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[rayr7501]

Hello there,
i would like to get previous applicants experiences with passport express.Website relates that passport express guarantees 10 day turn around time..i would like to get other previous applicants views on this...

[IQU]

passport express is best service.their processing time is 10 working days and its cheap compare to counter service in passport office.you have to send them all yours original documents,you can also track your application.their is more details www.passport.ie good luck and congrats

[Naija]

[quote="rayr7501"]Hello there,
i would like to get previous applicants experiences with passport express.Website relates that passport express guarantees 10 day turn around time..i would like to get other previous applicants views on this...[/quote]


Hi.Im not a previous applicant,but i applied just now.I sent my application off on 15h of June, day after ceremony,and I used passport express service.It cost me 89 euros.So i checked it on website on 18th(as it was weekend before 18th),so it said there my application has been registered and recieved.And so far,status hasnt changed.It does say passport issue date is 29 of this month.So it wont be a 10 day turn around,as i should have already gotten it by 29th back to me.But in my case,im hoping for a 12-14 day turnaround due to huge number of applications for one office.And praying it arrives before my flight. Good luck to all.

[IQU]

its 10 working day.

[rayr7501]

[IQU]

its 10 days.............. express post 10 days,public counter 15 days, standard post 4-8 weeks

[Naija]

[quote="IQU"]its 10 days.............. express post 10 days,public counter 15 days, standard post 4-8 weeks[/quote]

IQU, it is 10 days when situation in passport office is normal,but THIS IS NOT NORMAL situation right now,due to 4000 applicants from citizenship ceremony plus any person reneweing their passports that have been irish citizens for long or are irish.It will take more than 10 days now!!

[IQU]

[quote="Naija"][quote="IQU"]its 10 days.............. express post 10 days,public counter 15 days, standard post 4-8 weeks[/quote]

IQU, it is 10 days when situation in passport office is normal,but THIS IS NOT NORMAL situation right now,due to 4000 applicants from citizenship ceremony plus any person reneweing their passports that have been irish citizens for long or are irish.It will take more than 10 days now!![/quote] i can understand passport office is very busy.but if you look the www.passport.ie processing time is still 10 days.

[Irisheddy]

Passport express is not 100% guaranteed. I remember applying for my last passport. I used passport express because of the guarantee they give regarding time.

I received a reply which i thought was my new passport. Instead it was a letter from an over zealous clerk saying that because i had not submitted my birth certificate, the application was not valid and the guarantee did not apply.

Great except that I wasn't required to produce my birth certificate. That only applies when you are applying for your very first passport- Not when you are renewing it.

I needed it urgently, so i rang the department of Foreign Affairs and asked to speak to the Minister. of course I knew they wouldn't put me directly onto the minister. They put me onto his personal assistant who sorted the matter immediately. i called down to the passport office at 6. that evening and collected my new passport.

[BrightonJohn]

I posted my passport application to the London Embassy on the 2nd June and this is the latest status on the passport tracking website

Application Number Entered: xxxxxxxxxxx
Status: Application No. xxxxxxxxxxx. Received on 07/06/2012 and has been registered.

Issue Date: 21/06/2012
Website Last Updated: 26/06/2012 at 7:45

I did read that passport applications do take a while between Easter & the end of July- hopefully I won't have to wait too long for it.

[IQU]

[quote="BrightonJohn"]I posted my passport application to the London Embassy on the 2nd June and this is the latest status on the passport tracking website

[i]Application Number Entered: xxxxxxxxxxx
Status: Application No. xxxxxxxxxxx. Received on 07/06/2012 and has been registered.

Issue Date: 21/06/2012
Website Last Updated: 26/06/2012 at 7:45[/i]

I did read that passport applications do take a while between Easter & the end of July- hopefully I won't have to wait too long for it.[/quote] WHAT THATS MEAN they suppose to issue yours passport on 21/06/12 are you still waiting for it ??????did you try to ring them ????????

[BrightonJohn]

I assume the issue date is what will be printed on the passport (with the expiry date being ten years later).

As I went through my local embassy, I have been told to expect a longer wait than what you would do applying in Ireland. Hopefully it should be sorted by the end of July.

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=83452 explains in detail the stages of the application. They mention it can stay on the 'registered' status for a while

[rayr7501]

[agniukas]

we had a similar situation just with a child's irish passport. we submitted an application by passport express. however, they required additional documents. In the end, my husband chose to drive from Dublin to Balbriggan due to our travel arrangements and show them the documents they needed, and the passport was issued the same day (that's after we received a letter some days later requesting additional documents).
so if in doubt, contact the passport office.

[Irisheddy]

Passport express is a joke. The whole purpose of paying the premium is that you are supposed to get the guarantee. If you don't get the guarantee then what's the point.

And Rayr, don't bother with your TD. Why not cut out the middleman! Just do what I did and ring the Minister of Foreign Affairs private Office directly (i.e. It is Eamonn Gilmore now) They have telephone numbers in the telephone directory or on his web site for that specific purpose.

Unless of course you know your TD very well, but you will still get the same result.

[IQU]

i think you should send them email ?

[rayr7501]

[Irisheddy]

I heard of someone who needed a passport urgently for his son. he rang up today and was told that Monday was the earliest he could get it.

he was happy enough with that because they have a back log

[Naija]

Hi Naija,
Did u get ur passport yet? Any update yet?[/quote]


Hey,i didn't get it yet,but my application status on passport website changed so qucikly.This morning it was being checked,so i thought it might come to me next week,but this evening when i checked again after 18:45 update,it was already posted to me,so i should have it back by monday or tuesday.So they were right and correct concerning my own application,i mean the date they wrote on website. It means once they start checking your application,it is all done in same day,printed and posted back to you.So hope for yours very soon. When exactly did you send your own application?And good luck.

[IQU]

my son got his passport this morning.passport express it take 12 working day which is not to bad.but i send them 2 time emails.they replied within hours. good service.................