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  • #5372
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,302 ✭✭✭Gatica


    There's a thread for this:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055861574


  • #5373
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    Try and get an appointment and see if you can get an emergency passport, it will cost more and they shouldn't give it to you as it's not a real emergency but it seems like they are doing so at the moment.


  • #5374
    Minigocko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭Minigocko


    Applied for a passport today, travelling July 31st, will i get it on time?


  • #5375
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,879 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Purdia wrote: »
    Hello, I cannot get any reply from the Passport office, they aren't answering their phones or my emails. I have a concern over my daughter's passport application. It was received on the 2nd July with an issue date of 15 July but the status has not changed at all. It is stil only "registered". Has the passport not been checked yet?

    I have the very same issue with child's passport. What email address did you use?

    Edit, found it: passportdublin@dfa.ie


  • #5376
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,879 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Minigocko wrote: »
    Applied for a passport today, travelling July 31st, will i get it on time?

    At this stage, it's a gamble. We've been waiting since July 1st. :(


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  • #5377
    Minigocko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭Minigocko


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    At this stage, it's a gamble. We've been waiting since July 1st. :(

    I applied for the express, it was a massive gamble


  • #5378
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    Minigocko wrote: »
    Applied for a passport today, travelling July 31st, will i get it on time?

    Unlikely, I'd say. Depends on whether or not you're a first time applicant, and how you applied. I'm assuming you applied via Passport Express, but even still you are cutting it very close.


  • #5379
    Minigocko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭Minigocko


    I'm 17, so I applied for an under 18 5 year passport, it expired today so I renewed it, and yes I applied through Passport Express, I'm going to send an email today, anything that could possibly help


  • #5380
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    As it's a renewal, it should be slightly quicker than a first-time applicant. Still cutting it close though. If you have flights booked, I'd be emailing them in and asking the passport office to issue the passport in time for your flights.

    Also ask if you can arrange collection.


  • #5381
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Hi I have received my passport back but I have to sign it stupid question I know but I can't sign it with a pen because of the plastic coating what do I sign it with???


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  • #5382
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,754 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Is the signature field on your new passport blank?

    That strip comes from the form you filled in, the people in the passport office then cut it out and include it on the photo page, the same as happens with a driving licence. It's not intended to be signed after they send you the passport.

    If you didn't sign the form properly, they shouldn't have issued you with the passport, neither should the Garda have filled in the form. You're supposed to sign the form in the presence of the Garda in your local station.

    The problem you have now is that when you present the passport, they will think that you have deliberately erased the original signature. You need to contact the passport office and get it sorted.


  • #5383
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    lulu1 wrote: »
    Hi I have received my passport back but I have to sign it stupid question I know but I can't sign it with a pen because of the plastic coating what do I sign it with???

    You sign the observation page, you'll see a part that says signature.


  • #5384
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    You sign the observation page, you'll see a part that says signature.

    Thanks so much I see it mow


  • #5385
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    coylemj wrote: »
    Is the signature field on your new passport blank?

    That strip comes from the form you filled in, the people in the passport office then cut it out and include it on the photo page, the same as happens with a driving licence. It's not intended to be signed after they send you the passport.

    If you didn't sign the form properly, they shouldn't have issued you with the passport, neither should the Garda have filled in the form. You're supposed to sign the form in the presence of the Garda in your local station.

    The problem you have now is that when you present the passport, they will think that you have deliberately erased the original signature. You need to contact the passport office and get it sorted.

    That was the case with old passports. You still sign the form in the presence of the Gardaí but they don't put your signature on it anymore. You sign on the passport receipt now.


  • #5386
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Hi yes I thought the exact same as you this is my second passport so things must have changed . The poster below put me right thanks a lot


  • #5387
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,754 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    lulu1 wrote: »
    Hi yes I thought the exact same as you this is my second passport so things must have changed . The poster below put me right thanks a lot

    Sorry, my own passport is only two years old so I thought I was up to date on the procedures - obviously not!


  • #5388
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    coylemj wrote: »
    Sorry, my own passport is only two years old so I thought I was up to date on the procedures - obviously not!

    No harm done thanks for your help


  • #5389
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,014 ✭✭✭✭briany


    I'm getting a new one. The Gard only signed two of my photos (name, date, form number). Didn't know anything about a stamp. That probably won't be acceptable, will it?


  • #5390
    Purdia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭Purdia


    Hello - is there anyone from the Passport Office on here? I have been tracking my daughter's passport through the website, it was received on the 2nd July, with an issue date of the 15th July. The status has not changed from registered and it is now two days past the issue date. I cannot get through to anyone in the passport office and I have sent email after email with no response. I feel like my daughter's passport has disappeared into a big black hole?
    Help me please if there is an official here.
    My tracking ID is 10341783580

    It is not a new passport it is a renewal, thanks to all who asked earlier, I am sorry I didn't see the earlier questions.
    I keep getting the recorded message when I ring about them not being able to take calls. Does anyone have another number for them? I have just sent my 6th email too.


  • #5391
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,302 ✭✭✭Gatica


    briany wrote: »
    I'm getting a new one. The Gard only signed two of my photos (name, date, form number). Didn't know anything about a stamp. That probably won't be acceptable, will it?

    There's a declaration section on the form that you sign, which is witnessed by the garda. There's a bit where I think you must sign within a box, which is the signature that will go in your passport. I can't see how a passport would be valid without a signature...


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  • #5392
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,014 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Gatica wrote: »
    There's a declaration section on the form that you sign, which is witnessed by the garda. There's a bit where I think you must sign within a box, which is the signature that will go in your passport. I can't see how a passport would be valid without a signature...

    :confused:

    The form itself is all stamped and signed, it's just that he only signed 2 of the 4 photographs with his name, date and form number. I read, though, that these usually get stamped as well.


  • #5393
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,302 ✭✭✭Gatica


    Sorry, I had you confused with another poster that didn't have signature on the passport. As far as I remember only 2 of the photos are signed by garda. I had a first time application, 2 photos out of 4 were signed and he put the application number on the back as well. I don't think they are stamped.


  • #5394
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    briany wrote: »
    I'm getting a new one. The Gard only signed two of my photos (name, date, form number). Didn't know anything about a stamp. That probably won't be acceptable, will it?

    2 stamped photos is fine. Garda stamp on the form is required as well.


  • #5395
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    Purdia wrote: »
    Hello - is there anyone from the Passport Office on here? I have been tracking my daughter's passport through the website, it was received on the 2nd July, with an issue date of the 15th July. The status has not changed from registered and it is now two days past the issue date. I cannot get through to anyone in the passport office and I have sent email after email with no response. I feel like my daughter's passport has disappeared into a big black hole?
    Help me please if there is an official here.
    My tracking ID is 10341783580

    It is not a new passport it is a renewal, thanks to all who asked earlier, I am sorry I didn't see the earlier questions.
    I keep getting the recorded message when I ring about them not being able to take calls. Does anyone have another number for them? I have just sent my 6th email too.

    Hi,

    Passport Express applications appear to be 2 to 3 working days behind. Your daughter's application should be looked at today or tomorrow.


  • #5396
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Purdia wrote: »
    Hello - is there anyone from the Passport Office on here? I have been tracking my daughter's passport through the website, it was received on the 2nd July, with an issue date of the 15th July. The status has not changed from registered and it is now two days past the issue date. I cannot get through to anyone in the passport office and I have sent email after email with no response. I feel like my daughter's passport has disappeared into a big black hole?
    Help me please if there is an official here.
    My tracking ID is 10341783580

    It is not a new passport it is a renewal, thanks to all who asked earlier, I am sorry I didn't see the earlier questions.
    I keep getting the recorded message when I ring about them not being able to take calls. Does anyone have another number for them? I have just sent my 6th email too.[/QUOTE as far as i know a passport must registered then checked then printed once it is checked it wont be long after that


  • #5397
    anne burnell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭anne burnell


    You sign the newpassports when they arrive in the post....


  • #5398
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    anne burnell wrote: »
    You sign the newpassports when they arrive in the post....

    This is correct. Ever since October last year, Irish passports have a new design and your signature is not etched on to the datapage. There is a space provided on the passport book that you have to sign yourself after you collect your passport or receive it in the post.


  • #5399
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    anne burnell wrote: »
    You sign the newpassports when they arrive in the post....

    This is correct. Ever since October last year, Irish passports have a new design and your signature is not etched on to the datapage. There is a space provided on page 3 of the passport book that you have to sign yourself after you collect your passport or receive it in the post.


  • #5400
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,302 ✭✭✭Gatica


    Thanks for that! I better check my passport so. I was convinced the signature was part of the application form.


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  • #5401
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    Gatica wrote: »
    Thanks for that! I better check my passport so. I was convinced the signature was part of the application form.

    Yes, you still sign the application form as it's a legal declaration. However, it used to be the case that the signature you provided in section 8 was scanned in and etched on to the passport.

    Since October last year, any passports issued don't have the signature etched on to them, but you still need to sign the form.


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