My passport went missing in the post last week on the way to the Australian embassy which is a bummer (I didn't send it registered as I didn't get the time to get to the post office). I went about trying to get a new one in time for my holiday next weekend but that wasn't easy, I got all the forms signed in the Garda station including the loss of passport form. I then rang the passport office and told them of my prediciment but they couldn't help as i didn't have travel documents stating that i was leaving within the next two weeks (the normal processing time for a passport being two weeks). We are booking our Holiday last minute so I won't have any travel documents till the last few days So my solution was to book a flight to Brussels with Ryanair for next tuesday which cost me €38, this meant that i had proof that i was leaving within the next two weeks so I could get my passport before I go. Afetr Queuing for 2 1/2 hours this solution worked and I will have my passport on Monday. Problem with this though, when you lose your passport and get a new one; the replacment only lasts for 1 year and then you have to go in and get the further 9 years of the standard 10 year passport put onto your replacement passport. This means that i cannot apply for my Australian Visa as one of the requirements for applying for the Visa is that your passport be valid for the length of time that you will be in Australian plus 6 months which mine will not be.. My Solution to this is to go into the passport office when I get back from my holidays and grovel plead like I have never grovelled and pleaded before to try and get the last 9 years put onto my new passport, what a fuking cock up……Thank you AN POST you are great .
Results of Philip's Passport Cock up:
UP
1 year passport
Flight to Brussels on Tuesday (which i am willing to Sell or give away)
Down
€57 for new passport.
€38 for filght to Brussels
Old passport (with all my America Visas)
€10 for parking while waiting in the passport office.
Possiblity of applying for my Australia Visa now like I had planned.