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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 ?

thrown in the bin?
doesn't sound very safe OP

A couple years back - I was in the Passport Office for a renewal. Person in front of me was in claiming for second subsequent passport replacement- instead they got given the third degree and were advised that there would be a holding period and a final decision on a replacement passport would only be considered after that...

The regulations require that passports are kept in a secure place - I don't believe a bin would qualify

If you have a poor passport record, (that is, you have lost 2 or more passports) it is likely that a limited passport facility will be given to you for specific travel purposes.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/travel_abroad/passports/replacing_a_lost_or_stolen_irish_passport.html

https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/top-passport-questions/lost-stolen-or-damaged-passport/

January wrote: »

If it only has 5 months left on it renew online, you don't have to do declarations then. You do need your passport number though.

Cheers I got it sorted

Can anyone advise me can I apply for passport online with the older style passports which only have a number followed by 6 digits? Keeps telling me its invalid passport number as needs to be letter followed by 7digits. It's only expired since April so would have thought it would be straight forward. Many thanks for any help.

Shalclon, it sounds like you have an older style passport book with a laminated photo page? In that case, I'd say you're unable to apply online. You must have been one of the last people to be issued one of those older books.

I didn't think to be honest - it was booked in haste due to unforeseen circumstances and wasn't thinking straight. It is a lesson learned. Just hope I haven't thrown money down the drain

Thanks Tenigate Fingers crossed. I will let ye know how I get on

I know some countries want it to be valid for months but according to Dept. of Foreign Affairs, in the EU:

Your Irish Passport must be valid up to your return date.

So if my passport expires on the date of my return flight, is it still valid that day, or does it expire at the start of that day? If expiry date is 31 December, I presume it expires at the end of that date, not the start?


Flight will be somewhere in Germany or Brussels to Dublin,



Thanks,

So I'm planning on travelling to the states in the summer, around June time. My passport expires at the end of May so I applied for a new one on Tuesday 2nd as the application for the visa requires a passport number and date of expiry, and my current one would have expired before then.

My problem is that I'm travelling within the EU Friday week 12th, will applying for the new one present a problem with my current passport being invalid on check-in? It will be in date so that won't be a problem but I understand there are now electronic devices put in place for additional security against terrorism etc, could my current one raise a flag?

Thanks in advance