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I’m in a similar situation, travel date of the 12th issue date of the 15th and not feeling very hopeful. Has your issue date passed? It’s very stressful!

Does anyone know the craic with photocopy of guardians passport? Applied in Feb for FTP for my son and submitted our original birth certs, which is what it says on the form. Either or. But phoned yesterday and she said they’d definitely look for that and to send it on with a cover note. She couldn’t send me a resubmission link. Tracked with An Post and they’ve received it this morning but I know it could take days to be reflected on the system just wondering what the hell is going on really. Flying out in 14 days but that is looking like it ain’t happening. Have a TD on the case who said birth certs should suffice but now they’ve asked for it we have to provide it. Any advice?

webchat turned green after a week of checking it! although i'm hanging for the last 30 mins waiting for my query to go through!

It is both parents original birth certs OR photocopy of Irish passport. Although we were told to send the photocopy in yesterday despite them having the original birth certs for us all. So send everything would be my advice lol

Hi Curlybap. How long was your application in the system before they requested the photos of the passports from you?

My daughter's first time has finally gone to print yesterday. Initial date was 5th may but had to resubmit as dates were signed different dates as guards. Her new date was 8th of June. We fly the 16th June. Just waiting on my son's first aswell now. His was the same boat wrong date. Fingers crossed for everyone. It's so stressful. Was about to cancel. I had gotten on to TDS. So not sure if that had speeded things up for me. They told me there will be extra workers in passport this weekend to clear up some backlog.

This is good to hear thanks for the update it has given me some hope. You might let me know when your sons issues. I have an issue date of the 15th but flying on the 12th. Td is hopeful but hard to relax until it’s in your hand!

Hi all,

Just wondering about this myself.

I received an email almost straight after application entitled "no-reply" where they thank me for using the online service.

There is a link at the bottom "reprint generated passport consent form".

When I click this it takes me back into the website and I must provide application no, birth surname of mother and DOB of child.

This takes me back to one of the pages in my application on the website with "important final steps" at top of page.

It advices to print consent form below but there is no link!

See attached

Any help appreciated!!

Can anyone answer this query please:

Awaiting children's first time passports. I'm British, husband Irish, children Irish.

Got forms signed and witnessed by guards.

Sent mine and husband's passports (both expired) and our birth certificates just in case. Is that correct? Does it matter that they've expired?

Thanks.

Hi All,

anyone had any experience recently where they were waiting on arrival of a child's renewal passport after having to resubmit consent form? We submitted consent form after an error at our end just last week. It was received in Passport Office and status updated, due to fly out on 20th June and estimated date is 24th June. Hoping we get it in time....

I don't understand at all how this can happen and reading here it's very common. That's the same reason we were given that we need to resubmit the form - the guard signed with different date. But they do this all the time and I remember chatting to he guard about what date actually is, and using the date he told me!

After days of checking I managed to get urgent appointment for 4 day passport and I am hopeful we can save the trip. We applied for passports end April, trip 22nd of June. I received mine but my son's ETA date is 28th so most it's unlikely we will get it without the urgent appointment.

Hope you got sorted with the passport. My son's was issued at lunchtime today. It will be here tomorrow. I checked at 11.20 and was still at the stage of verifying documents. Checked again at 13:20 and was sent out in post with the an post tracker. So fast then in the end.

For anyone looking for the average turnaround time for a first-time applicant here's how mine went

1 month 3 weeks ago

23/04/2022Alert

We have received your application. You must submit your supporting documents to proceed with the application.

1 month 1 day ago

13/05/2022Processing application

We have received your supporting documents. We are now verifying these documents.

1 week 6 days ago

31/05/2022Processing application

Your application is being processed

Today

13/06/2022Printing

Your Passport Book is being printed. Any\all documents submitted will be returned separately.

Today

13/06/2022Dispatched

Your Passport Book was posted on 13/06/2022

It only took around 2 weeks from when I got the second processing notification until it was dispatched today.

The estimated date was the 20/6/22

But we're in Cork, if you live in Dublin or closer to Dublin you might have it on Monday

If it were me, I wouldn’t. Although your allowed to use the passport up to the expired date, it’ll be cancelled if the new ones are issued in the meantime. Also, what if they couldn’t travel home on time for whatever reason, they’d be stuck in a different country with no identification documents for children.

Yep, happened to me got my documents back first and then passport, even though the passport office say the documents are returned after, it's not actually true for some people

It must be questioned. It can´t be possible that the only way to apply for a passport or passport renewal is through "Passport Online". There should be at least another alternative, because its your passport, a vital document that you should be able to obtain regardless of weather you own a computer or credit card or whatever. I can´t undestand why the general public would allow itself to be cornered in such a way, and what is so wrong with using a paper form.

You have to question these things, otherwise, all other users on this forum that have shown distress on passport delays should what? Suck it up? "The DFA has announced a massive backlog on passport applications. We'll get to your passport application when we get to it". You wouldn´t question that?

Cheers!