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Similar situation to yourself, 1st time application for a rug rat, sent in docs but still not showing up as received.

Holiday booked for 22 may so hopefully be back by then

Quick question please, I' ve just renewed my child's passport online & just need to post off docs. I'll be getting our signatures witnessed by an accountant friend, do we no longer need to go to garda Station to have docs stamped etc? It's been a while since I renewed passports but always had to go to garda station with DH & said child Thanks

Great, thank you😊

Morning all,

Just wondering is anyone came across the following issue. Submitted 2 online adult Irish renewals (bog-standard, straight-forward) on Friday. Money taken from card, and not 1 but 3 confirmation email each with application number etc on them

Input application numbers into the tracking system and message appearing that application does not exist.

Tried to get through to passport office but may aswell be trying to get through to God.

Any ideas?

I'm still stuck in Printing, for almost 2 weeks now. I don't possibly understand why this thread is full of simple renewals being done and received in 2-3 days but yet I'm stuck in printing.. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but printing is no more difficult for a first time passport than for a renewal?

I'm sorry if I'm frustrated but I've been waiting for EIGHT MONTHS now.

I put in two first time passport applications last week, one is showing up as awaiting documentation, the other one doesn't appear to be on the system at all. Has anyone else had this issue? How long after submitting application did it take to appear on the system?

Hi everyone,

I applied for my newborn's passport a month ago. Supporting documents were delivered on Jan 6. But the tracker hasn't been updated yet. I am extremely worried at this moment and the Passport office gave no response except to wait.

I am aware the timeline for processing are quite crazy right now, but not acknowledging that they have received the documents after 4 weeks of them being delivered is a big cause of worry for me right now.

Any idea on how I can escalate the issue?

All the help is much appreciated.

Thanks so much, a bit reassuring. However, when I called them last week on Friday, the lady said my case is with the "documents department" and they are looking into it. So I am not sure if it's a glitch in the system or they haven't found them yet.

I'll try calling them again, though will probably have to take a day off from work - and try calling them incessantly to even get through one time.

Question for the good folks that have been through this. I see mention in both the thread, and in the linked article, that for first time applications people have submitted the parents original passports (or at least in the thread people asking for them to be returned). We submitted 2 requests for 1st time passports last week and the application form clearly stated that originals of the parents passports should not be submitted. In addition, as I renewed my own passport since the children were born, I submitted my original birth cert as instructed on the form. My wife submitted a copy of her passport.

Can anyone shed any light to the referencing of original passports being submitted? Are these requested later on in the process?

TIA

Looking for advise as website unclear & can’t get through to either Cork or Dublin on the phone & webchat greyed out……

Son has child passport due to expire 4 days after he turns 18, so I assume we have apply for 1st Adult Passport & wait until after he turn 18 to get the photos, form etc signed by the guard. Going to send in a paper application as his name on his current passport includes his first & middle name on his birth cert & he just want his name to be his first name & surname (as he is known as - easier for booking flights etc). Paper application has option for ‘name on passport’ & further down it asks for birth certificate name & if you want that to be recorded in observation, online renewal doesn’t give that option.

It looks for photographic id, his current id is his passport & his driver permit both of which have his first & middle name, his bank statements which will be his proof of address have just his first name - will I need to send in all the bank statements going back 2 years as proof of usage.

Do you envisage any issues with getting his passport issued in his first name & surname?

If we go for another child passport before he turns 18, even with sending in the paper application will it just issue with the name on his child passport or can we change it on that - no photo ID or proof of address required with that application.

Social Welfare have him registered as per birth certificate with both first & middle name & will only change his name on his PPSN back to his first name if we can bring in photo ID with his first name even though we brought in the 2 years proof of usage.

He wants his middle name removed if possible. Every day in school, in each class during roll call they call out both his first & middle name even though I have asked them to change it! So you can imagine how pi..ed off he is with his middle name (it’s Patrick so it could be worse 🤣)

Want to get this all sorted before he starts college in September…..

TIA

Hi, your son’s application is a renewal and not a 1st time adult (this is only for a person who’s never had a passport or if it’s expired a good few years, if you apply as a 1st time, it’ll take much longer. As Cookiee said, you can opt for birth certificate observation but must send in his birth certificate, the application may take longer to process as a document needs to be scanned.

I spoke with someone at the passport office who said there was a problem with the website and it is not reporting correct status for many passport applications. He gave me an AN Post tracking number, which shows status "Your delivery was received in UNITED STATES" over a week ago, and no movement since then. Is this typical, or to add insult to injury, has my passport been lost by AN Post?

Thanks

1. yes, just thr marriage certificate, original and they won’t accept church ones.
2. what age is the child?

Thank you so much! Fingers crossed. Booked flights for 30 April before we knew about the delays 😩

Hi I'm really starting to worry about the picture has anyone had a passport picture rejected on first time application and then have to go to the back of the que again??? Or do they pick it up ASAP and continue to process? Mine hasn't even gone to processing and docs accepted 5th Jan.