Michael 'Shrek' McDowell's liking for legal tweaking.


  • #3
    Moriarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    I was under the impression that you were (fined/made to pay extra for next one/whatever) a few hundred euro for losing your passport, no?


  • #4
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    When I applied in Hungary I needed a full passport as I wasn't just travelling home. I applied for a ten year one and paid for it, was given a six month one and told that when I applied for the full one after six months I just had to show them my receipt that I had already paid in full. The guy here in Ireland said the rules had changed. I'm not sure if he's right, he didn't sound like he knew what he was talking about and had to ask someone else each time I asked him a different question


  • #5
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    You are given a 10 year passport. However they normally have it set to 6-12 months for the first.

    When you bring the passport in after it expires they generally just stamp it.

    I lost my first passport many years ago (got it when I was 16, lost it when I was around 20). They gave me a replacement for 12 months, then I brought it back in and they stamped it for 5 years then another 5 years. After that I got a new one as that one was in tatters.


  • #6
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    I lost my passport. You dont have to pay for it, all you have to pay for is the passport photos and the postage. However, if you loose your second passport, they will quiet literally, **** you in the ass. And will not issue you with a new one. Also getting visa etc will be impossible.


    John


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