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joleen100 · 18-03-2015 10:24PM

Thank you both for your help.

I have 8 weeks until I travel (Middle of May) is this enough time if my application is rejected due to the photos?

Thanks J

JohnMearsheimer · 18-03-2015 10:34PM

joleen100 wrote: »

Thank you both for your help.

I have 8 weeks until I travel (Middle of May) is this enough time if my application is rejected due to the photos?

Thanks J

Loads. Send in the application sooner rather than later though.

joleen100 · 18-03-2015 10:59PM

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

Loads. Send in the application sooner rather than later though.

Application being posted tomorrow ... Thanks

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Reiketsu · 19-03-2015 05:20PM

Hi folks. I'm applying for a first time adult passport next week and I have a couple of questions!

The only photographic ID I currently have is a Citizencard (http://www.citizencard.com). Does anyone know if this would be okay? I live in the north and have used it to travel between NI and England many times with no issue.

Also for proof of address, would letters from the housing executive and job centre be acceptable at all? Only utility bills I have are receipts from the oil delivery man lol. I'm pay as you go and dongle for internet, so no bills there. Electricity is keypad. I have old payslips (like two years old), would they work for proof of name? Bank statements still get sent to my mum's place :O.

Thanks

Malee · 21-03-2015 12:15AM

Reiketsu wrote: »

Hi folks. I'm applying for a first time adult passport next week and I have a couple of questions!

The only photographic ID I currently have is a Citizencard (http://www.citizencard.com). Does anyone know if this would be okay? I live in the north and have used it to travel between NI and England many times with no issue.

Also for proof of address, would letters from the housing executive and job centre be acceptable at all? Only utility bills I have are receipts from the oil delivery man lol. I'm pay as you go and dongle for internet, so no bills there. Electricity is keypad. I have old payslips (like two years old), would they work for proof of name? Bank statements still get sent to my mum's place :O.

Thanks

Can't say for 100% if the citizen card will be accepted. The Passport Office will need to be satisfied that the ID is quite hard to get without verifying your identity. I would just post it in (the original), but I can't guarantee it will be accepted. Would you have a UK passport or any drivers licence?

Proof of address and/or proof of name can be any official correspondence. Pay slips of two years old should be ok for proof of name, and maybe a hospital appointment, or either the housing executive or job centre should do for proof of address.

Reiketsu · 21-03-2015 12:31AM

Malee wrote: »

Can't say for 100% if the citizen card will be accepted. The Passport Office will need to be satisfied that the ID is quite hard to get without verifying your identity. I would just post it in (the original), but I can't guarantee it will be accepted. Would you have a UK passport or any drivers licence?

Proof of address and/or proof of name can be any official correspondence. Pay slips of two years old should be ok for proof of name, and maybe a hospital appointment, or either the housing executive or job centre should do for proof of address.

I have no other photo ID at all

. I had to get my citizencard witnessed by the police and photos signed, just like a passport so I don't really see why it shouldn't be but then that's no guarantee lol. Thanks for the help!

fxotoole · 21-03-2015 10:47AM

I think what they do when they receive an application where someone doesn't have any photo ID, is that they'll post out a personalised "certificate of identity" (with your photo on it) to your address. You can then get this witnessed by the police and send it back to the Passport Office to prove your identity.

It's worth sending in the Citizen card anyway and seeing if it will be accepted. If it's not accepted, I'd imagine they'll send you out a certificate of identity to have witnessed and returned to them.

JohnMearsheimer · 21-03-2015 10:55AM

I'd send in the citizen card itself and not a photocopy certified by police. The checker will want to see that the photos you send in and the photo on the citizen card match. That's hard to tell with a photocopy of an ID. Often with black and white photocopies the face just comes out all black so I don't find them particularly useful.

If they don't accept the card the passport office will send you a certificate of ID.

jaymcg91 · 21-03-2015 06:00PM

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

I'd send in the citizen card itself and not a photocopy certified by police. The checker will want to see that the photos you send in and the photo on the citizen card match. That's hard to tell with a photocopy of an ID. Often with black and white photocopies the face just comes out all black so I don't find them particularly useful.

If they don't accept the card the passport office will send you a certificate of ID.

Yup I was in a similar situation at one point and photocopied and verified my student ID. They wrote back asking the physical ID card. Wasn't any bother though.

dogcat · 21-03-2015 10:16PM

mikedublin wrote: »

Hi. Wondering would anyone have any suggestions or ideas for real last minute trips ? Any websites or physical travel agencies where you can book with 1 or less days notice and then go.

I know its possible to book direct with Aer Lingus or Ryanair but the prices would be very high to anywhere, so just wondering if anyone knows any ways to do last minute trips any other way.

So far I've just come up with options like Bus Eireann to places in Ireland or to Belfast. Also thinking of the sail/rail or coach to places in the UK which can be booked very close to departure.

(I might have some holiday days to take with very little notice which is why I can't book further in advance)

From Dublin Airport you can go to Brussels for 23 euro return at the moment. From Shannon you can go to Memmingen for 20euros, and to Paris for 15euros, as well as Poitiers for 19euros. Oslo and Basel are well under 35 euros too. All with Ryanair.

joleen100 · 25-03-2015 10:01PM

Just wondering if anyone from the passport office knows if a passport is at stage 2 of the process does this mean they have accepted the photos or is that the next stage of the process?

Thanks for your any help

J

JohnMearsheimer · 25-03-2015 10:05PM

joleen100 wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone from the passport office knows if a passport is at stage 2 of the process does this mean they have accepted the photos or is that the next stage of the process?

Thanks for your any help

J

No, it's just the next stage of the process.

Malee · 26-03-2015 09:10AM

joleen100 wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone from the passport office knows if a passport is at stage 2 of the process does this mean they have accepted the photos or is that the next stage of the process?

Thanks for your any help

J

A passport application goes through registration and scanning stages before it gets to go to someone to actually check the application, which is the last stage before either approving or rejecting an application. Until it is at this checking stage nothing is looked at in regards to photographs or submitted documents.

ANXIOUS · 01-04-2015 01:31PM

Hi, my passport expires within 6 months. I read in the website that I can send a copy in and not the physical passport. Has anyone done this? If so what do I need to copy and Sen to them?

JohnMearsheimer · 01-04-2015 01:41PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Hi, my passport expires within 6 months. I read in the website that I can send a copy in and not the physical passport. Has anyone done this? If so what do I need to copy and Sen to them?

You just copy the ID page of your passport.

conor_ie · 01-04-2015 04:50PM

I checked my application last friday to see that it had been rejected and a letter would follow..

Tuesday afternoon I got a new shiny passport!

ANXIOUS · 01-04-2015 09:17PM

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

You just copy the ID page of your passport.

Thanks very strange how it's not mentioned on the actually application.

Yuri Checkov · 01-04-2015 09:24PM

Does the passport office take any notice of any stamps a passport that has been sent in for renewal?
Does the govt care if you have stamps from places that Ireland has not got good relationships with or places they don't want people travelling to?

cml387 · 01-04-2015 09:26PM

Yuri Checkov wrote: »

Does the passport office take any notice of any stamps a passport that has been sent in for renewal?
Does the govt care if you have stamps from places that Ireland has not got good relationships with or places they don't want people travelling to?

No.

I don't know of any country Ireland has bad relations with anyway.

JohnMearsheimer · 01-04-2015 09:27PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Thanks very strange how it's not mentioned on the actually application.

Ideally passport books should be sent in for cancellation.

Yuri Checkov wrote: »

Does the passport office take any notice of any stamps a passport that has been sent in for renewal?
Does the govt care if you have stamps from places that Ireland has not got good relationships with or places they don't want people travelling to?

No.

Fred Swanson · 01-04-2015 09:30PM

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fxotoole · 01-04-2015 10:20PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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No. The Passport Office don't take note of any stamps in submitted passports.

fxotoole · 01-04-2015 10:20PM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Thanks very strange how it's not mentioned on the actually application.

It is a new policy that was only implemented in the last few weeks.

Marcusm · 01-04-2015 11:09PM

fxotoole wrote: »

It is a new policy that was only implemented in the last few weeks.

It was on the explanatory notes being handed out in the London consulate 18 months ago and my renewal was processed in the Dublin office on that basis at that time.

ANXIOUS · 01-04-2015 11:50PM

Marcusm wrote: »

It was on the explanatory notes being handed out in the London consulate 18 months ago and my renewal was processed in the Dublin office on that basis at that time.

Thanks and you just scanned the picture page?

Marcusm · 03-04-2015 09:59AM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Thanks and you just scanned the picture page?

I photocopied it which I suspect is what you mean. I did drop mine in personally but I don't think that made a difference. The inclusion of a photocopy was very familiar to consulate staff.

JohnMearsheimer · 03-04-2015 10:09AM

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Thanks and you just scanned the picture page?

Scanning is better. With photocopies it can be hard to see the face of the person on the passport. Sometimes the faces come out all black in the photocopy. You want to be able to see the face and that the photos sent in match the passport picture.

03-04-2015 12:37PM

If the passport has 6 months or less on it you can send in a copy of it so you can use that until your new one arrives.

JohnMearsheimer · 03-04-2015 01:57PM

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If the passport has 6 months or less on it you can send in a copy of it so you can use that until your new one arrives.

Yep. I would scan it and print it instead of photocopying it though.

Fred Swanson · 03-04-2015 03:10PM

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