And threasa1 wouldn't it be far easier if the passport office could do that check themselves instead of wasting the time of the Gardai and yourself in bureaucracy.
.. the Guard insisted on me showing him my expired Passport.
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However, I don't get your point about the passport office authenticating the photo.
And why can't the passport office staff by looking at you authenticate the photo, if you call in person.
If you turn up in person at the Passport Office, they can verify the photos there, especially as you can have them taken there in a booth. It is only the postal applications that need be signed by Garda, AFAIK.And why can't the passport office staff by looking at you authenticate the photo, if you call in person. I'm sure the average citizen is not known to by the gardai so it is just the same as the passport office staff doing it. There is no additional security measure by the fact it is a garda. The gardai hate doing this and invariable make it difficult for people based on all the posts on AAM on this topic alone.
As I'm out of the country, in Ireland is it only the gardai who can authenticate photos or can it be a GP, school principal, bank manager etc?
If you turn up in person at the Passport Office, they can verify the photos there, especially as you can have them taken there in a booth. It is only the postal applications that need be signed by Garda, AFAIK.
Well that's handy for those 1/3 of the population in Dublin and whatever percentage in Cork. Why don't they do that in the other major cities. Most people visit Limerick/Sligo/Waterford etc a couple of times a year.
but I do believe that the photo should be verified as a likeness in person.
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