Well, this just added insult to injury. I am currently at 11 months and 2 weeks. A few weeks ago I called the FBR office in Dublin. I was on hold for 27 min, the rest of the call was 3 minutes. I gained no usable information from this call except that I was in the queue. I just received my phone bi...

usczkat wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:51 am

Thanks so much Sulla for all the effort you put in here. Looks like quite a job keeping it all straight! Much appreciate you!

Thank you for the kind words. Let's hope you hear some good news soon. You must be coming close to the end of your wait.

Sulla wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:50 pm

Thanks for letting me know. I have added Spike and you in. I'm certain there are others I have forgotten too.

Sorry, my mistake. I have added Wims and you in. I am obviously not thinking clearly this morning.

You can add me too if you like Sulla. Received by DFA and email sent to me to confirm receipt Sept 27th, 2018. Nothing since then. Thanks for letting me know. I have added Spike and you in. I'm certain there are others I have forgotten too. MaryO - if you could let me know your exact date of applic...

I have updated the timeline to reflect new additions to the register. Moreover, I have started the September 2018 applicants list. I am aware that I have probably missed people from September. If I have neglected to mention you, please let me know and I will add your information in. I have listed Au...

I am writing this to say to those who are frustrated with all of the waiting that I know how you feel I am not the most patient of people and the weeks of waiting were killing me …. but it is worth the wait. The feeling you get with the FBR certificate and the Passport in your hands is something sp...

My wife’s FBR is now official. Her timeline: August 14, 2018 received email that her application was received. July 17th, 2019 email stating they just needed to verify her current address. We responded to email on same day. July 25th received her official FBR certificate - what a beautiful thing to...

Would it be fair to say from the forums experience, that some of the smaller consulates provide a faster processing time? There is some evidence to support the thesis that consulates or embassies that are less busy provide faster turnaround times for FBR. This is mainly due to them being able to sp...

Hi all, Just Update you about My Case, got a post/email from Irish Embassy In Nigeria. Please read below. ================================= Dear Messieurs: Thank you for your mail. The documents are still being checked. Please refer to the attached guidelines on FBR. The children being applied for ...

Quote "Another is to send a short (character limited) notice indicating that you want to complain about the FBR dept using the form on this page. You should receive a response asking you to outline your complaint in full via return email. I used this method. https://www.dfa.ie/about-us/our-com...

I have said before and will say again here, that in the case of my application the submission date was acknowledged as the date of application. This formed part of an answer to a formal complaint I made and came from the head of the FBR department in writing. Legally, it is not tenable to claim any...

Agreed. I applied in Aug 2018 with documents ref my grandmother borrowed from my cousin, who would quite like them back; and documents about my mother, who sadly died last week, which would be really useful in sorting out her probate :-(( My sympathies on the passing of your mother. For your cousin...

The sign/stamp/date instructions for the photographs is really just so poorly written & vague.I mean signing/dating the back of such a small photo seems ridiculous to begin with to me. The part about stamping at first glance would indicate you have to stamp the back of the photos too! But commo...

Some good news on my end. Received my certificate in the post yesterday (18th July) which states date of entry as 11th July. So about a 11 month wait for me! Good luck to everyone applying, hopefully the last August and September applicants will be processed soon. Onto the passport process... Wow, ...

I sent the explanation above with my application but they won’t believe Dad is my father unless I get his name added to my birth certificate retrospectively, otherwise he will not process my application. Now, I am sixty-five years old and Dad passed away 10 years ago and my mother 20 years ago. I s...

Yay! We have some progress on our application. Received an email today that says my wife will be approved for FBR shortly. The application will not be approved until we confirm our address by return email - unless we moved. If we moved (we haven’t yet) they require proof of new address. It has been...

Here is a reply I just received to a question posed in March 2019. I queried the 50% figure that had been quoted for incomplete applications. Since the FBR department claimed there was no record of such information, I asked the Tánaiste's office where he sourced his facts from. The response was not ...

Thanks for updating the list Sulia! Interesting to see the spread here. Makes me wonder how they are processing these, seems to be very much luck of the draw. I'm sure if you were recently asked for address confirmation then that is a very positive sign. Based on date of application, you should be ...

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...

Thanks DonaMarie, But I am still waiting to pay the fee, mine hit's in Nigeria. Its just a waiting game right? Regards I would not worry too much about the fee situation. Some applicants are charged the minute their electronic application is received - this happened in my case. Others have reported...

I apologise if this has been asked before but are, in anyone’s experience, straightforward applications being processed quicker i.e. ones with a clear paper trail any faster than more complex ones. Or, does it appear that they are just working systematically through the pile? The problem is that we...

Well guys, my wait is over. I received my FBR certificate and documents this morning. So it would appear August 2018 applications are being processed and it’s quite quick once you make it to the top of the pile. Finding this forum was a massive comfort when I’d sent off my application but not heard...

When I did mine it was easy as one of my mates is a GP, and they were still acceptable then. However, I've looked at the online guidance and it appears there are two criteria: (1) the person must be a lawyer/commissioner for oaths/justice of the peace/police officer/magistrate/judge and (2) must ei...

Wow, that is interesting. Where overseas are you living? Wish I'd have done mine that way!! My wait is 10 1/2 months now, as we keep saying... should be any day now! I applied from Malaysia. I am happy that you received your certificate relatively quickly. I had a similar experience from applying f...

However, having read about some of the documentation some people have been asked to submit, I wanted to ask your opinion. My father was widowed when my mother died, then remarried and divorced before his death. Even though this second marriage is completely irrelevant to my application will I have ...