Unusual Passport issue

Joeseph Balls

I'll try keep it simple.

We had a baby in April. My partner applied for his Irish passport 5 months ago. She sent her polish passport with the application.

I surprised her with a trip to Paris, flying out Wednesday. Our son's passport is still not back yet. I wasn't aware she had to send her passport too.

Is there anyway the passport office will release hers before Wednesday? Or can she travel on an EU ID? We fly with aer lingus.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Atlantic Dawn

5 months is a long time, has she received any feedback since she sent it as to what stage the application is at?

It will be passport only to travel from here to Paris.

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471561#Comment_118471561

5 months is not unusual for a first passport application made last summer. Check out the passport mega thread.

In general the parent's passport is released up to a week after the baby's passport but there is a chance it can be released early. Best chance is to contact your local TD OP.

A general tip, have your passports in your hand when you book travel. So many people book first and then discover a problem afterwards.

silver2020

Not wanting to be flippant, but maybe your first port of call should be the aer Lingus website.

https://www.aerlingus.com/travel-information/passports-and-visas/travel-within-europe/#/tab-0-acceptable-identification

Joeseph Balls

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471594#Comment_118471594

Yea, she usually does the booking and I thought I'd be a great fella and surprise her this time ☹️ she has an Irish age card, Irish driving licence and Polish ID.

I can't remember our other kids taking this long, but then I didn't realize a parents passport had to be sent along with the application. I know a local TD next door to my workplace. In what way should I broach it? Ask him to phone the office?

Joeseph Balls

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471571#Comment_118471571

I suppose if all comes to all I would have to check with the airline would they accept a drivers licence?

Joeseph Balls

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471688#Comment_118471688

Thanks. She has an Irish age card and a Polish national ID.

This is what happens when I try to do something nice 🙈

Joeseph Balls

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471688#Comment_118471688

Double post

Joeseph Balls

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471700#Comment_118471700

Thank you. Hopefully the fecking thing is in date now.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471716#Comment_118471716

Get some manners first.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471721#Comment_118471721

Back in your box like a good lad.

JoChervil

I am a Pole and usually travel with my ID. I was three times in Paris using it. Twice flying from Ireland. I have a passport as well but don't use for travelling in EU. ID is handier.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471649#Comment_118471649

Only if flying within the common travel area and are UK or Irish citizen and you aren't flying Ryanair etc.

Even then the rules could change.

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471638#Comment_118471638

Ask him if he can help to retrieve her passport as you have imminent travel. Oireachtas members have a special contact for the passport office but they can only make a certain number of requests per week at the moment. His office should be well used to dealing with passport issues.

EU country’s ID card is perfectly acceptable on intra EU flights, including to and from Ireland.

The U.K. recently stopped accepting them, for obvious and petty reasons, but that’s Brexit and it’s not relevant to intra-EU flights.

Irish people tend to travel on passports only because there is no concept of an Irish national ID card, which is why we have an optional Irish passport card, and that is usable as an equivalent ID for Irish citizens.

The passport office is usually quite fast but they’re double backlogged because of COVID issues and snowed under by Brexit British based applications.

Have you tried contacting them directly? They’re actually very helpful in my experience. Email or phone them.

GM228

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118471760#Comment_118471760

A passport or national ID card is sufficient for travel between EU states.

The issue of passport only on Ryanair is (was?) one of policy, as in that was their requirement for ID purposes to travel with them, not the entry requirements of the destination country, but, I was under the impression they have dropped the passport only requirement as acceptable ID, but perhaps not (have not flown with them in years), their T&Cs last updated September 2021 state they require a valid passport only, but other areas of the Ryanair website say either a passport or national ID card is accepted.

JoChervil

I fly with Ryanair and they accept ID

Cosmo Kramer

Sounds like you will be sorted with the Polish ID hopefully. However I would get on to the TD about the passport delay anyway. My son's was going nowhere after four months and we had a trip coming up, so got on to the TD and we had the new passport in hand within a week.

5 months is far too long to wait for a simple enough passport application. It's only if enough people complain about the issues to TDs that more might be done to improve the timescales.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118472403#Comment_118472403

But it's not a simple enough passport application, it's a first time application for a child with a non-national parent.