** ALL ** Passport Queries take.two. **! Mod-note in post#1288

Should take a few days only, my partner applied for first time passport last week (new Irish citizen) and the status changed on the website tracker about 3 days after an post delivered the documents

Being received is one thing, but add another 2 months onto that by the time it goes to an examiner, and if there’s anything wrong with the application…

Hi all any help would be much appreciated

I applied for my 3 year old daughters first passport on the 13th of January the online tracker is saying it will arrive on the 24th of march but were due to fly out on the 10th of march is there anything i can do to get the passport earlier??? Ive sent all the correct documents please any help will be much appreciated.

I am going to try ring the passport office tomorrow to see if anything can be done have you tried this?

It’s been said many times here recently, not possible to get a first time application fast tracked so I’d say your chances are slim.

Is there any chance off it coming before the arrival date it says on the tracker?

Next to none.

No. Official advice is do not book travel without having your passports. Add to that the additional security requirements of a first passport, it takes as long as it takes. It's not ridiculous, the pandemic has hit every service in the past two years.

We're over 50 working days since we applied for my wee ones first passport. Due to fly out the 26th and we have 27th as the issue date. Webchat haven't been much help to us. We even tried to get a local TD to try and speed it up. I really didn't think it would take this long. With all the restrictions being lifted, I wonder would they let us drop up and get it on the day from HQ the way they used to do?

Anyone have experience recently with getting a surname changed due to marriage? I know it’s seen as a complex renewal due to having to be manually checked but the passport office gives a 15 day turnaround compared to 40 for a first time applicant, and I know that 40 days is a lot longer than that from experience last year.

OK so my document were received in the passport office a week ago (last Tuesday morning). My tracking which I checked most days since last Tuesday changed today to say they received my documents and attached to my passport application number. Says my passport will be issued 1st April. 45 working days or thereabouts from tomorrow.

This is an online first time application for a child born in Ireland to parents born in Ireland.

Mines due back the 10th March so I'll keep you updated on how mine goes!!! :) mine was 46 working days from when they received the documents.

I had a super service on a child renewal it was super fast! :)

Thanks for the earlier help in this thread.

I have the online form for the first time child passport completed, and the photo was accepted. In struggling to find where to download the online forms, and which forms are needed. The website, and the confirmation email, are not exactly the easiest to follow. Anyone have a link?

The link in the email just brings me to a broken 'expired' page.

I'm not sure if this is related to the down time over the last few days or not.

Good advice in here when calling, each time I got the woman it disconnected at the end. When you get the male voice means you are getting through!