Hi all, Just got my email asking to confirm address! Full timeline so far: Application sent 8 Oct 2018 Email saying application received 8 Mar 2019 Email asking for address clarification 9 Sep 2019 As an added complication, I've moving house in 3 weeks, so I've told them they better hurry up! Ross ...
Hi Sulla, Great job your doing, well done, only wish Balbriggan was nearly as efficient, then we may not have as many disgruntled applicants. If you wish you can add me to your ever lengthening list of eagerly but not expecting any positive news soon applicants. Application sent to Edinburgh by Roy...
Article about the FBR process (and the delays) in the Guardian, provides some stats for the increase in applications post 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/please-ireland-help-sort-out-my-eu-membership?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Thanks for posting that article. I want to comment of ...
Well, I received my FBR certificate today 🎉. My application was received 31st August 2018 and I was added on 30th August 2019. I received an email on the 30th last week asking to confirm my address, but had no follow up after that so thought that there might be a problem. Thankfully everything was ...
I submitted my application in Nov 2018. I’ll be pretty gutted if I have to start my (approximately) twelve month wait from the confirmation email in March 2019, all because of the delay in shifting over London applications to Balbriggan. That would mean a total sixteen month wait (minimum??) for ap...
Thanks Lee, perhaps the photo's will be okay, reluctant to get them redone cause they are so expensive over here (25 euros!!) Hope you get yours through soon - same for everyone still waiting. Other thing I have noticed and this is a question for people who have applied for the passport, I have not...
May 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018. Jacqui309 – received May 15th / Pending Emma86 – received May 30th (Added to FBR November 20th 2018) June 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018. Ben321 – received m...
Yeah another application here from me as well for the list! Sent direct to Dublin from the UK on 15th March 2019, and I received email confirmation that they'd received it on 20th March 2019.
Hello everyone. Just adding to the timelines. I sent the online application and credit card payment September of 2018. Mailed the documents January 2019. Got the email saying all was received about 2 weeks later. Called in July because the website stated 6-7 months to process was told that it is no...
Hi All Got an email today from the Irish Embassy in Pretoria this afternoon. It reads: "FBR CERTIFICATE ISSUED, READY FOR COLLECTION - NOTE: WE DO NOT POST (COLLECTION STRICTLY FROM PRETORIA OFFICE) Can you and SonicBoom please let me know the dates of addition to the FBR as printed on the cer...
Update from me. I called the dfa today, perhaps not the best day to call cause the queue was double digits but it still actually moved quite fast. I was added to the FBR on 22 July so officially an Irish Citizen :-) Certificate has been printed and is at the Embassy so I have arranged to go to the ...
Today's the day! I got an email this morning from DFA saying they are in the process of approving my FBR application, and that they wanted to confirm my postal address. Shortly thereafter, they said my FBR certificate will be issued and posted in the next few days, and that I would receive it in 2-...
The Foreign Birth Registration instructions specify original documents. Is a certified copy considered equivalent? I have my original birth certificate and marriage certificate, but for everything else (e.g., grandparent's and parent's birth and marriage and death certificates), I can only get cert...
Dear Sulla, Please can you add me to your timeline: Sent application to London embassy on 5 November 2018, received by them the following day. Received email stating from DFAT on 12 March 2019 "Your application and supporting documentation for your application for Foreign Birth Registration ha...
Update on my application (previous user name NYNJ): received an email from FBR office on August 15, asking to verify that my address of record was still current. I confirmed that, and received a response back that my certificate (read: my son's certificate) would be posted the following day, and th...
Sulla Agreed, We all want the same thing and all have different opinions, reasons why we wanted to apply for the FBR . Keep up the good work everyone and best of luck with your applications Dear Sulla, Please can you add me to your timeline: Submitted application to London embassy on November 4th. ...
Probably best to call a truce and keep the thread unlocked. I will post an updated timeline in an effort to get us back on topic. May 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018. Jacqui309 – received May 15th / Pending Emma86 – received May 30th (Added to FBR ...
Hi Sulia, Would you please add my timeline to your next list? I am located in the USA. I applied online and sent my application and docs directly to Balbriggan. Application submitted online: 16 June 2019 Sent application (USPS): 22 June 2019 Application confirmed received by DFA (email): 01 July 20...
Found an opinion piece from a British fella living in Cork about the FBR process that people here might find interesting: Amid Brexit chaos, I've been told I face a YEAR-LONG wait to be an Irish citizen Sounds like he's going through the same experience as us, but he manages to get some information...
All I can say is I'm so bummed that it is a year now. Mine should be straight forward. 2 grandparents born in Ireland. All certificates and verifications completed, fees paid, excitement at the prospect of hearing at 6 months... came and went. Now a year... super bummed My cousin Liam is in the sam...
Update! I just got my email today saying my recent(!!) application for Foreign Birth Registration was successful and I'm now an Irish Citizen :D :D :D Thar's wonderful news indeed. I'm sure you are both pleased and relived. Let's hope that the delays with printing certificates are resolved soon and...
I've been lurking for a long time too. I submitted my application to Dublin on the 18th of Sept, 2018. It was received on the 27th of Sept, 2018 confirmed not only by tracking but an email from the DFA on the same day (Which actually seems pretty amazing given for some of you that confirmation seem...
I just want to post this before I head to the airport. I will probably be jet lagged for a day or two, so if I don't catch any updates or clarifications right away that is to be expected. As usual, if you have been missed from the list please let me know and I will add you in once I recover. May 201...
Question for you, The certificate is in my maiden name (the name I gained my citizenship through) not my married name. My marriage certificate was enclosed and all the documentation, drivers license, passport etc.. are in my married name. Is this typical? Will it be a problem with the passport? Tha...
