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Guards refusing to fill out passport application

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  • #32
    smeedyova
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭smeedyova


    i like lamp wrote: »
    jeez! it was a joke :eek: stop getting ratty with me...... want to hug it out??? :D

    :D

    Yeah, I'm just going to ask the official people and report it to the Garda Ombudsman.:)


  • #33
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,582 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    smeedyova wrote: »
    ...and report it to the Garda Ombudsman.:)

    A tremendous waste of time and resources of the Garda Ombudsman. The Garda was not happy you were who you said you were on the form. If he's not happy he doesn't sign. End of story. Next time prove who you are, bring bills, an Agecard, bank statements or whatever and satisfy the Garda on duty. Your complaint should go in the bin IMO


  • #34
    i like lamp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭i like lamp


    smeedyova wrote: »
    i like lamp wrote: »
    jeez! it was a joke :eek: stop getting ratty with me...... want to hug it out??? :D

    :D

    Yeah, I'm just going to ask the official people and report it to the Garda Ombudsman.:)

    yeah, i would ask both! See what the garda ombudsman states is policy as well! Judging by the state of the way this country is run, i wouldnt be relying on the answer of one side! Incosistincies isnt exactly rare in this country!

    I like the idea of going to the local station because of what i said in the last post! Just because you have a clear record and they dont know you doesnt mean that your neighbour has. Chances are the local garda station are going to be the only ones that will know your neighbour. He/she might be trying to do a runner :eek: They might be a russian spy! So many possibilities.

    I wouldnt be getting to worked up over it though, its only a minor thing at the end of the day. Theres plenty more major things to be worrying about these days! :D

    Post back with their replies just out of curiosity... and then we can rebel against the side who are wrong! I will burn my bra outside their door! :pac:


  • #35
    cushtac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭cushtac


    smeedyova wrote: »
    Can you support your claim by pointing me to the law which says that the guards don't have to do this? If the guards don't have to do this then why are we instructed by the Department of Foreign Affairs to have the form completed by a garda? An additional task is a task.

    Read the back of the form where the Garda signs; it says that the Garda must only sign if he or she is satisfied as to the identity of the applicant - that in itself says that the Garda is not obliged to sign it.

    The Garda refused to sign your form precisely because he wasn't satisfied and referred you back to your local station because: (a) they are more likely to know you and (b) they would be in a better position to carry out any further inquiries if necessary.
    smeedyova wrote: »
    Also, I do have a clue what I am talking about, so there is no need to be offensive.

    You obviously don't, otherwise you wouldn't have called the refusal 'unconstitutional'.
    smeedyova wrote:
    Thanks for your replies but all you did was tell me that the guards can do what they want, which is not the case. They have to answer to the laws of the land and unless you can point me to the law which supports your argument I'm afraid we'll just have to leave it at that.

    Gardaí can & do answer to the laws of the land, and you've yet to prove that the Garda in question did so (which is up to you btw, not the other way around). If you are that convinced the law has been broken and your constitutional rights to have a form stamped have been infringed you should make a complaint to the Ombudsman.


  • #36
    smeedyova
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭smeedyova


    TouchingVirus wrote: »
    A tremendous waste of time and resources of the Garda Ombudsman. The Garda was not happy you were who you said you were on the form. If he's not happy he doesn't sign. End of story. Next time prove who you are, bring bills, an Agecard, bank statements or whatever and satisfy the Garda on duty. Your complaint should go in the bin IMO


    I had all of those things with me. The garda made no effort to look at any of my papers.


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  • #37
    smeedyova
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭smeedyova


    i like lamp wrote: »
    hold up!!

    did you not bring any other i.d???


    :D Yeah, I brought all my old teachers with me :D Will PM you when I have a documented answer.


  • #38
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    That such a mickey mouse matter should form the basis for a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman is, in my opinion , a truly appalling waste of state resources.
    OP - as others have said : get over it !


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