Passport problem

cat_xx

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this.

I have a bit of a situation, Im off to England on Wednesday to a wedding and sent my passport off a while ago. Got a letter back today saying I didnt pay the correct fee Anyway what do I do now?

Micky Dolenz

I'll sell you my passport or take the boat.

holystungun9

You've come to the right place...

Poor Uncle Tom

Still a better love story than Twilight.....

Praetorian Saighdiuir

If you have any other photo ID you should be ok.

namloc1980

Where's the wedding on? I love weddings, I'm off next week and have my passport ready!

cat_xx

If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

squod

cat_xx wrote: »

Im off to England on Wednesday to a wedding and sent my passport off a while ago.

Why did you send your passport to England?

Shryke

You don't need a passport for Ireland to England.

namloc1980

cat_xx wrote: »

If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

Emergency passports can be knocked out in a day or so...cost is €110 though according to the passport.ie website! Ouch!!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

cat_xx wrote: »

If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

Have you a drivers licence?

talla10

Pay the correct fee maybe...

Micky Dolenz

benwavner wrote: »

If you have any other photo ID you should be ok.

You need a passport, a protocol brought in by the airlines and not anything to do with border control law. The ferries don't insist on a passport.

cat_xx wrote: »

If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

Do this, sometimes the obvious thing to do is the correct thing to do.

Explain your situation and stay until it's sorted. They are normally a decent bunch and are familiar to last minute emergency's

namloc1980

Shryke wrote: »

You don't need a passport for Ireland to England.

You do if you're flying with Ryanair. Aer Lingus will accept valid driving licence if you're an Irish citizen flying to the UK.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

You need a passport, a protocol brought in by the airlines and not anything to do with border control law. The ferries don't insist on a passport.

AFAIK you can fly with Aer Lingus with a valid drivers licence.

Although, this may have changed.

Smidge

I had an emergency a number of years ago that I had to go abroad for.
Passport out of date and it would have taken a day to do a new one.
So the lady in the passport office did a temporary one for me that day(had to hand around for several hours, but hey!)


Also forgot to add, if you go into the office bring you travel details with you ie boarding pass ie proof of immediate travel)

cat_xx

talla10 wrote: »

Pay the correct fee maybe...

Wasn't my fault the woman in the post office told me I only had to pay €35

Milk & Honey

cat_xx wrote: »

Wasn't my fault the woman in the post office told me I only had to pay €35

It was you fault for relying on the woman in the Post Office!

cat_xx

Milk & Honey wrote: »

It was you fault for relying on the woman in the Post Office!

I always assumed people are supposed to know how to do their jobs no?

Cedrus

It's a looooong time since it's been anywhere near €35 for an adult passport and in fairness It's easy enough to look up.

Micky Dolenz

Ah give them a break, they asked for a service and were charged.

MagicMarker

cat_xx wrote: »

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this.

I have a bit of a situation, Im off to England on Wednesday to a wedding and sent my passport off a while ago. Got a letter back today saying I didnt pay the correct fee Anyway what do I do now?

If you have a passport then why did you sent it away?

Micky Dolenz

Expired probably.

mattjack

MagicMarker wrote: »

If you have a passport then why did you sent it away?

To entertain us of a Friday night ?

LETHAL LADY

Are you a good swimmer? Well it just might work if all else fails.

dirtyden

cat_xx wrote: »

Wasn't my fault the woman in the post office told me I only had to pay €35

I find this hard to believe. They do it so often they would hardly make a mistake plus it says it on the form. Go to the passport office and they will sort you. I know of a few people who were caught out and got sorted last minute.

minidazzler

cat_xx wrote: »

If I go to the passport office on Monday should I get it sorted?

Your passport is likely printed and made, but you just have to pay the rest of the money for it.

3ndahalfof6

benwavner wrote: »

AFAIK you can fly with Aer Lingus with a valid drivers licence.

Although, this may have changed.

I checked it out a few weeks ago, they still accept the licence.

ejmaztec

Smidge wrote: »

I had an emergency a number of years ago that I had to go abroad for.
Passport out of date and it would have taken a day to do a new one.
So the lady in the passport office did a temporary one for me that day(had to hand around for several hours, but hey!)


Also forgot to add, if you go into the office bring you travel details with you ie boarding pass ie proof of immediate travel)

If the trip's with Ryanair, temporary ones aren't accepted.

Karona

Yeah it says it on the form you have to fill in. I think its 88 if you want an express passport.

MarkR

Put the required money in the envelope, and climb in with it. Get a mate to lick the outside and seal it. Hop down the post office and post it. You may want to bring a power bar.

When the letter is opened (be careful of those letter opening knives), jump out and grab your passport.

ejmaztec

A snail on the move would look like a blur compared to the people in the passport office. It's a feckin good job they never got the Book of Kells job.

Pkiernan

ejmaztec wrote: »

A snail on the move would look like a blur compared to the people in the passport office. It's a feckin good job they never got the Book of Kells job.

They did - that's why there's only 1 copy.

later12

namloc1980 wrote: »

You do if you're flying with Ryanair. Aer Lingus will accept valid driving licence if you're an Irish citizen flying to the UK.

Just curious about this... only if you're an Irish citizen?

I'm sure if you're an EU citizen or do otherwise not require a Visa for the UK, but have an Irish DL, they can't make these arbitrary distinctions, can they?

Cee-Jay-Cee

You don't need a passport to go to a wedding, that's just ridiculous. You do however need marriage licence to prove your married. The two things are completely unrelated and shouldn't be mixed up.

HTH

Feathers

MarkR wrote: »

Put the required money in the envelope, and climb in with it. Get a mate to lick the outside and seal it. Hop down the post office and post it. You may want to bring a power bar.

When the letter is opened (be careful of those letter opening knives), jump out and grab your passport.

While you're at it, just get them to post you to England. Job done! May want to bring a second power bar though.

AngeGal

OP Aer Lingus accept basically any id for for travel between Ireland and England.

Examples include;

Valid Passport
Drivers licence with photo
International student card
National ID card / Government issued photo ID cards
Health Insurance cards with photo / Social security cards with photo
Bus pass with photo
Work ID with photo

Link - http://www.aerlingus.com/i18n/en/htmlPopups/passport_visa_information.html#irluk

Smidge

ejmaztec wrote: »

If the trip's with Ryanair, temporary ones aren't accepted.

Mine was:D