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  • #4112
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,302 ✭✭✭Gatica


    I wouldn't say it's faster than all EU countries. Spain processes passports on the spot, takes about half an hour. If you do it from Ireland it takes about 3 weeks, and that's including the postage time.
    France does passports starting from 2 weeks, which is about 10 working days. I'm guessing longer in busier periods plus the time it takes to post.


  • #4113
    Poochie05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,355 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    <snip>

    Read back through all the pages here and see how many people realise at the last minute that their passport is about to expire, these people only think to renew their passports at very late notice and usually in the summer when most other people are doing the same thing. That's why it sometimes takes a bit longer than 10 working days, at the moment it's 2 days over that limit which isn't bad given the number of applications at present.

    Not only that but the people who leave it until the last minute bump the people who applied in good time using Passport Express further down the queue!


  • #4114
    ShellyBops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭ShellyBops


    hi I am wondering can anyone help me.

    Me and my friend are flying out on 10th August and I have applied for mine last Friday with Northern Ireland passport express, will it be here in time?

    My friend was going to go to passport office in Dublin with the travel documents to get hers. She has never had one either before and will she be able to get one over the counter in time?


  • #4115
    Bateman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    As title says

    Thanks in advance:)


  • #4116
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,754 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Leaving it a bit late to renew the passport? ;)


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  • #4117
    Thunder63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Thunder63


    Hi, I've applied for 1st passport for new baby. We live in Australia and applied through embassy in Canberra.
    The tracking tells me it was received on 3/7/13 and was issued on 17/7/13.
    It still says registered and received but hasn't changed. What does issuing mean and why has it not arrived back if it has been issued 12 days ago?

    Thanks


  • #4118
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #4119
    Thunder63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Thunder63


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Thank you


  • #4120
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Can aNyone share their experience of applying for a British passport? My mum was born there and have had my passport lost/ stolen 3 times. Would the British Embassy cross reference my Irish passport history thereby affecting the duration of any British passport I may be granted? I want to get away from a restricted passport which would be probably valid for 6 months or less if I applied for another Irish one.


  • #4121
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #4122
    ASOT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,764 ✭✭✭ASOT


    How's a going lads/Ladies, my passport expired expired last month but I can't for the life of me find it so essentially it's lost, what exactly should I do now to go about getting a new one? I'm also traveling away on the 10th of September , what are the turn around times these days?


  • #4123
    Ceiteach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭Ceiteach


    ASOT wrote: »
    How's a going lads/Ladies, my passport expired expired last month but I can't for the life of me find it so essentially it's lost, what exactly should I do now to go about getting a new one? I'm also traveling away on the 10th of September , what are the turn around times these days?

    The turnaround for Passport Express is currently 12 working days, and its 90 euro.

    You need to declare your old passport lost, there's a specific section on the application form, and have it signed by a Garda. You also need to submit a copy of your birth cert, pay slip/bank statement, student ID/drivers license and utility bill.


  • #4124
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    Do have another really good look for it first before you report it lost, if your next passport is lost or stolen you might only be granted a restricted passport the next time.

    I was just about to report mine lost when I found it in the nice safe place I'd left it - a notebook I'd brought abroad with me the previous trip 6 months earlier.


  • #4125
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Sorry another question, have the application but it's looking for the name of my father on the birth certificate.. it's not on it however, just my mother's... will this be a problem? No marriage cert either.


  • #4126
    netopia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭netopia


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Sorry another question, have the application but it's looking for the name of my father on the birth certificate.. it's not on it however, just my mother's... will this be a problem? No marriage cert either.

    Irish or British application??


  • #4127
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Sorry, British.


  • #4128
    froshtyv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭froshtyv


    Im sure this has been asked before but i havint come across it.

    Im going to Sardinia for 10 days until the 1st of September.

    My passport runs out on the 29th of September.

    From what i have been reading up, once my passport is valid within the period of my stay i should be fine.

    I think im cutting it a bit close for waiting on passport express as im flying out on the 22nd of this month so if i post a form tomorrow best case
    scenario is that i get the passport back on the 21st?

    Anyone experience anything similar?

    Thanks in advance.


  • #4129
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #4130
    froshtyv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭froshtyv


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Cheers for the reply,

    I was on the Ryan air website and the department of foreign affairs and both say that the passport had to be valid for the period of my stay, which it is.


  • #4131
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #4132
    froshtyv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭froshtyv


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Thanks

    Im probably a bit paranoid as i obviously dont want to miss my holiday.

    Im going to ring ryan air tmrw too (",)


  • #4133
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    Ok, so from the previous query I had, I now have a passport of limited validity. I’m sure my passport must be ready by now and I’ll contact the embassy in Madrid, but I wasn’t really in a hurry because I’m going there in a few weeks. However my Mam and sisters are over visiting and we were talking about going to Morocco, and it only just occurred to me, I probably can’t got there on a passport of limited validity, can I?


  • #4134
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    cailinoBAC wrote: »
    Ok, so from the previous query I had, I now have a passport of limited validity. I’m sure my passport must be ready by now and I’ll contact the embassy in Madrid, but I wasn’t really in a hurry because I’m going there in a few weeks. However my Mam and sisters are over visiting and we were talking about going to Morocco, and it only just occurred to me, I probably can’t got there on a passport of limited validity, can I?

    I was fairly sure that limited validity only really means time limited, as in you won't get a 10 year passport just a 3 year or perhaps even just 1 year passport. There are no other limitations to its use.


  • #4135
    AGC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭AGC


    cailinoBAC wrote: »
    Ok, so from the previous query I had, I now have a passport of limited validity. I’m sure my passport must be ready by now and I’ll contact the embassy in Madrid, but I wasn’t really in a hurry because I’m going there in a few weeks. However my Mam and sisters are over visiting and we were talking about going to Morocco, and it only just occurred to me, I probably can’t got there on a passport of limited validity, can I?

    Did you not have to submit your limited validity passoprt with your application? Even though it is limited validity it is still a passport which you can travel on.

    If your new application is not ready then you can travel. if it is ready you will need to get it as the current one will be expired.


  • #4136
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    Yeah, I use it every day to go to Gibraltar from Spain and I can use it go anywhere else. However, they only have a 7 month's validity which means that there is only 5 months left, so I think I'm just going to give it a miss. I mean I think they might not be as strict as if you fly, but I'd rather not get a ferry there and then have a problem. I need to contact the embassy about whether my proper passport is ready yet (I assume so at this stage) but won't have it in time, anyway need to figure out when I can pick it up as I have to hand this one in to get it.


  • #4137
    AGC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭AGC


    cailinoBAC wrote: »
    Yeah, I use it every day to go to Gibraltar from Spain and I can use it go anywhere else. However, they only have a 7 month's validity which means that there is only 5 months left, so I think I'm just going to give it a miss. I mean I think they might not be as strict as if you fly, but I'd rather not get a ferry there and then have a problem. I need to contact the embassy about whether my proper passport is ready yet (I assume so at this stage) but won't have it in time, anyway need to figure out when I can pick it up as I have to hand this one in to get it.

    Even though your passport only has 7 months validity it is still a legal travel document so they would have no grounds to refuse you


  • #4138
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    Yeah....but I've had it 2 months so now only 5 months left (under the magic 6 months) I am tempted to go for it though...


  • #4139
    livinsane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭livinsane


    cailinoBAC wrote: »
    Yeah....but I've had it 2 months so now only 5 months left (under the magic 6 months) I am tempted to go for it though...

    Those seven month passports are considered emergency documents. If you're travelling on an emergency passport, I'd ring your nearest Moroccon embassy to check if it's acceptable. The only country I know that doesn't accept them is the USA but it's worth checking.


  • #4140
    AGC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭AGC


    cailinoBAC wrote: »
    Yeah....but I've had it 2 months so now only 5 months left (under the magic 6 months) I am tempted to go for it though...

    That 6 months thing in a lot of cases is a myth. Once it is still in date for when you have your return you will be grand


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  • #4141
    AGC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭AGC


    livinsane wrote: »
    Those seven month passports are considered emergency documents. If you're travelling on an emergency passport, I'd ring your nearest Moroccon embassy to check if it's acceptable. The only country I know that doesn't accept them is the USA but it's worth checking.

    They aren't emergency documents, it is a passport. Emergency Passports are no longer issued and don't exist.

    The is an emergency document that is given in some cases but it is only valid for 1 journey. If you lost a passoprt in Spain for instance they will give you a document which will allow you travel home but it then becomes invalid straight away.


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