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  • #9032
    henryporter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    You don't have to return the old one if you do an online application - I got mine in 10 days recently.


  • #9033
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    My old one is thrown out


  • #9034
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    My old one is thrown out
    have you the old passport number and expiry date at least so you can do an online renewal ?


  • #9035
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    My old one is thrown out

    Then you'll need to get the Guards to witness your application, there's a declaration on the form that you need to sign.

    Is this the first passport you've lost/thrown out?


  • #9036
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    Yeah it's the first one I've lost


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  • #9037
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Should be OK then, but I'd get the application in as soon as possible.

    Just follow the steps on the form, it's pretty straight forward.


  • #9038
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭thomasj


    I'd do it online. you don't need to go to the gardai to sign a statement etc but hang on to your old passport just in case the passport office ask for it.

    I lost my last passport (but it was my first loss) got the new passport book and passport card within 10 days.

    Believe it or not my passport is at home hasnt been used yet as i have used my passport card for travel and id purposes.


  • #9039
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    I have a photo I took of my passport. Can I use that image instead of saying it's lost or stolen


  • #9040
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,350 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    I have a photo I took of my passport. Can I use that image instead of saying it's lost or stolen

    No.


  • #9041
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    artanevilla wrote: »
    No.
    Just for the details I have to provide them


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  • #9042
    Ewan Hoosarmi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 465 ✭✭Ewan Hoosarmi


    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    Just for the details I have to provide them
    As long as you can read the relevant details for online application, it's worth keeping the image safe.


  • #9043
    Pelvis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭Pelvis


    Who throws a passport in the bin??


  • #9044
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,292 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Jamesyboid88 wrote:
    Old passport is knackered and thrown in bin. Need a new one before 23d January. How hard will it be to get a new one ?


    If your old passport is still valid then you need to return it.

    If it's out date then you should be fine


  • #9045
    Ewan Hoosarmi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 465 ✭✭Ewan Hoosarmi


    Pelvis wrote: »
    Who throws a passport in the bin??
    Yeah. I don't get that either. A passport is an important and valuable document. I've seen people abroad with their passport hanging out of one back pocket and their €1000 phone out of the other. People are strange.


  • #9046
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Ewan Hoosarmi wrote: »
    Yeah. I don't get that either. A passport is an important and valuable document. I've seen people abroad with their passport hanging out of one back pocket and their €1000 phone out of the other. People are strange.

    yeah i made my mistake and it was taken on me in Amsterdam.

    Never again!

    If i can, I wont take my passport with me, just use my passport card.


  • #9047
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,517 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Renewed mine last week online. Hardest part was going to get a digital photo and them sending it on to me.

    Submitted the application on Saturday it took 10 minutes. Had the new passport posted in the letterbox on the following Friday, the most efficent government process i have witnessed to date.


  • #9048
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,298 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    I think its always worth taking a photo of your passport and emailing it to yourself.
    Then you always have a copy you can retrieve, whether at home or abroad.
    Driving licence and birth cert also.


  • #9049
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,641 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    If your old passport is still valid then you need to return it.
    They want it in order to stamp CANCELLED on it, but it will be returned to you.

    I have filled in various international applications (USA mainly) where they have asked me to list each passport that I have held for the last 10 years, in my case that was 7 actual books.

    So don't throw the things out.


  • #9050
    laotg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭laotg


    OK says twice that he put it in bin, then says he lost it. Strange.


  • #9051
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    It's in the bin


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  • #9052
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,292 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Jamesyboid88 wrote:
    It's in the bin


    Was it still valid or an out of date passport?


  • #9053
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Was it still valid or an out of date passport?
    had 5 months left on it


  • #9054
    Greybottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭Greybottle


    I applied for a new one on Saturday, tracker said this morning that it will be arriving around Dec 14th (estimated). Took 15 minutes.

    Got my photo taken in an authorised booth for €8. I did not need to prove that I have the existing passport (I do), just needed the details off it, such as number, date of expiry etc.

    Very handy process overall.


  • #9055
    HONKEY TONK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 779 ✭✭✭HONKEY TONK


    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    had 5 months left on it

    qdRpb.gif

    You said 2 days ago
    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    Travelling to Amsterdam end of January and worried about my passport as I've been told different things. My passport expires June 2018. Is it ok to travel with less then 6 months before expiration


  • #9056
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Jamesyboid88 wrote:
    It's in the bin

    Take it out of the bin maybe?


  • #9057
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,447 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Pelvis wrote: »
    Who throws a passport in the bin??

    A really really smart person?


  • #9058
    Jamesyboid88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Jamesyboid88


    HONKEY TONK wrote: »
    qdRpb.gif

    You said 2 days ago
    yes lol this was my original post but was told it may have been accidentally dumped.


  • #9059
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,447 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Jamesyboid88 wrote: »
    yes lol this was my original post but was told it may have been accidentally dumped.

    You have an accidental binman?


  • #9060
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,292 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Jamesyboid88 wrote:
    had 5 months left on it


    You won't be able to just get a new passport as yours is still valid. You need to report it lost /stolen /damaged. For lost /damaged you'll be interviewed by the police. I'm not sure about damaged but put it in the bin.

    Not having the damaged passport will definitely delay getting a replacement


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  • #9061
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,517 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    You won't be able to just get a new passport as yours is still valid. You need to report it lost /stolen /damaged. For lost /damaged you'll be interviewed by the police. I'm not sure about damaged but put it in the bin.

    Not having the damaged passport will definitely delay getting a replacement

    This is false once your within 6 months of expiry date you can renew


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