iandublin2
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Hi,
Have to get a passport for the nipper signed by a witness and my friend is an accountant but doesn't have a stamp. Anyone know if they will send the application form back if I send it in without a stamp.
Thanks in advance...
Ian
If he has a word processing package and a printer, not hard to create a personalised stamp that will suffice for such purposes.
The garda has already stamped her part of the form. The witness part has to be signed by someone who knows you/the children personally. The chap in the post office said they'll probably send it back without the official stamp. I know a priest etc would have a stamp, but an accountant wouldn't necessarily.
No it doesn't. I got my daughters one done last month. The only people to sign it were myself, my wife and a garda. I think the witnesses such as accountants etc only comes into play for applications outside Ireland. The garda should witness you sign the forms and sign it themselves.
Do you mean the Garda signed the witness section as well as the section at the back? The Garda we spoke with wouldn't sign the witness section as she didn't know us personally.
Yep. The Garda was wrong. She has to sign it as you will have to prove who you are with your id's so she will know who you are. (more so than a local priest or accountant). SHe doesn't need to know you personally. I have heard this happen before. There is a serious lack of training or else some members of the Gardai just couldn't be bothered.
Sorry, but you are wrong.
The relevant section ( section 7, parental consent) of the passport form states clearly that the person witnessing the parents signature must know you personally. A garda who does not know you personally is within their rights to refuse to witness your signature in Section 7 of the passport form.
And stick the printed stamp on the application form? That sounds a bit too easy. Sure anyone could sign it then and it would be open to abuse.
Passport office tend to follow up with a phone call to the witness later, double checking: I get these phone calls all the time.
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