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Missing passport -travelling on January 5th

  • 02-12-2024 09:49AM
    #1
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    Lost may passport sometime between July and now, looked in all the usual places but to no avail.

    If I apply today what is the turnaround time?

    Thanks!

    FR



Comments

  • #2
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,545 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Online is a few days do it now



  • #3
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,673 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    It´s very fast, but may be delayed if you´re an unusual case (first time application for Irish passport, child etc.).



  • #4
    JIdontknow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭JIdontknow


    Not sure how accurate that is, depends on time of year and you also need to consider Christmas holidays too.

    Current Turnaround Times | DFA | Ireland.ie



  • #5
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 17,003 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    You can make an appointment and attend in person in the passport office and get your passport the same day. You have to book that 3 days in advance though - you can’t just rock up to the passport office and get the passport without an appointment. Check what the requirements are for renewing a lost or stolen passport, you may need to go to the Garda station and get something signed.



  • #6
    the_amazing_raisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,050 ✭✭✭✭the_amazing_raisin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912310#Comment_122912310

    Pretty sure you can't do that unless you're travelling within 5 days. I lost mine a few years ago 10 days before travelling and the passport office told me I'd have to wait until I was within the limit for an emergency application

    "The internet never fails to misremember" - Sebastian Ruiz, aka Frost



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  • #7
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,736 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Around this time last year I renewed my passport online at about 1:30pm, the new passport arrived in my door the next morning with the post at 10:30am.

    I didn't need it in a hurry or anything, just a normal renewal.

    I'm not saying that is always the case but it was for me.



  • #8
    Nigel Fairservice
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,539 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    Make a public counter application. If you make an online application it'll disappear into the void. At the counter they'll check you have all the correct documents. They might give you an issue date for 2 or 3 weeks time if you're not travelling imminently but at least you know you'll get it on that particular date.



  • #9
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 17,003 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    The DFA website doesn’t seem to say that, know a relative of mine suddenly realised his passport was expired 3 weeks before a trip in June of this year and he went in in person and got it. He did ring the passport office first though, so the OP would probably be as well to do that.



  • #10
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭FR85


    The complex adult bit gets me on the turnaround time. Had a quick Google and it's as clear as mud, I could fall into a category there



  • #11
    the_amazing_raisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,050 ✭✭✭✭the_amazing_raisin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912380#Comment_122912380

    Interesting, I guess things have improved since the last time I used it

    "The internet never fails to misremember" - Sebastian Ruiz, aka Frost



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  • #12
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 28,013 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    Replacing a lost passport is a bigger deal than renewing an expired passport — they take a lost passport seriously and their priority is not to replace it as quickly as possible, but to do ensure, so far as possible, that it hasn't been stolen (or sold!) and can't be used for nefarious purposes. They won't be bounced into replacing it in a hurry by the fact that you've made travel plans; they'll make you answer their questions and go through their procedures, which I think will include a garda report. So other people's experience of turnaround times for the replacement of expired passports is not really relevant here; you're playing a different game.

    More than a month should be enough time to meet their requirements, but start now. And make it clear from the outset that your problem is not an expired passport but a lost one.



  • #13
    Timesheet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Timesheet


    I renewed mine online last year and was shocked how quick it arrived even with abnormal renewal. They seem fairly efficient these days.



  • #14
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Depending on where you are travelling to, is applying for a passport card an option?



  • #15
    AnnieinDundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭AnnieinDundrum


    you need to report it as lost first. Then apply for a replacement. Unless it was close to expiry then a renewal is ok. By close I think it’s a few months.

    Had a kid (adult) lose his when it had a couple of months left on it so the office said this was the fastest way.



  • #16
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,545 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912310#Comment_122912310

    Online is quicker



  • #17
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058382988/missing-passport-travelling-on-january-5th

    Note the following on the DFA site

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  • #18
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭FR85


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912412#Comment_122912412

    I went the online route, clicked that the book was lost, full renewal process, photos, address, payment ect and all it said to me at the end was that I may have to take a call or make a statement which by all means I'm open to.

    I'm fully convinced the book is here somewhere, all my go to areas have been pulled apart and to no avail.



  • #19
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭FR85


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912582#Comment_122912582

    I'm headed for a canary island with Ryanair so I think a passport is the only way



  • #20
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122913330#Comment_122913330

    Check if a passport card would be ok - Canaries are Spanish so a passport card should be valid for travel and might be quicker to get than reporting your passpr ost and getting a replacement.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskIreland/comments/1dk7cth/can_i_use_my_passport_card_to_fly_to_gran_canaria/?rdt=64927



  • #21
    VG31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭VG31


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122913404#Comment_122913404

    That would be fine if the OP already has a passport card but they don't appear to.

    The passport card is linked to the passport book so you can't apply for one if you've lost your passport. Similarly, if you lose your passport, you shouldn't declare it as lost until you've back home as the passport card would also be invalidated.

    Just to add, the passport card is valid for travel to the EU, EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway), Switzerland and the UK/Crown Dependencies (where you can travel with any photo ID anyway). I've also used it for travel to Gibraltar before.



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  • #22
    beachhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭beachhead


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912582#Comment_122912582

    If he/she has the details of his/her existing pp then he/she can apply for a pp card-passport expiry date,pp number etc Card is valid for a max of 5 yrs or to the expiry date of your existing pp which could be less than 5 yrs.



  • #23
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭FR85


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914135#Comment_122914135

    I just elected to go down the lost route on the lot as with Ryanair they can be funny when it comes to ID for travelling to the UK alone, didn't want to take that chance.

    I might put a call into the office on Thursday and explain rather then wait for them to call me.

    Thanks all for the advice and support!



  • #24
    peter4918
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭peter4918


    Online is 3 days at the moment. Got sorted last week.



  • #25
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭watchclocker


    Ryanair aren't funny with passport cards, they accept them for travel to countries that accept passport cards

    Did you say a prayer to St Anthony?



  • #26
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭FR85


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914731#Comment_122914731

    Funnily enough I did the other day when I discovered it wasn't in the usual spot......he let me down! 😆



  • #27
    Timesheet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Timesheet


    The old passport will turn up somewhere shortly after you receive the new one.



  • #28
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭watchclocker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914998#Comment_122914998

    Ah give him a minute he does be very busy



  • #29
    FR85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭FR85


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122922522#Comment_122922522

    😁😁



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