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Blairness can i ask who youve contacted?

We applied in the beggining if august, they received support documentation on the 17th. Holiday was booked for the 22nd oct but no passport. Same was moved fornthe 26th November.

Rang yesterday and theres a problem eith the cover page. We generated a new ome which we will get signed today and posted off. Most of our holiday is non refundable and im guessing we wont get the passport by the 26th now. I emailed a TD last night but feeling very hopeless. They didnt cop the mistake on the cover page which leads me to think that noone has looked at the application yet. Inwas ringing on a weekly basis and got no answers, justbthe big standard "its an estimate, no guarentees it will come on time"

The original issue date was the 28th october. Ok ill call now thanks a mil

Callaway - if when you ring there is an automated female voice then just hang up. Its the mans voice that puts you in the queue.

As a previous poster said, def possible to get through. I found it far easier last week to get through though for some reason. I did get through really easily and really quickly at 9AM yesterday morning.

Interested to know if you have been checking the online tracker and if so was it was moving or not?

I have a first time child application submitted with an estimated delivery date of 10-Dec-21.

The progress bar has been continually moving along (currently at approx. 60%) which would seem positive.

I have a suspicion though that this might count for nothing in the real world.

Does anyone know if this is reflective of actual progress?

My progress bar went all the way to the end, the date passed and then jumped back 4 bars.

I suspect it just means its just a time indicator to the estimated issue date.

I don't think customer service can decrease the waiting time. At least I normally call them to ask if the application has even started being validated, though the tracker can say it's being processed, this doesn't actually mean anyone is looking at it. You might get lucky and get your first passports within the average 8 weeks.

To have some hope of getting them in time!

We applied at the end of August, had an estimated issue date of 5/11 but we didn't have them. We spoke to a whole pile of people to get the applications pulled from the pile they were in (the god only knows when they'd be issued pile) to be put in the "we'll do them today" pile on Monday. This was only possible due to all being in order with the application, the estimated issuing date having passed and having flight plans for Sunday 14/11.

I wouldn't hold my breath about getting first time children's applications prior to the estimated issuing date when so many of us have had to have them expedited after the estimated issuing date :/

Hopefully all works out for you though!

Mine the same. Today, after 3.5 months have changed to that status you've mentioned. I wonder if it's just a status they've put to everyone that is waiting or if it actually means what is says

Wondering if anyone else has experienced this. We submitted my husband's passport along with our application for our baby's first passport. Due to fly on 27/11 and no sign of either one (baby's passport has an estimated issue date of 18/11). However, I contacted the webchat yesterday morning to ask if my husband's passport could be returned. Got in touch again today and his passport has been dispatched, I have a tracking number.

Am I naive in thinking that this means that our documents have been checked and we have some hope of receiving our daughter's passport close to the estimated date? Surely they wouldn't release his passport if our documents hadn't been scanned and verified?.Or maybe this is wishful thinking on my part!!

Sorry to disappoint but just because they scanned and returned your husband's passport doesn't mean they have done the validation checks.