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i didn't apply for a job overseas, i was asked , and btw what is wrong with not having a passport, you have to have money to travel and to get passports and i don't have either.

twomill wrote: »

i called into passport office to apply for 1st passport for a job overseas and they told me it will be 20 working days before i can get it so goodbye job. a great little country we live in.3rd of october before i will get it.

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Why haven't you had a passport before? Why didn't you, the moment you started applying for jobs abroad apply for a passport then?

twomill wrote: »

i didn't apply for a job overseas, i was asked , and btw what is wrong with not having a passport, you have to have money to travel and to get passports and i don't have either.

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Eh?

The issue with not having a passport previously is exactly what's happened to you - you may need it at short notice for something unexpected.

If you'd saved €2 a week from your income the past year you'd have had enough money for a passport. Don't blame the system for taking a massive :rolleyes: 20 days to ensure that a very valuable document is going to the right person, blame yourself for not having prepared for every eventuality.

How much have you spent on useless things over the past year? Smokes, Drinks etc?

How is she travellling Jenno? Should be ok with driving licence on Aer Lingus I think, and maybe on the ferry too, not sure.

If she wants to fly it will have to be Aer Lingus, Ryanair will not take her without a valid (current) passport. She's unlikely to have any problems on the ferry but I'd bring some form of ID just in case.

Here's the Aer Lingus rules...

Travel between Ireland and the UK or UK Domestic travel

Citizens of Ireland and the UK must carry some form of official photo identification.

Note: In order to travel between Ireland and the UK with photo identification other than a passport, passengers must have been born in Ireland or the UK and also be a citizen of either country.

The following forms of photo identification are acceptable:

• Valid Passport
• Driver's licence with photo
• International student card
• National ID card / Government issued photo ID cards
• Health Insurance cards with photo / Social security cards with photo
• Bus pass with photo
• Work ID with photo

http://www.aerlingus.com/travelinformation/knowbeforeyoufly/visaspassports/#d.en.4568

coylemj wrote: »

If she wants to fly it will have to be Aer Lingus, Ryanair will not take her without a valid (current) passport. She's unlikely to have any problems on the ferry but I'd bring some form of ID just in case.

Here's the Aer Lingus rules...

Travel between Ireland and the UK or UK Domestic travel

Citizens of Ireland and the UK must carry some form of official photo identification.

Note: In order to travel between Ireland and the UK with photo identification other than a passport, passengers must have been born in Ireland or the UK and also be a citizen of either country.

The following forms of photo identification are acceptable:

• Valid Passport
• Driver's licence with photo
• International student card
• National ID card / Government issued photo ID cards
• Health Insurance cards with photo / Social security cards with photo
• Bus pass with photo
• Work ID with photo

http://www.aerlingus.com/travelinformation/knowbeforeyoufly/visaspassports/#d.en.4568[/QUOTE]

BA also an option as are Cityjet (London City) and possibly Easyjet to Belfast

I'm travelling to the UK in late October and need to renew my passport beforehand. It expired more than a year ago. I can't find my current one, however, but I do have a black and white photocopy of the photograph page on an A4 sheet. Would that be sufficient for the application? According to the Citizen's Information website, "A photocopy of the photograph page of your old/current passport" may be used, but it doesn't specify whether or not that has to be a colour copy. It would be nice to avoid having to report the document as lost.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers. As luck would have it, the passport surfaced in the last hour anyway.

Hi. Is it definite that Ryanair will not accept anything other than a current passport for flights to the UK? Thanks.

macslash wrote: »

Hi. Is it definite that Ryanair will not accept anything other than a current passport for flights to the UK? Thanks.

That or a nartional ID Card. They will NOT accept a drivers license.

Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, residence cards, seaman books, a police report (issued in the event of travel document loss/theft), military ID cards etc. Expired or damaged forms of photo-id will not be accepted on any flight.

http://www.ryanair.com/en/terms-and-conditions#regulations-traveldocumentation
(See section "travel documentation")

Where you're flying to makes no difference - the only issue there would be if the local authorites would accept it in order to allow you entry teh country of disembarkation (which , if you're flyig to the UK, isn't really relevant).

macslash wrote: »

Thanks.

When you say National ID Card do you mean the age card? It's stupid how Aer Lingus do accept driver's licence's and Ryanair do not.

And ya I'm Irish!

No, the age card is not a national ID card. Ireland and Britain don't have them.

Hope you're not travelling soon.

macslash wrote: »

End of October! I got the passport form to fill in yesterday but thought I might save €80 for a while if I could travel without it.
Actually, what is the average amount of time it takes for the passport to go through?

Thanks again.

Depends on the time of year - probably a bit quicker now taht the summer's nearly over. You'l lhave plenty of time though.

Thanks both of you for replying! I am flying home with AerLingus, but flying over with Ryanair Thanks for all the help!

Hi,

Hope someone can maybe reassure me here as I feel quite panicky but I'm flying to Scotland next friday (7 days from now) to see my girlfriend. However my passport got stolen last night and I have a meeting on monday morning in the passport office, to which I have to bring up the fully completed application etc, where they will tell me if I qualify or not for a priority.
Unfortunatly when I was 12 my mother got robbed in France and my passport was stolen along with hers and I had to get a new one. So technically this is my 2nd lost passport even though the other time it was not an adult passport and I was too young to even fully remember it to be honest.

Any opinions, will I be ok?

Driving licence got taken too so all I have are college ID and age card.
Anyway flying with ryanir so doesnt matter

A few pages back someone got it very quickly so you should be ok. I'm presuming you've got the Garda stamp on your stolen passport form?

To obtain a new passport you should complete a passport application form [APS1 if resident in the State, APS2 if resident elsewhere]. This should be witnessed by a member of An Garda Síochána if you are resident in the State or by one of the eligible witnesses listed on the APS2 form if you live elsewhere. The application form includes a section [Section 6 - Statement of Loss] to enable you to provide details or the circumstances of the loss of the passport. You should provide a full explanation of the circumstances.

When applying for your new passport you must resubmit your documents showing your proof of citizenship as if you were applying for the first time, please refer to First time adult applicants/Lost and stolen passports for requirements.

If you have a poor passport record, ie have lost two or more passports, it is likely that only very limited passport facilities will be given for specific travel purposes. On each occasion on which a passport is issued, even when this is a limited validity passport, the full passport fee will be payable.