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

Moznips

i had an issue with my daughter passport a couple of year ago. like yourself couldn't get a response either phone/email so i ended up on twitter and they got back to me within 20 mins and very helpful! definitely the way to go

marko99

Victor wrote:

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Why do people post such ill-informed and inaccurate rubbish?

EdgeCase

Spook_ie wrote: »

Re Schengan Visas

Would imagine the poster is confused about Schengan and Advanced Passenger Information which requires passport number and expiry

And is collected automatically by the airline on check in.

Brian201888

Victor wrote: »

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-us/ Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/

That said, I'm not sure if age is necessarily something that will be checked. But better safe than sorry.

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Can't believe no-one has picked up on this, you don't actually need a Schengen visa.

heretothere

EdgeCase wrote: »

Cork definitely used to have this too. It’s a fairly major service degrade if they no longer have that.

It would be a huge degrade! I got a passport in a day down there, granted it was about 7 years ago so I have no idea what way it is now.

OP I'd be heading straight into their Dublin office this morning. Good luck!

Caranica

heretothere wrote: »

It would be a huge degrade! I got a passport in a day down there, granted it was about 7 years ago so I have no idea what way it is now.

OP I'd be heading straight into their Dublin office this morning. Good luck!

There are over 80 security features on our passports, the infrastructure required is massive. I believe the Cork office can't accommodate it

TheChizler

Eoghan_2 wrote: »

Can't believe no-one has picked up on this, you don't actually need a Schengen visa.

8 of 19 posts since then picked up on it...

EdgeCase

Caranica wrote: »

There are over 80 security features on our passports, the infrastructure required is massive. I believe the Cork office can't accommodate it

There’s such a thing as a courier. Cork is at most 3 hours away from the printing centre in an actual emergency.

billybonkers

OP go into them today!!!

I don't know why people assume an email will get them any sort of immediate response especially in this type of situation. Deal with email as an absolute last resort in any situation, face to face or phone if you cant get to the immediately

Stressed123

Just out from passport office. Took a picture of incorrect passport just in case! They took it off me to spoil it immediately at said they’ll have a new one by 4pm today! Please God they do!
Thank you all for your help and advice

goingnowhere

You need to provide API for Spain

This could cause issues

JCX BXC

goingnowhere wrote: »

You need to provide API for Spain

This could cause issues

Not until you check in!

enda1

There is no issue and no worry OP. It'll be fine. Pick-up a passport card too while you're there. Very handy to keep in your wallet especially when on holidays instead of having to carry your passport book around with you.

coylemj

goingnowhere wrote: »

You need to provide API for Spain

This could cause issues

Even if the OP already provided the API data from the old passport, it can be fixed at check-in.

faceman

Not sure if it's Schengen related (although Spain are part of the Schengen agreement and Ireland is not) but either way Advanced Passenger Information is mandatory for travel to Spain and only passports are considered valid travel documents.

API data must match passport info.

It's no biggie if people forget to enter the API as they can update it at the check in desk.

Cork Lass

Hi OP. Delighted to hear they are sorting it for you - hope you have a great holiday.

zetalambda

Caranica wrote: »

There are over 80 security features on our passports, the infrastructure required is massive. I believe the Cork office can't accommodate it

Are you sure about this? I got a passport recently from the Dublin office and it looks like something from the 1980's. I'm almost embarrassed to take it out at airports! My GF is from a third world country and her's is far more advanced security wise.

Caranica

zetalambda wrote: »

Are you sure about this? I got a passport recently from the Dublin office and it looks like something from the 1980's. I'm almost embarrassed to take it out at airports! My GF is from a third world country and her's is far more advanced security wise.

Certain. Things you may not notice, but immigration officers know to look for.

endacl

marko99 wrote: »

Why do people post such ill-informed and inaccurate rubbish?

Because they don’t know it’s ill-informed and inaccurate rubbish?

Poster may have been well-intentioned, and throat is probably appropriately jumped down at this point...

fxotoole

EdgeCase wrote: »

There’s such a thing as a courier. Cork is at most 3 hours away from the printing centre in an actual emergency.

If the passport office used couriers to get single passports from Dublin to Cork, to ensure that customers waiting in Cork would be guaranteed a passport within a few hours, it would be a logistical and costly nightmare.

Much easier to manage sending a single van run down once a day from Dublin to Cork.

EdgeCase

For an über-urgent request, there should be a possibility of getting them couriered to any airport, at an additional economic fee. It's not that much of a logistical issue for a handful of very urgent, hand-processed cases anyway.

shovel

Hi.just checked out the supervalu self catering breaks site and it's a shadow of it's former self.
Where did all the holiday home breaks go to?.
For Halloween there are three options in the whole country.
A few years ago there would have been loads of options.
Lookes at Airbnb and the prices are very high with none of the usual holiday homes on offer.
Where did an affordable off season holiday home go??

Western Pomise

Flying to Los Angeles on Tues,can you do the API for States at the airport?....prob won’t have access to a computer tomorrow to do it...thanks for any replies.

goingnowhere

Yes you can, and it can't be missed out as you can't check in without doing the API first with either online or at a check in desk

salmocab

Just by way of information for people, I done an online passport application last week using a photo done in a special booth in tesco (photo me I think) it gives the code which you input during the process. The new passport was in my letter box in 24hrs and passport card 24 hours after that. Seriously impressed by the system and real easy to use. My passport wasn’t up till September but I thought it might take up to 2 months so got in early.

carrighead

I put in a new passport application for my 2 kids and a renewal for myself about 5 weeks ago, we are travelling on Wednesday. I have called into the passport office in Cork 3 times, did the web chat 3 times and phoned them once, I sent in proof of travel with the application and emailed it as well. I am at my wits end as there is no sign of the passports. I can't get through on the phones or web chat and I don't know what to do. I called in this morning again to the cork office and was told there was no guarantee that they would be ready in time. has anyone else been in a similar situation and got their passports?

fxotoole

carrighead wrote: »

I put in a new passport application for my 2 kids and a renewal for myself about 5 weeks ago, we are travelling on Wednesday. I have called into the passport office in Cork 3 times, did the web chat 3 times and phoned them once, I sent in proof of travel with the application and emailed it as well. I am at my wits end as there is no sign of the passports. I can't get through on the phones or web chat and I don't know what to do. I called in this morning again to the cork office and was told there was no guarantee that they would be ready in time. has anyone else been in a similar situation and got their passports?

Loads of people.

How long ago did you apply and when/where are travelling to?

deiseindublin

Exact same happened me carrighead. I had to ring up Coveney's office, they asked me to follow up with an email and I got a phone call 3 hours later to say my passport was ready to post.

Absolute head wreck and CRAP INEPT system but I was told that the priority queue actually moves slower because there are only certain senior officers in PO that can look at those ones and there are less of them. You couldn't make it up.

I did live help 8 times and I may as well have been talking to myself. Fruitless exercise having it because they basically did the online tracker, same as I could myself, and told me to keep and eye and hopefully I'd have it soon.

carrighead

Can't believe it, got a phone call after lunch saying it was approved and she was just putting them into the post, she said we will have them for tomorrow. I don't think I will believe it until they are in my hand. Its a terrible system with awful communication both online and in person. And on top of that false information about processing times on their website.

Gmaximum

deiseindublin wrote: »

Exact same happened me carrighead. I had to ring up Coveney's office, they asked me to follow up with an email and I got a phone call 3 hours later to say my passport was ready to post.

Absolute head wreck and CRAP INEPT system but I was told that the priority queue actually moves slower because there are only certain senior officers in PO that can look at those ones and there are less of them. You couldn't make it up.

I did live help 8 times and I may as well have been talking to myself. Fruitless exercise having it because they basically did the online tracker, same as I could myself, and told me to keep and eye and hopefully I'd have it soon.

Couldn’t agree more, it seems the majority of time a rabbit is pulled out of the had and you get a passport. A lot of grief for staff and applicants would be saved through timely and accurate communication and not simply turning the phones to voicemail

Beechwoodspark

zetalambda wrote: »

Are you sure about this? I got a passport recently from the Dublin office and it looks like something from the 1980's. I'm almost embarrassed to take it out at airports! My GF is from a third world country and her's is far more advanced security wise.

Apparently the Irish passport is one of the most advanced in the world for security features.

tobdom

Just to add my experience.....

First time passport for a baby. Passport Express - Application received on the 6th June, estimated issue date was 30th July.

Checked the tracker yesterday and the progress bar was about halfway and status was in process. Passport arrived in the post today (10th July)! Tracker now shows Dispatched (Your application is complete).

Also just to note, we were worried about the witnessing/verification of the PP photos we got signed & stamped in the Garda station. Garda put the stamped photos back to back after stamping them and the stamp was completely smudged on both. Thought they might have been rejected for this but they weren't.

Pero_Bueno

Hi,
My Irish passport expires in October, I'll get a new one , but in the meantime it is ok to travel within Europe ?

I heard before that the Passport must be valid for 6 months before travelling ...

munchkin_utd

you can travel up to the day it expires.
Some european countries even recognise certain expired passports as being valid.

You are not travelling to the USA!

maximo31

Hi,
Heading away with a couple of mates in November to England. Booking the flights at the minute.
One lad has a passport currently in date but will have expired by the time we travel.
So it means his current passport details will be different by the time he checks in at the airport in November.
Could this be an issue?

Caranica

You don't need to enter passport details when booking flights to the UK

munchkin_utd

and if travelling with someone aside from Ryanair, you dont even need a passport because you dont need a passport to enter the UK, as you would know from driving up to the likes of Newry (hint, also the UK)

coylemj

Pero_Bueno wrote: »

Hi,
My Irish passport expires in October, I'll get a new one , but in the meantime it is ok to travel within Europe ?

Yes, and the US and Canada. Ignore the reference to the US in the previous post #9754 above. (update to reflect that the thread was moved into the passport megathread).

Ireland is a member of the 'six month club', a list of countries who's citizens are only required to have a passport valid for the duration of their stay in the US ....

Visitors travelling to the United States are required to be in possession of passports that are valid for six months beyond the period of their intended stay in the United States. Citizens of the countries listed below are exempt the six-month rule and need only have a passport valid for their intended period of stay.


https://www.cbp.gov/document/bulletins/six-month-club-update

Pero_Bueno wrote: »

I heard before that the Passport must be valid for 6 months before travelling ...

That mainly applies to Asian and Gulf countries.

arlandria5

Hi, I am flying to Lanzarote with my mum on August 30th and we just realised today she would have to apply as a first time applicant instead of a renewal as her passport was issued in 2002 and expired in 2012.
Her Public Services Card appointment is tomorrow and will take 5-10 days to be issued which leaves us with about 25-28 working days for the passport.
We are wondering would An Post express be the best option or should she make an appointment at the Passport Office in Dublin?

Caranica

arlandria5 wrote: »

Hi, I am flying to Lanzarote with my mum on August 30th and we just realised today she would have to apply as a first time applicant instead of a renewal as her passport was issued in 2002 and expired in 2012.
Her Public Services Card appointment is tomorrow and will take 5-10 days to be issued which leaves us with about 25-28 working days for the passport.
We are wondering would An Post express be the best option or should she make an appointment at the Passport Office in Dublin?

You only qualify for an appointment if travelling in the next 3 weeks. Processing times have come right down lately so she should be OK with passport express

Renewing kids passports.
Do parents have to send their passports with the application form?

On the website it says you need to send the child’s old passport.

When we got their first passports we had to send our passports with the application too (may have just been my wife’s, can’t remember)

I can’t find anything on website, but my friend recently had to send her passport with her child’s application. But I can’t even find this on their website

Thanks

Gmaximum

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Renewing kids passports.
Do parents have to send their passports with the application form?

On the website it says you need to send the child’s old passport.

When we got their first passports we had to send our passports with the application too (may have just been my wife’s, can’t remember)

I can’t find anything on website, but my friend recently had to send her passport with her child’s application. But I can’t even find this on their website

Thanks

We didn’t with our recent child renewal and a first time one sent together. Then girl in the post office said they may ask for them but they never did.

fxotoole

Deleted User wrote: »

Renewing kids passports.
Do parents have to send their passports with the application form?

On the website it says you need to send the child’s old passport.

When we got their first passports we had to send our passports with the application too (may have just been my wife’s, can’t remember)

I can’t find anything on website, but my friend recently had to send her passport with her child’s application. But I can’t even find this on their website

Thanks

I'd suggest using the Passport Wizard to get a definitive answer:

https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/how-to-apply-for-a-passport/

fxotoole

fxotoole wrote: »

I'd suggest using the Passport Wizard to get a definitive answer:

https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/how-to-apply-for-a-passport/

Hi, thanks for the reply, + Gmaximum
I had tried the wizard, and in hindsight the info provided there does appear to be correct

I have heard so much contradictory info today, my head is frazzled

Even their website is confusing. In the section for required documentation for renewing minors it’s says a full birth cert is required, but in the wizard section it says only if the original passport was issued before 31st December 2004

Bit frustrating


Thanks for your help, things are a bit clearer now I think

fxotoole

You could always send your passport in anyway? Unless of course, you need it for travel while your child's passport renewal application is being worked on.

fxotoole

fxotoole wrote: »

You could always send your passport in anyway? Unless of course, you need it for travel while your child's passport renewal application is being worked on.

I need it to travel in the meantime
Thanks for your reply

Gael23

Is the passport card worth getting or just an unnecessary card to carry?

salmocab

Gael23 wrote: »

Is the passport card worth getting or just an unnecessary card to carry?

If you travel within the eu for business a bit it’s handy especially if you do day trips or are going to sporting events etc. the real convenience is it fits in your wallet so handy for a short trip if your not going straight to a hotel on landing

SACH Central

Just looking for some advice!!!

I’m an Irish citizen, born & bred. We’re currently in the UK on holiday. Myself, wife and 3 kids were going to go to France by ferry- Dover-Calais - tomorrow for a couple of days, a spur of the moment thing!

Problem is: my passport expired in April. All other family members have valid Irish passports.

I have my drivers license with me. The old tri fold type.

Would I be allowed to travel with my out of date passport?

Thanks in advance for the replies!!

Stanford

Strictly speaking you don't need a passport to travel within the EU but the French can be over zealous, I would check with the ferry company to see what their experience has been, bring at least a form of photo ID such as a Drivers Licence