That's according to a midlands councillor, who has been in undated with requests by families, looking for help.
Sending passport reminders to people six months before the document expires would save a lot of stress.
That's according to Fianna Fail Cllr Aengus O Rourke who says he's been in undated with requests by families, looking for help, after discovering their passport is out of date.
He believes this could be easily avoided, if the Department of Foreign Affairs sent out a letter to remind people to renew it.
Councillor O'Rourke says we get reminders for everything, and passport renewal should be no different:
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