Looking for legal aid for Irish abroad

mycammedia

Hello,

My husband is an Irish citizen (born in Ireland, both parents are Irish.

Currently, He is living in Indonesia with spousal residential permit from Indonesian immigration office.

September last year, His passport was expired and we applied for a renewal online (paid fully with a credit card).

His application was submitted and everything seemed okay.

From the website, we have to wait about 2-3 months for a new passport.

On December, I contacted Irish Embassy in Jakarta about his passport, and I was informed that there was problem with the application.

I have never been informed about any problem with the application.

The email that I received from passport office was acknowledgement of his application and payment receipt.

Then, we sent a complaint letter to the passport office on January.

Then, on February the passport office sent me an email mentioning that we did not submit document required for the application!

We do not know what document (s) that they wanted as we never received any information in relation to this issue.

Now, my husband was left for nearly 7 months without passport and I have to explain to Indonesian authority about his passport problem. Luckily for him that the Indonesian immigration office is very understanding and kind, considering that my husband just recovered from a heart attack.

We need a solicitor who can help us with our situation since he doesn't have family in Ireland.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Spear

We're not creating a forum for the sake of this. I've moved this to the Travel forum instead, they're the most knowledgable on passport issues.

dory

You need to get back onto the embassy in Jakarka. Are you sure you wrote to the actual embassy the first time and not some scam website helping people of Irish heritage to get passports? You need to get him to write to them, explain that he's Irish and what his situation is.