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daretodream

Passport renewals x 3 received on 6/5. Been at stage 2 for over 5 working days now. Expected issued date given as 26/5. Do you think there's a problem, would I have heard if they can't move to next stage by now? Or, do they contact you if there's a problem at stage 3? Would rather know sooner than later. Whole process makes me nervous but thinking it's too early to contact them just yet, maybe. Dunno.

JohnMearsheimer

daretodream wrote: »

Passport renewals x 3 received on 6/5. Been at stage 2 for over 5 working days now. Expected issued date given as 26/5. Do you think there's a problem, would I have heard if they can't move to next stage by now? Or, do they contact you if there's a problem at stage 3? Would rather know sooner than later. Whole process makes me nervous but thinking it's too early to contact them just yet, maybe. Dunno.

They are most probably just sitting in a box waiting to be scanned at the moment. Most applications sit around for a week before anyone looks at them due to the volume of work that's ahead them.

daretodream

So I should only worry if they're delayed at stage 3 then?

fxotoole

daretodream wrote: »

So I should only worry if they're delayed at stage 3 then?

Yes.

Malee

daretodream wrote: »

So I should only worry if they're delayed at stage 3 then?

You should only worry when it states that the application cannot be processed and that a letter is being sent out to you.
That means they require more documents.

Checking the application is at the very end of the stages, before this the application is merely being processed but nobody is actually looking at it.

damianmcr

I think you boys should get some overtime.

daretodream

Thanks everyone. Photos are only worry for me due to stamp and resultant ink smudges on some of them. Hoping it won't be an issue, that one or more of the 4 will be acceptable and if not the turn-around won't hold me up too long. Will stop panicking and stop guessing.

damianmcr

My passport and the girlfriends target issue date is 19/05. Will we get this for the 02/06? I'll be tweeting like mad on Monday asking for updates. The Twitter account cannot be faulted.

Malee

damianmcr wrote: »

My passport and the girlfriends target issue date is 19/05. Will we get this for the 02/06? I'll be tweeting like mad on Monday asking for updates. The Twitter account cannot be faulted.

They should be looked at in time. Maybe even a bit sooner. If anything wrong there is still enough time to fix what is required.

damianmcr

I hope there's plenty of time.

Ones a lost one and the other is first timer.

damianmcr

damianmcr wrote: »

I hope there's plenty of time.

Ones a lost one and the other is first timer.

You'll have it around the issue date.

CiniO

I applied for Passport for my son a month ago through passport express.
We (parrents) are both Polish citizens, but as we lived here in Ireland for last 8 years, our son is entitled to Irish passport.
I submitted all documentation to prove our residency here.
Their website says, average waiting time is 10 working days.
However it's been a month now, and still no passport. When I check progress online it says stage 3/6 (which usually lasts up to 4 days) but it's been at that stage for over 2 weeks now.
I have travel plans next month (tickets purchased, holidays booked, etc) and I'm affraid passport won't come on time.
I tried contacting passport office, but anytime you ring there, automated message says that they are too busy with calls and can not anwer at the moment.
I filled in online query form, but got no anwer.
It all looks kinda like a joke, as I don't know where am I know.
If there was any problem with documentation I provided I should have been contacted in relation to that, but I wasn't.
And I can't find out what is happening that passport application takes so long. It's still nearly a month till travel date, but I don't even have any way to find out if passport will be ready or not.
Initially I applied 2 months in advance which I thought will be plenty.

Have I known there will be so much trouble, I could have applied for Polish passport for him from Polish emassy in Dublin, but now it's too late for that as well.

Any advice what can I do?

macsauce

To my knowledge, the passport express service is only for renewing passports. I think the delay could be due to the fact that it's a first application.

CiniO

macsauce wrote: »

To my knowledge, the passport express service is only for renewing passports. I think the delay could be due to the fact that it's a first application.

Their website says otherwise.
They encourage passport express for new applications.

damianmcr

Try contacting them on Twitter. They seem really helpful there.

fxotoole

CiniO wrote: »

I applied for Passport for my son a month ago through passport express.
We (parrents) are both Polish citizens, but as we lived here in Ireland for last 8 years, our son is entitled to Irish passport.
I submitted all documentation to prove our residency here.
Their website says, average waiting time is 10 working days.
However it's been a month now, and still no passport. When I check progress online it says stage 3/6 (which usually lasts up to 4 days) but it's been at that stage for over 2 weeks now.
I have travel plans next month (tickets purchased, holidays booked, etc) and I'm affraid passport won't come on time.
I tried contacting passport office, but anytime you ring there, automated message says that they are too busy with calls and can not anwer at the moment.
I filled in online query form, but got no anwer.
It all looks kinda like a joke, as I don't know where am I know.
If there was any problem with documentation I provided I should have been contacted in relation to that, but I wasn't.
And I can't find out what is happening that passport application takes so long. It's still nearly a month till travel date, but I don't even have any way to find out if passport will be ready or not.
Initially I applied 2 months in advance which I thought will be plenty.

Have I known there will be so much trouble, I could have applied for Polish passport for him from Polish emassy in Dublin, but now it's too late for that as well.

Any advice what can I do?

First time applications for children born post 2005 can take much longer than the target date, because (a) identity must be established and (b) entitlement to Irish citizenship must be established. Although the average turnaround is around 10 working days, applications for first time post 2005 babies have no set timeframe. They take as long as they take to establish citizenship and identity.

CiniO

fxotoole wrote: »

First time applications for children born post 2005 can take much longer than the target date, because (a) identity must be established and (b) entitlement to Irish citizenship must be established. Although the average turnaround is around 10 working days, applications for first time post 2005 babies have no set timeframe. They take as long as they take to establish citizenship and identity.

Thanks for that.
Is this a quote from DFA website or you just wrote it?

So in short words, I might be waiting for a passport two weeks, a month, 2 months, half a year, a year or whatever - no timeframe. IMO that's bit ridiculous, but well - I should have asked before I applied.

damianmcr

What changed in 2005?

fxotoole

damianmcr wrote: »

What changed in 2005?

Citizenship legislation became a lot more complicated

damianmcr

So pre 2005 is a breeze then?

Still waiting on two here. Issue date tomorrow eek. Travel in two weeks.

Fred Swanson

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CiniO

damianmcr wrote: »

So pre 2005 is a breeze then?

Still waiting on two here. Issue date tomorrow eek. Travel in two weeks.

On my application it says "Target issue date: 14/05/2015" but passport is still at stage 3/6

damianmcr

At least yours is at Stage 3. The two I am waiting on a pretty 2005 so hopefully are fairly straightforward.

kiii

HI all-Hoping to book a last minute deal for 1 week family in the sun and want to go either 2nd week of August or if that doesn't work to go in October- does anyone have any idea of the average prices for late deals in August or will they be sky high as of now? Thanks

Malee

CiniO wrote: »

I applied for Passport for my son a month ago through passport express.
We (parrents) are both Polish citizens, but as we lived here in Ireland for last 8 years, our son is entitled to Irish passport.
I submitted all documentation to prove our residency here.
Their website says, average waiting time is 10 working days.
However it's been a month now, and still no passport. When I check progress online it says stage 3/6 (which usually lasts up to 4 days) but it's been at that stage for over 2 weeks now.
I have travel plans next month (tickets purchased, holidays booked, etc) and I'm affraid passport won't come on time.
I tried contacting passport office, but anytime you ring there, automated message says that they are too busy with calls and can not anwer at the moment.
I filled in online query form, but got no anwer.
It all looks kinda like a joke, as I don't know where am I know.
If there was any problem with documentation I provided I should have been contacted in relation to that, but I wasn't.
And I can't find out what is happening that passport application takes so long. It's still nearly a month till travel date, but I don't even have any way to find out if passport will be ready or not.
Initially I applied 2 months in advance which I thought will be plenty.

Have I known there will be so much trouble, I could have applied for Polish passport for him from Polish emassy in Dublin, but now it's too late for that as well.

Any advice what can I do?

Applications in which the citizenship of parents not born in Ireland in relation to a child which was born in Ireland needs to be checked are dealt with by a separate team. These applications take approximately 20-25 working days because of all the checks involved.

JohnMearsheimer

damianmcr wrote: »

What changed in 2005?

There was a citizenship referendum in 2004. Prior to Jan 1st 2005 everyone born on the island of Ireland was automatically entitled to Irish citizenship. The referendum changed that as there was a feeling it was being abused.

Fred Swanson

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damianmcr

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

There was a citizenship referendum in 2004. Prior to Jan 1st 2005 everyone born on the island of Ireland was automatically entitled to Irish citizenship. The referendum changed that as there was a feeling it was being abused.

Well that's fair enough.

Still at stage 2 :-(

CiniO

Malee wrote: »

Applications in which the citizenship of parents not born in Ireland in relation to a child which was born in Ireland needs to be checked are dealt with by a separate team. These applications take approximately 20-25 working days because of all the checks involved.

Is this information available anywhere on dfa or passport website?

JohnMearsheimer

CiniO wrote: »

Is this information available anywhere on dfa or passport website?

Did you include any documents helping to prove how long you've been in Ireland before you're child's birth? P60s etc. You will have to have done a Form A as well.