** ALL ** Passport Related Questions in here! Please Read Post#1 first!

commiegirl21

It was in the Liverpool office. No tracked envelope as I was told it didn't apply to Passport Express

I have a tracking number for An Post but it only applies to parcels within Ireland

mcg1987

panic finally ended this morning when the passport arrived. just checked herself and the wee man in and their flight is at 6 this evening. Thanks be to christ !

rodgered

commiegirl21 wrote: »

It was in the Liverpool office. No tracked envelope as I was told it didn't apply to Passport Express

I have a tracking number for An Post but it only applies to parcels within Ireland

I applied via Passport Express from Liverpool on 15th of March and there is still nothing with it. Its issue date is today. I emailed the passport office and they emailed back saying they had noted my travel date (today week) and forwarded the email to the London office.

I rang the London office and they informed me that my application was with Dublin not London and couldnt understand why they emailed saying they had sent it to London.

London advised me to ring today but its looking doubtful that I will get it on time.

commiegirl21

I applied via Passport Express from Liverpool on 15th of March and there is still nothing with it. Its issue date is today. I emailed the passport office and they emailed back saying they had noted my travel date (today week) and forwarded the email to the London office.

I rang the London office and they informed me that my application was with Dublin not London and couldnt understand why they emailed saying they had sent it to London.

London advised me to ring today but its looking doubtful that I will get it on time.

The passport arrived for me on Friday. So from first showing as being checked to passport in hand was 4 days.

I would advise you call the passport office in Dublin. Explain your situation and get them to expedite it. Worked for me. Good luck

intellectual dosser

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Hi all,

I'm flying to Manchester on Friday with Aer Lingus, I lost both my passport and drivers license in a burglary recently and havent been able to get them replaced. My PP application was declined on an unfortunately technicality while the driver license is simply taking forever.

I do have a work ID (HID) that has my name, my picture and my companys brand. According to the AerLingus website this will work, and according to someone I know who works with Aer Lingus ground ops it should work, although it would preferably have an expiry date.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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For the record for anyone interested, I made it to Manchester and back with relative ease, I think it helped that I had an old expired passport with me, I used a little bit of charm too (could have pushed it either way!).

Not a situation I'll let myself be in again.

rodgered

commiegirl21 wrote: »

The passport arrived for me on Friday. So from first showing as being checked to passport in hand was 4 days.

I would advise you call the passport office in Dublin. Explain your situation and get them to expedite it. Worked for me. Good luck

Thanks will try again today. Ive awful hassle getting through to them unfortunately, everytime I ring its due to the large amount of calls etc.

Whatsisname

Applied for my passport a few weeks back, they recieved it on the 19th and its still being checked according to the tracking system but the issue date was the 28th. Anyone know whats up?

rodgered

Im having same problem with similar dates. See above .

rodgered

Does anyone actually ever get through to the Passport Office successfully?

Ive been ringing all day and nothing.

Whatsisname

rodgered wrote: »

Does anyone actually ever get through to the Passport Office successfully?

Ive been ringing all day and nothing.

I emailed the cork office and got a reply straight away (unless you're talking about the Dublin office!)

rodgered

Hi thanks for the reply. Yes its the Dublin office, only got one reply from email and even then she was incorrect in her response. Been ringing all day. I appreciate its a busy office at a busy time of year but my god.

rodgered

Sorry to hassle people but can anyone give me some advice on what to do about my passport. Issue date is today and nothing has been done. Can't get through to the office when I ring and no response to emails.

collegeme

Issue date on my sons passport is tomorrow but the status is still being registered. We are travelling to the US next week and have to apply for his ESTA

collegeme

rodgered wrote: »

Sorry to hassle people but can anyone give me some advice on what to do about my passport. Issue date is today and nothing has been done. Can't get through to the office when I ring and no response to emails.

Any luck today?

Empsey

Hi,

I submitted my passport over three weeks ago and my online status says 'being checked'. The service as per the website says '9-10 working days'. The passport office is not answering the phone or answering emails. I am travelling next week and becoming worried. Can anyone suggest what I can do to get my passport?

Thanks in advance

Fred Swanson

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collegeme

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We fly Thursday of next week. I have been in contact and given our travel dates & mentioned ESTA. They said they would be in contact if there was any delay. If it is not either printed or posted tomorrow I will chase up further.

roccab

Hi guys

I am trying to apply for my Irish Passport , I recently became an Irish Citizen through Naturalisation and one of the requirements on the form was that i need to have an original long form birth certificate , the problem i have is i actually lost my original and have always used a certified copy since i was young ... I have absolutely no clue whatsoever how to go around this because i was not born in Ireland either , can anyone please offer me some advice on how i can approach this ? Thanks a million

Fred Swanson

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PinkFly

Flying out next Wednesday. Passport due date was 31st March,can't get through to office,anyone else with delayed dates?

suezq

Yes, my Issue date is 28 March but still showing as Registered. I sent an email last Tuesday but still haven't had a response! Starting to panic now! What do you do if they don't answer the phone or email????

AGC

suezq wrote: »

Yes, my Issue date is 28 March but still showing as Registered. I sent an email last Tuesday but still haven't had a response! Starting to panic now! What do you do if they don't answer the phone or email????

Very unusual if that is the case. If there was a problem with the application you should have received correspondence saying what was wrong at this stage.

Send another email. Not ideal, but you need to find out.

suezq

AGC wrote: »

Very unusual if that is the case. If there was a problem with the application you should have received correspondence saying what was wrong at this stage.

Send another email. Not ideal, but you need to find out.

Yes, I've sent another email this morning. The first was sent via the 'contact us' on the website. This time I've sent it direct to passportdublin@dfa.ie

Fingers crossed for at least a reply!

alexonhisown

Does anyone know if I have to sign for passport when it arrives via passport express

Fred Swanson

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pkmckay147

I'm in the same boat - applied almost 3 weeks ago, travelling on 17th April. No updates on website, still at registered status.

Have also emailed and contacted them through the site as well, no response as yet.

Fred Swanson

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pkmckay147

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What a wonderful idea. Never occurred to me.

Of course, it would possibly help if they would actually have their phone service switched on. As has been noted earlier in the thread, they are not currently providing a phone service.

A recorded message is played stating that the volume of calls it too high and to email them instead.

A Dub in Glasgo

My tale of woe with the passport service

27th Feb - sent 3 application forms (wife and 2 sons) using Royal Mail Special Delivery to Irish Embassy in London
28th Feb - package shown as delivered
7th March - online tracker shows 'registered'
2nd April - still showing 'registered' so I sent an email to the Irish Embassy asking what is the status as we are flying to Dublin using Ryanair on the 11th April - no reply
3rd April - online tracker shows 'approved'
4th April - online tracker shows 'printed'

It is still showing as 'printed' and I can only hope they are in transit to the Embassy in London for sending to me by Friday, 11th. I included a RM special delivery self addressed envelope so should get here by 1pm on Friday if the passports are sent on Thursday from the Embassy otherwise I am going to Dublin on my own!

There is no way, that I can find, to actually speak to anyone

Fred Swanson

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