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Gael23

For online applications do you just post back your old passport as you did be?

stargazer 68

Gael23 wrote: »

For online applications do you just post back your old passport as you did be?

No they don't need them.

Lollydolly12

Hi im just wondering if anyone knows when applying for childs passport renewal, if you had to get an affidavit signed for the first one, do you need it again for renewal if you are now married. Would my husband be considered as legal guardian? Im afraid to send it off incase they and it back to get an affidavit. I have tried to contact passport office but i cant.

Fred Swanson

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fxotoole

Lollydolly12 wrote: »

Hi im just wondering if anyone knows when applying for childs passport renewal, if you had to get an affidavit signed for the first one, do you need it again for renewal if you are now married. Would my husband be considered as legal guardian? Im afraid to send it off incase they and it back to get an affidavit. I have tried to contact passport office but i cant.

If you put all your info into the passport application wizard it should give you some guidance with regards what’s required

https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/how-to-apply-for-a-passport/

Yours is not a simple case, so if your questions arent answered with the wizard, you may need to drop into the office and talk to someone about what documents you need

Edit: this page may also be useful: https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/top-passport-questions/consent-for-children/

There’s also a page on the Family Law Courts website and Citizens Information have a page about passports for children I think.

Grendels

After reading loads of people panicking due to not getting (or nearly not getting) their passport in time for their holidays, I decided to play it safe and not book anything until I got my passport. It actually turned up early!

Applied on 23/5, expected it on 11/7, but got it today, a week early! This was two first time applications for an adult and child, using Passport Express. There is hope!

Stressed123

Hi!
Looking for some advice on what to do! Flyingbto spain with aer lingus Thursday am. Tried to check in online and realised that passport office made a mistake with our three year olds passport- DOB has him at eight years of age! What do I do?!? Can passport office reissue a new passport in a day? Or will they?
Thanks

Victor

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-us/ Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/

That said, I'm not sure if age is necessarily something that will be checked. But better safe than sorry.

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Blingy

They have an online chat that can be hard to get someone on but check it early and keep checking. Otherwise Get to the passport office and wait until they fix it.

Caranica

Victor wrote: »

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-usI Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/
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If you're going in, go to Dublin. The Cork office can't print passports on site, all passports are printed in Dublin.

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Victor wrote: »

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-us/ Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/

That said, I'm not sure if age is necessarily something that will be checked. But better safe than sorry.

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Rubbish!!!! No visa is required for an EU citizen traveling in the EU

Stressed123

Thank you all so much! In Dublin so will get in there now! Sent an email last night so hopefully someone will help! First family holiday🀦*♀️

godtabh

Victor wrote: »

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-us/ Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/

That said, I'm not sure if age is necessarily something that will be checked. But better safe than sorry.

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

They don’t answer phones or reply to emails. You need to go directly

Johnnyhpipe

You might get an email reply in 6 months... I’d go in to them today. Last thing you need when you’re flying tomorrow though I know!!

EdgeCase

The main thing is definitely get into one of the two passport offices and *bring proof of travel dates*, the passport and the passport holder (your kid).

Whether you go Cork or Dublin, you’ll get help fast. However Dublin does have a same day emergency passport service. Cork definitely used to have this too. It’s a fairly major service degrade if they no longer have that.

It’s their error and they’ll definitely pull out all the stops to fix it.

lawred2

Victor wrote: »

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-us/ Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/

That said, I'm not sure if age is necessarily something that will be checked. But better safe than sorry.

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Schengen visa? That's codswallop

EdgeCase

You can safely put the Schengen visa thing out of your head. As an EU passport holder you can enter Spain or any EU country (inside or outside the Schengen zone) with just your passport, as well as moving there permanently, working there or anything else without any visa requirements.

It’s one of the fundamental pillars of what the EU is.

Ireland’s not a member of the Schengen area, so passport-free or ID-card free travel between Ireland and the Schengen area isn’t possible, but as we can only travel by air or ferry, it actually makes no practical difference anyway as those documents are typically required for travel anyway even within Schengen for airline travel anyway.

Btw: 1.8 million Irish people visit Spain every year. That’s nearly half the population of the country! None of those trips require a visa.

The only visa issue would be for someone from outside the EU (or EEA & Switzerland) who is long term resident here and has an Irish visa and who is from a country that requires a visa to enter Spain, for example China. Their Irish visa isn’t a Schengen visa so, they’d need to apply for one. Most countries eg the US or Canada wouldn’t even need one for a holiday as they’d have a 90 day visa waiver.

If you’re Irish (or any EU nationality) this does not apply to you in anyway.

lapua20grain

A schengen visa is only required by someone outside the eu and should be issued by the country that the visitor is visiting

OscarMIlde

Hi, use the twitter account for the passport office. Someone comes online for an hour a day and deals with as much as they can. I tried phone/e-mail/letters for weeks with no success until I found that out.

EdgeCase

I’d say you’ve a fairly strong chance of getting this solved ASAP as it’s a major embarrassment for them to issue a passport with incorrect details. They are likely to want to resolve this very rapidly.

BlondeBomb

Victor wrote: »

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Lol

Sereneone

They made an error on my child's passport a number of years ago and were able to print an emergency passport within a couple of hours. The real passport was waiting at home when we got back from holiday. I would go in to them, inconvenient I know but it will be sorted more quickly if you are physically there.

Spook_ie

Re Schengan Visas

Would imagine the poster is confused about Schengan and Advanced Passenger Information which requires passport number and expiry

Moznips

i had an issue with my daughter passport a couple of year ago. like yourself couldn't get a response either phone/email so i ended up on twitter and they got back to me within 20 mins and very helpful! definitely the way to go

marko99

Victor wrote:

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Why do people post such ill-informed and inaccurate rubbish?

EdgeCase

Spook_ie wrote: »

Re Schengan Visas

Would imagine the poster is confused about Schengan and Advanced Passenger Information which requires passport number and expiry

And is collected automatically by the airline on check in.

Brian201888

Victor wrote: »

Given that it is their error and that you are travelling immediately, that might be possible.

Get on to them as early as possible. https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/contact-us/ Or call to your local passport office. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/contact-us/contact-details/

That said, I'm not sure if age is necessarily something that will be checked. But better safe than sorry.

Have you obtained Schengen visas? Required for Irish people going to Spain.

Can't believe no-one has picked up on this, you don't actually need a Schengen visa.

heretothere

EdgeCase wrote: »

Cork definitely used to have this too. It’s a fairly major service degrade if they no longer have that.

It would be a huge degrade! I got a passport in a day down there, granted it was about 7 years ago so I have no idea what way it is now.

OP I'd be heading straight into their Dublin office this morning. Good luck!

Caranica

heretothere wrote: »

It would be a huge degrade! I got a passport in a day down there, granted it was about 7 years ago so I have no idea what way it is now.

OP I'd be heading straight into their Dublin office this morning. Good luck!

There are over 80 security features on our passports, the infrastructure required is massive. I believe the Cork office can't accommodate it

TheChizler

Eoghan_2 wrote: »

Can't believe no-one has picked up on this, you don't actually need a Schengen visa.

8 of 19 posts since then picked up on it...