** ALL ** Passport Related Questions in here! Please Read Post#1 first!

billy.fish

buttonsflyie wrote: »

Well mine is still ongoing will type long reply later on or tomorrow when I have cooled down. Looks like I am staying in Dublin next week.

Billy.fish - ring them yours should be ready to go as some that were done before a certain date are ok and ready to be collected so persist with called keep pressing redial you should get through.

Fingers crossed will be back on later or tomorrow to give you my saga.

Pretty much the plan for the rest of the afternoon!

Hoping that it'll get done

Fingers crossed

mrmac

billy.fish wrote: »

And thats why the people in there should all be kicked out

Don't agree!
I think they are doing a great job, considering the back log due to the strike, the usual increase in passport applications at this time of year, and the restriction on extra staff/overtime. Yes, it is an unfortunite time, and very worrying for a lot of people, but that's not because the PPO are not doing a good job.

Kotek Besar

Johner wrote: »

Gave my forms and all to my aunty(she works in there) last Wednesday amd mine arrived in the post today.

billy.fish wrote: »

And thats why the people in there should all be kicked out

mrmac wrote: »

Don't agree!
I think they are doing a great job

:eek:

bailey18

feeling sick now. website is now saying 25 working days!! wondering does that go for past applications too? anyone know?? on working day 16 and need my sons passport by next friday. not looking forward to having to go without him

JabbaTheHut

Originally Posted by billy.fish View Post
And thats why the people in there should all be kicked out


Don't agree!
I think they are doing a great job, considering the back log due to the strike, the usual increase in passport applications at this time of year, and the restriction on extra staff/overtime. Yes, it is an unfortunite time, and very worrying for a lot of people, but that's not because the PPO are not doing a good job.

I donno. Before the strike, which includes this time last year, a 10 day turnaround was standard by the ppo. It's now largely because of the strike by those workers that has it gone out to 25 days. However, kicking someone out for looking after their Nephew is a bit extreme; lets face it, we'd try that if we had contacts in there too.

bowsie

Applied on 5 May and followed advice to ring passport office as travelling on 26 May. Staff were very helpful and pleasant. Received a call today (21 may) to say passport will be ready for collection on Monday. That's 12 working days. I had applied by passport express but they advised me to collect in Molesworth Street. Trick is to keep ringing - if recording says "I'm sorry..." then hang up and try again. Takes about 10 attempts before you are put on hold (for about ten minutes). If you are polite to them they will go out of their way to help.

WillyWonkaBar

Does Ireland have National ID cards?

BuffyBot

No, we don't

murraymarmalade

Civilian_Target wrote: »

Ryanair require a passport, unless you have a national ID card.

WillyWonkaBar wrote: »

Does Ireland have National ID cards?

BuffyBot wrote: »

No, we don't

could someone not just have tld the poster this the first time?:D

it just looked funny to me. peace out.

Columbia

Yeah, my girlfriend and I had a similar problem a while back. Her passport expired three days before we were due to fly to another EU country, we rang Ryanair and asked about drivers licenses and other kinds of i.d., they said that if you're Irish then a passport is the only option. This was in the middle of the whole passport crisis* too, you can imagine the stress of it all.

* Hate to use the term. Everything's a "crisis" these days. There's the global financial crisis, and I actually heard someone use the phrase "volcanic ash crisis" a couple of weeks ago.

TJJP

In short, you need a passport to exit Ireland and go to the UK by air.

There is a 'free travel zone' in theory, but Ireland has pretty much given up on it and the airlines are now getting sticky. You'll need a passport leaving Ireland but you'll walk free into the UK (most London airports) with just a boarding pass on arrival. Coming back you could use other ID at the border (for UK purposes) but the airlines won't recognise it, as on arrival back here (in Ireland) only a passport is good enough for our boys (and girls). It isn’t an airline thing, it an Irish government issue.

Get your passport application in asap. The old school bus pass, drivers licences and all that don’t work anymore.

goat2

WillyWonkaBar wrote: »

Come August id like to fly from Kerry Airport, Ireland to either Luton or Stansted Airports, With Ryanair.

Can i do this without a Passport, could i use my Drivers License?

Thanks.

i have travelled to britian alot, always needed the passport, and every one i see flying out also have theirs

TJJP

goat2 wrote: »

i have travelled to britian alot, always needed the passport, and every one i see flying out also have theirs

Six-hundredth and sixty sixth post - I'm sure you're up to no good! (-:

goat2

TJJP wrote: »

Six-hundredth and sixty sixth post - I'm sure you're up to no good! (-:

no
just saying what my experience is with travelling
especially since 9/11 this little document is very important,

BuffyBot

In short, you need a passport to exit Ireland and go to the UK by air.

Incorrect. Passport is only required if you're travelling with Ryanair. Fly with Aer Lingus or bmi etc and they'll accept other forms of photo ID between Ireland and the UK.

witnessmenow

I flew airlingus to the uk with my drivers license about 18 months ago

WillyWonkaBar

What a pain in the bum this all is haha..

If i go with Aerlingus ill have to go all the way to Cork or Shannon to fly out! I'll have to get my passport sorted soon, Damn expensive though..

Thanks for the help..

number10a

TJJP wrote: »

In short, you need a passport to exit Ireland and go to the UK by air.

You don't need anything to exit Ireland, hence no passport control at the land border. The only people who look at your documentation when you're leaving the country are the airline staff, not the Gardaí or Immigration.

TJJP wrote: »

There is a 'free travel zone' in theory, but Ireland has pretty much given up on it and the airlines are now getting sticky. You'll need a passport leaving Ireland but you'll walk free into the UK (most London airports) with just a boarding pass on arrival. Coming back you could use other ID at the border (for UK purposes) but the airlines won't recognise it, as on arrival back here (in Ireland) only a passport is good enough for our boys (and girls). It isn’t an airline thing, it an Irish government issue.

Get your passport application in asap. The old school bus pass, drivers licences and all that don’t work anymore.

When you say "the airlines" you mean Ryanair. Aer Lingus and Aer Arann will take a wide range of photo ID for travel to the UK and within Ireland, including student cards, work IDs, drivers licences etc. On arrival back here, the Immigration staff at our airports will take any form of photo identification as long as your flight originated in Ireland or the UK, and as long as you are a UK or Irish citizen - how you prove that without a passport is beyond me, but a passport is not required nonetheless. In short, for travel within the UK and Ireland, it is an airline thing, not an Irish Government issue.

As a side note, I cannot believe we have another one of these threads. It's nearly weekly at this point. Can we not make a sticky?

Esto Fidelis

Hi

I am looking for some advice; my son is going to New York on Wed. He done his online check in yesterday and discovered his passport is out in mid July. Seems the US needs your passport to be valid for 6 months.


Does anyone have experience of a problem like this, I am wondering if we go to the passport office tomorrow will we get a new passport on the day or is there any other options like contacting the US emigration dept, and I don’t even know if they have one here.

Any ideas and or help would be much appreciated.

Kotek Besar

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

Seems the US needs your passport to be valid for 6 months.

Does it? Since when?

Esto Fidelis

Dont know when it came in but when we done the on line visa waiver yesterday it came up then.

Kotek Besar

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

Dont know when it came in but when we done the on line visa waiver yesterday it came up then.

The ESTA? I think you're mistaken. A British or Irish passport is valid for travel to the US until the date of it's expiry, so long as you have an ESTA.

Esto Fidelis

No, I have been on to the dept of foregin affairs and they confirmed that the rule is there must be 6 months on the passport. They told us not to bother going to passport office tomorrow but to get the cops to take a photo copy of the original passport and sign it and stamp to say they have viewed the original passport, then send in the application for the new one with the photo copy rather than the old passport. Then bring the original passport and proof he has applied for the new passport. They say this may allow him to get out of Dubln

Kotek Besar

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

No, I have been on to the dept of foregin affairs and they confirmed that the rule is there must be 6 months on the passport.

The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs? What would they know?

With the greatest of respect, rather than asking the Irish government, you would be better seeking this information from the government of the country you're visiting.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security wrote:

Visitors traveling to the United States are required to be in possession of passports that are valid for six months beyond the period of their intended stay in the United States. Citizens of the countries listed below are exempt the six-month rule and need only have a passport valid for their intended period of stay.
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Antilles
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas, The
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cote D’Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe

http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/inspections_carriers_facilities/clp/bulletins/clp_bullentin_04162008.ctt/clp_bulletin_04162008.pdf

Kotek Besar

By the way,

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

I have been on to the dept of foregin affairs and they confirmed that the rule is there must be 6 months on the passport.
..
They say this may allow him to get out of Dubln

I'd be making a complaint against whichever imbecile gave you that time consuming, costly and completely unnecessary recommendation.

XBubbliBunniX

i lost my passport which had my visa on it last thurs due to fly to america for the summer on the 4th of june for the j1 does anyone no if i go to the passport office and explain my situation would they be able to fast track the application r would they be able to do anything to help me as i have to go through the whole process again!!:(:(:(:(

JabbaTheHut

Kotek Besar is right. As long as the passport is valid until the day you return you're OK. Mine is out in October, and I'm travelling in June. There's no need to panic. If you're really in doubt, ring the American Embassy.

UNLESS, and I very much doubt it, this is VERY very new, I know someone who called in person to the passport office in Cork on a Thursday, due to fly on Sunday, and it seems they got on alright

Esto Fidelis

Thanks for the replies, in particular to Kotek Besar. We are very worried about this. Them muppets in the dept of non forgen affairs gave us this warning not advice, my wife rang them and got this condesating warnings and and no great help. I hope he gets out on wed and i will let you know. This is a great help, anytime i need a bit of help I come to boards. Keep the good work up, Thanks.

amiable

mrmac wrote: »

The passport office are working flat out to deal with the backlog of applications. That includes working Saturdays, in turns, and taking a day off during the week instead. I know this because I was called by a lady from the Dublin PPO, Saturday morning, about one of my applications. She explained everything in great detail, regarding difficulty scanning the signature, she was extremely helpful, and gave me a direct address to post a new signature sample. This should be with her on Monday, and the application will be processed and passport printed the same day!

The other application went through without issue, and was printed on Saturday.

Thumbs up to all the staff at the PPO, they really are doing their best!

I disagree. Propaganda . Well Done.

amiable

mrmac wrote: »

Don't agree!
I think they are doing a great job, considering the back log due to the strike, the usual increase in passport applications at this time of year, and the restriction on extra staff/overtime. Yes, it is an unfortunite time, and very worrying for a lot of people, but that's not because the PPO are not doing a good job.

Keep the propaganda machine going mr moderator