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Thank you. Yes it was an online application, both born in Ireland to Irish parents.

Both applications are in the "Processing Application" stage

I rang them yesterday and they noted our travel dates so hopefully that will speed the process along. Surprisingly I got through 1st time on the phone and only had a 5 minute wait. The girl on the phone said our travel dates are now noted and when the next person who is dealing with processing the applications, they will take this into consideration.

Hopefully that will get us over the line but I might give the local TD a shout if the first passport does not arrive on it's estimated date of the 28th of this month.

I find it wildly entertaining that they have reduced the time on their website from 40 to 35 working days.

Irish born child to Irish born parents, online application. 35 working days my foot. Today is working day 40. Maybe today will be our day!!

Both passports have now moved to Processing so hopefully not much longer

https://www.dfa.ie/passports/turnaround-times/

Currently, at the above official page, it says: First time applicants, 35 Working Days

Doubt it could be ready in a month in any case; guess it'll be more than 35 anyway, probably it's an estimated time.

The Process?

At what point in the process does the Passport office contact the person who witnessed your documents, to verify that they exist and are entitled to verify you? Is it when the Tracker says "Processing Application: we have received your supporting documents. We are now verifying these documents." Or is it at the stage where the Tracker says "Processing Application:Your application is being processed."

If you need a passport in < than 2 weeks I’d recommend booking a 1 day or 4 day turnaround 1 day child passport needs both parents present or 4 days needs the Garda stamp and then one parent can attend the passport office.

Mine and my husband's first time applications have been sitting at the stage of "Processing application:We have received your supporting documents. We are now verifying these documents." for 2 weeks and 6 days. Just this morning my application has moved to "Processing application: Your application is being processed." I must check with our referee if she's been contacted yet. Thanks for your reply.

We were at processing for over a month before they contacted our witness.

Thanks. I applied Wed night and nothing is happening. No complicating factors. I can only hope.

Got through on the chat here. Very helpful agent. Said currently in his experience, Paper applications are meeting estimated deadlines but it does vary. Said to contact them again if it hasn't moved by the estimated date and they'll hopefully be able to move it along. Said that verification stage is the last stage pretty much. Noted out travel dates etc.

We applied on 23rd of Feb (1st time application). For a month, the online tracker wasn't working (I had contacted them and was assured it was received within a couple of days of application). Then around the 23rd of March it showed up online "Processing application", "Your application is being processed.". It's still on this status, and it was confirmed to me today that supporting documents haven't been verified yet, that is the last stage. So anyone's guess what the difference is between different processing states.

Thank you. Passport office told me 3 weeks wouldn’t be enough. Hence my concern.