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looperman1000 · 12-06-2013 03:49PM

barnabybear wrote: »

It might be easier and cheaper for you to go to Belfast and get an Easyjet flight (no passport required)!

€88 for a return, thats a very good possibility!

Thanks BB!

donmeister · 12-06-2013 06:33PM

Hey guys, just wondering can anyone put my mind at ease I'm sweating a bit!

Going to France on the Monday 24th June, sent off for my passport on the Thursday 7th June, using Passport Express which has a 10 working day turnaround, checked the website with date issued 20th, does that mean its posted that day or arriving that day?

ProudDUB · 13-06-2013 11:55AM

Hi.

Will an Irish citizen who has an expired Irish passport & a valid US, one have any trouble traveling to the UK on just the US passport? The US passport does not have any sort of holiday visa for Ireland in it, as the holder has always entered Ireland using their Irish passport. Don't know the method of travel yet. It may be ferry, it may be either Ryanair or Aer Lingus.

I know that Ryanair require a passport as ID, but are there any other hoops that they make the holder jump thru if they are traveling on a non EU passport? I am aware of the common travel zone thingy that goes on between the UK and Ireland, but does that apply to all travelers or just Irish and UK citizens?

Getting the Irish passport renewed before the trip in not an option btw. Ta.

seanmacc · 13-06-2013 12:56PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Hi.

Will an Irish citizen who has an expired Irish passport & a valid US, one have any trouble traveling to the UK on just the US passport? The US passport does not have any sort of holiday visa for Ireland in it, as the holder has always entered Ireland using their Irish passport. Don't know the method of travel yet. It may be ferry, it may be either Ryanair or Aer Lingus.

I know that Ryanair require a passport as ID, but are there any other hoops that they make the holder jump thru if they are traveling on a non EU passport? I am aware of the common travel zone thingy that goes on between the UK and Ireland, but does that apply to all travelers or just Irish and UK citizens?

Getting the Irish passport renewed before the trip in not an option btw. Ta.

The common travel are only applies to UK and Irish citizens. I believe it does apply to legal residents of Ireland and the UK also. If this is the case you can travel on your valid US passport (for the airlines) and just have another valid form of ID (i.e drivers licence ect.) for UK boarder agency.

For the ferries Irish Ferries and Stenaline do not require any id for check in but there is immigration control at both sides. The immigration in the sea ports generally just ask you your nationality as you go through. If you were to say you were Irish and they don't believe you they will ask for production of an ID. In most cases an expired Irish passport will satisfy them.

I work in Dublin Port. There are many regular travellers who have no id whatsoever and travel using utility bills and birth certs without a problem.

Alainn Beauty MUA · 13-06-2013 01:06PM

schemingbohemia wrote: »

What is a professional licence? Generally speaking Aer Lingus will accept anything at all.

haha sorry my bad i meant Provisional Driving Licence?thanks

Ath trasna · 13-06-2013 01:21PM

Hi, Sent off my passport application using passport express, I have been keeping an eye on the website and it is showing as "Received on 29/05/2013 and has been registered".It also says an issue date of 12th June(yesterday). I'm just wondering from other peoples experience how long does it take to get the passport back and if there is a problem with it how soon would you find out (I am just a bit concerned about the photographs, hopefully worrying over nothing)

Thanks for any info.

faddenm · 13-06-2013 01:29PM

Ath trasna wrote: »

Hi, Sent off my passport application using passport express, I have been keeping an eye on the website and it is showing as "Received on 29/05/2013 and has been registered".It also says an issue date of 12th June(yesterday). I'm just wondering from other peoples experience how long does it take to get the passport back and if there is a problem with it how soon would you find out (I am just a bit concerned about the photographs, hopefully worrying over nothing)

Thanks for any info.

It might be best to ring the passport office and ask, my colleague in work received her new passport this morning and her application was received on May 29th and her issue date was June 12th.

My application was received May 30th and the issue date is today but the application is still at checking stage

JoustKontrol · 13-06-2013 02:49PM

faddenm wrote: »

It might be best to ring the passport office and ask, my colleague in work received her new passport this morning and her application was received on May 29th and her issue date was June 12th.

My application was received May 30th and the issue date is today but the application is still at checking stage

What part in ireland are you from if you don't mind me asking?.

My issue date is June 18th but I'm due to fly out the afternoon of the 20th. I'm also located in the North West so I'm very anxious and debating what the best action for me would be to take.

I'm very interested in seeing if your passport arrives tomorrow, the day after your issue date.

Chabals Beard · 13-06-2013 02:50PM

I sent my application lastThursday the 6th of June. I was hoping to have it for the 21st, will I get it? My issue date is the 20th.

faddenm · 13-06-2013 03:11PM

JoustKontrol wrote: »

What part in ireland are you from if you don't mind me asking?.

My issue date is June 18th but I'm due to fly out the afternoon of the 20th. I'm also located in the North West so I'm very anxious and debating what the best action for me would be to take.

I'm very interested in seeing if your passport arrives tomorrow, the day after your issue date.

I'm located in Leinster. I rang this morning and asked about getting it by tomorrow and collecting it in Molesworth St as opposed to it going in the post to Leinster. They were very nice on the phone and I'm expecting a call to let me know when what time I can collect the passport tomorrow, the problem is on the tracking system it's not approved yet so not sure if I will be collecting it!

derm58 · 13-06-2013 04:35PM

faddenm wrote: »

I'm located in Leinster. I rang this morning and asked about getting it by tomorrow and collecting it in Molesworth St as opposed to it going in the post to Leinster. They were very nice on the phone and I'm expecting a call to let me know when what time I can collect the passport tomorrow, the problem is on the tracking system it's not approved yet so not sure if I will be collecting it!

i tried ringing today but got a voice message saying they wont take phone-calls. the message said to send an email instead.
what time did you ring ?

faddenm · 13-06-2013 04:44PM

derm58 wrote: »

i tried ringing today but got a voice message saying they wont take phone-calls. the message said to send an email instead.
what time did you ring ?

9am on the dot and got through. My work colleague found that if she kept ringing she would get through to the holding line to talk to someone and that was late morning a couple of days ago. I sent an email last night and didn't get any reply.

I got a call there to say my passport is ready and to collect it tomorrow afternoon

the lady also said the tracking online would update shortly as my application wasn't updated today and I was worrying if my application was rejected.

Best to ring early morning and talk to them about your application, I found them very helpful. Good luck with your application!

iDann · 13-06-2013 07:13PM

Could anyone help me on this?

I got my second passport 5years ago and it expires this month, and I'm 18 now.

Do I just apply as normal as a renewal or do I go with first time adult application?

I'm just confused! :S

Thanks in advance!

Chabals Beard · 13-06-2013 07:16PM

Need my passport for the 21St, issue date is the 20th, will I get it in time?

Faith+1 · 13-06-2013 10:25PM

Chabals Beard wrote: »

Need my passport for the 21St, issue date is the 20th, will I get it in time?

If you send it now? Then No.

Chabals Beard · 14-06-2013 09:39AM

Faith+1 wrote: »

If you send it now? Then No.

Sent it last Thursday

try · 14-06-2013 10:31AM

Why do we have to show a passport at passport control in Dublin airport when travelling within the UK and Ireland common travel area from England to Ireland?

theteal · 14-06-2013 10:33AM

I've shown my DL instead on several occasions

srsly78 · 14-06-2013 10:35AM

try wrote: »

Why do we have to show a passport at passport control in Dublin airport when travelling within the UK and Ireland common travel area from England to Ireland?

Because they don't have a special area for arrivals from UK+channel islands. Similarly some UK airports have a special area, but others don't. Gatwick certainly does, all you have to do is show your boarding pass to get through. London City airport only has 1 runway, and if it's a flight from Ireland arriving they just temporarily open/remove all the immigration checks - walk straight through without showing anything.

I think if you showed your boarding pass in Dublin you could get through without a passport.

14-06-2013 10:36AM

Its weird, i accidentally went to the UK and then France and back again on an expired passport. I thought i had another year but nobody noticed.

coolhull · 14-06-2013 10:36AM

Far as I know, its only Ryanair that asks for a passport when you're going to Britain

TheChizler · 14-06-2013 10:38AM

For immigration as long as you have acceptable proof of Irish nationality it's ok, passport is just convenient. Airlines differ on the matter.

srsly78 · 14-06-2013 10:39AM

TheChizler wrote: »

For immigration as long as you have acceptable proof of Irish nationality it's ok, passport is just convenient. Airlines differ on the matter.

This has got nothing to do with it. There is a common travel area between Ireland and the UK, as per the anglo-irish agreement.

Airline check-in and national border control are completely seperate things. Ryanair insist on a passport, but border control do not if travelling between Ireland and the UK.

jjbrien · 14-06-2013 11:33AM

I always found it funny you land in Liverpool and walk straight out of the airport without seeing a passport desk at all. Arrive at an Irish Airport then its passport control for you. Same with the ferry. Go to Holyhead then no passport control arrive back at Dun Laoighre or Irish Ferries Dublin port theres passoport control. However if you arrive at T2 Stena in Dublin Port then no passport control. Also never passport control if you arrive by car just sometimes random checks.

munchkin_utd · 14-06-2013 11:42AM

srsly78 wrote: »

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I think if you showed your boarding pass in Dublin you could get through without a passport.

plus only irish and british citizens can travel without a passport so if you cannot convince the lad checking passports that you are irish or british (through accent and random general knowledge or otherwise) then you will have hassles and may not be let in the country.

gebbel · 14-06-2013 11:56AM

My brother has a passport due for collection in Dublin after 3.30pm today. He is in Galway and has asked me to collect it for him, to save him the travel to Dublin today....he flies tomorrow.

He has given me the collection number. I can't get through to the office to confirm that they will give me his passport. If they don't, then he won't be going anywhere tomorrow.

Will they give it to me, or it is too much of a risk for him not to hit the road straight away,

Cheers

Lapin · 14-06-2013 12:15PM

I was in the Passport office yesterday collecting my own passport. There was a fella at the hatch next to me collecting one for his son so it probably is doable.

However, I don't know if yer man had some prior arrangement with the office to enable him to do so. So I'm not 100%.

Keep ringing them on (01) 671 1633. Their phone lines are always busy but you will get through eventually.

Bear in mind, the office closes at 4.30 so if you don't have any joy by at least 2 o clock, I'd suggest your brother gets his skates on to drive up himself.

coylemj · 14-06-2013 12:17PM

srsly78 wrote: »

This has got nothing to do with it. There is a common travel area between Ireland and the UK, as per the anglo-irish agreement.

It pre-dates the Anglo-Irish agreement, it goes back to the time we declared a Republic at which point the UK parliament passed the Ireland Act 1949 which effectively said that the new republic would not be treated as a foreign country which is how Irish people arriving in the UK were immediately allowed to register to vote and they did not require a passport to travel between the two islands.

To answer the OP's question, there was a time when the levels of traffic passing through Dublin airport allowed them to send passengers arriving from the UK down a separate corridor and straight into baggage reclaim with no passport check. With the Celtic Tiger and the explosion in passenger numbers this became impossible to maintain so everyone was sent down a gangway which contained an immigration control point.

If you travelled to the UK with Aer Lingus prior to 9/11, you didn't require identification of any kind and on the odd occasion you arrived home to find that your plane had docked at a gate from where you were sent to an immigration desk, you could just flash the boarding card and they let you through.

Since 9/11, every airline requires some kind of ID and I'm probably typical in that I just bring the passport everywhere because it makes things easier, especially when boarding at the airport coming home.

lazygit · 14-06-2013 12:18PM

i collected my own passport in Balbriggian a few months ago, i just called to the door, gave the collection number and was handed a sealed package, there is no way the person who gave me the passport knew i was the correct person, i was not asked for ID.

theteal · 14-06-2013 12:20PM

jjbrien wrote: »

I always found it funny you land in Liverpool and walk straight out of the airport without seeing a passport desk at all. Arrive at an Irish Airport then its passport control for you. Same with the ferry. Go to Holyhead then no passport control arrive back at Dun Laoighre or Irish Ferries Dublin port theres passoport control. However if you arrive at T2 Stena in Dublin Port then no passport control. Also never passport control if you arrive by car just sometimes random checks.

stansted have been checking passports the last few times that I've gone through - monday morning being the most recent

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