Lost my *second* passport...

gosimeon

In a situation here!

My first Garda ID was stolen on me on my travels. When I got home a week ago I went into the Garda station looking for a form for a replacement ID but they had no forms due to "cutbacks"...

My original passport was mislayed a few years back and I was fairly paranoid about bringing my second one out as ID to a club, but didn't have much choice, so I brought it. Low and behold it has now gone amiss (admittedly though my own actions!).

Is it true that you can only have 2 lost/mislayed passports in your lifetime? If I apply for *another* replacement will I be rejected? I heard that after 2 passports they only give you short-term passports as a precaution! I'm an avid traveller so this has me fairly worried. Any advice or stories from your experience would be much appreciated.

LD 50

Yea, pretty much. They'll only issue you 1 year passports after a certain amount of time, could be a year. Hope you didn't have any hols planned. Its to stop people selling their passports.

you could claim that your last one was destroyed.

minidazzler

Have you asked the club you were in do they have your passport? I lost mine clubbing once and got it back.

exhaust all options before you report it missing.

itsallaboutheL

minidazzler wrote: »

Have you asked the club you were in do they have your passport? I lost mine clubbing once and got it back.

exhaust all options before you report it missing.

i'd exhaust you're option......... wait this isn't ????????? is it?

Mully

I've lost/had stolen 3-4 passports over the years. The last time I was issued one, the guy behind the counter said something along the lines of they were flagging me & my passport movements were being tracks. "Nothing to worry about", he said.

Joey the lips

Just filling in one at the moment and looking at the lost section

"A passport is a valuable document and loss or theft is a serious matter. Loss of two or more passports will most likely mean your next passport will be issued for a limited period of validity"

take that what ever way you want but i know from tv that passports are valuable documents on the black market. Especially with these oil barrons who want to lodge 15 million in your account and give you 5%

CreepingDeath

gosimeon wrote: »

If I apply for *another* replacement will I be rejected?

I imagine they can't reject a valid application for a passport.
It's your constitutional right to travel.

Quazzie

CreepingDeath wrote: »

I imagine they can't reject a valid application for a passport.
It's your constitutional right to travel.

But I think they can restrict the timeframe that its valid for.

Dravokivich

CreepingDeath wrote: »

I imagine they can't reject a valid application for a passport.
It's your constitutional right to travel.

And other countries constitutional right to refuse you entry regardless of weither or not you have a passport and no prior convictions.

Fulton Crown

CreepingDeath wrote: »

I imagine they can't reject a valid application for a passport.
It's your constitutional right to travel.

Tell that to the guys in "D" Wing in Portlaoise. !

Fulton Crown

gosimeon wrote: »

In a situation here!

My first Garda ID was stolen on me on my travels. When I got home a week ago I went into the Garda station looking for a form for a replacement ID but they had no forms due to "cutbacks"...

My original passport was mislayed a few years back and I was fairly paranoid about bringing my second one out as ID to a club, but didn't have much choice, so I brought it. Low and behold it has now gone amiss (admittedly though my own actions!).

Is it true that you can only have 2 lost/mislayed passports in your lifetime? If I apply for *another* replacement will I be rejected? I heard that after 2 passports they only give you short-term passports as a precaution! I'm an avid traveller so this has me fairly worried. Any advice or stories from your experience would be much appreciated.

Never mind ..I believe the Summer of 2013 is going to be great in Ireland.

AnonoBoy

How much did you get for it OP?

banquo

I've lost so many that I'm nearly on a provisional passport. Usually reserved for terrorists.

Pace2008

I'm on my third passport as well. I lost the last one in Ibiza airport. They let me through Spanish and British customs with a letter from the police, and when I got back to Dublin the passport office issued me a new one in under two hours so I could make a flight out to Portugal that evening.

Jet Black

Joey the lips wrote: »

Just filling in one at the moment and looking at the lost section

"A passport is a valuable document and loss or theft is a serious matter. Loss of two or more passports will most likely mean your next passport will be issued for a limited period of validity"

take that what ever way you want but i know from tv that passports are valuable documents on the black market. Especially with these oil barrons who want to lodge 15 million in your account and give you 5%

Bit short on funds.. Link please:)

mikom

gosimeon wrote: »

If I apply for *another* replacement will I be rejected? I'm an avid traveller so this has me fairly worried.

Get onto Pavee point and see what they can do for you.

Mr. Presentable

Hmmm, if they restrict you to an annual passport, what of certain airlines that won't accept one with less than six months remaining?

wudangclan

according to section 12 of the 'passports act 2008', losing or having a passport stolen is not grounds for refusal of issuance of a passport.

Novella

I lost one passport and when I was getting my second over the summer, I was told to be more careful because I would never be issued with a third ten year passport, only one with a limited validity period. So I'd go searching, OP!

wudangclan

i lost a couple,was issued with a short-term passport and when that ran out i was issued with a new 10 year passport,with a caveat 'be careful or no more'.
(my current passport is one of the new ones,with the plastic type card,
which has broken ,which i've had to stick together with sellotape and it only got noticed by passport control for the first time in six months the other day)
that young people have to use a passport as i.d when out drinking is an obvious recipe for disaster and then the government refuse to issue a 10 year passport because the applicant has lost said passport??

laoisforliam

on my fourth at least

GlasnevinRed

You should be fine.

1. Get a new passport form and fill it out as directed. You'll need to get the lost/stolen section signed and stamped in a garda station.

2. You'll need to supply some form of ID (even if not photo ID), birth cert etc.

Was working there during the summer and am unaware of any restrictions in the number of passports you can have. However they may issue you with a short term one for a limited time before issueing you a normal one.

slimjimmc

wudangclan wrote: »

i lost a couple,was issued with a short-term passport and when that ran out i was issued with a new 10 year passport,with a caveat 'be careful or no more'.
(my current passport is one of the new ones,with the plastic type card,
which has broken ,which i've had to stick together with sellotape and it only got noticed by passport control for the first time in six months the other day)
that young people have to use a passport as i.d when out drinking is an obvious recipe for disaster and then the government refuse to issue a 10 year passport because the applicant has lost said passport??

You were lucky your taped-up passport was accepted, many passport controls would probably reject it because it is defaced. Might be a good time to seek a replacement again.

inspired09

I lost a passport a few years ago, when i applyed for a new one they issued it for just a year, & said if i lost it again i wouldnt get another one! Think they were just trying to scare me!

JohnSmith101

I lost one when I was 19, and another this year at age 25. Got the replacement through the Irish Embassy where I live with no problems although I am disappointed that my new one has a biometric chip:(

BeatNikDub

Yep ive lost 2 aswell - no bother getting them done. Felt like a total plonker though.
I wouldnt worry about it