On the very first page of the online form, it says: Did parent (through who Irish citizenship is said to be derived) acquire Irish citizenship by virtue of: Birth to a person born in Ireland. Naturalisation. Post nuptial declaration. Foreign births Registration. Adoption. As he is applying through ...
Any current timeframes for passports? Hi Michael Wonderful news for you and Donna regarding your FBR entry. It has been a long time coming (9.5 months) and I am sure you are mightily relived. Let's hope that they manage to print and post the certificate to you swiftly. As for the passport applicati...
My son is applying through descent through my Irish born mother. One of the required supporting documents is a copy of her CURRENT passport or driving licence. My mother is 87 years old and has understandably let these both expire. Has this sort of issue been a problem for anyone else or can I hope...
I just took receipt of a package containing my new Irish passport, FBR certificate and other supporting documents. It arrived at the embassy in Beijing on Tuesday June 4th and at my Chinese address on Wednesday June 5th . I got it sent on to Thailand by fast courier the same day. I am pretty happy w...
I wonder why DFA doesn't require Apostille certificates for all vital records submitted in the FBR application. Doing so would streamline the process by eliminating the need for record authentication. I agree wholeheartedly with what you have to say about Apostilization of documents. It seems a log...
I sent my application on 21 March from the New York City metro area. If anyone has any guesses as to what the real processing time would be, I'm all ears. Probably around 10 months from the date of confirmed receipt to FBR addition. A further month to allow for printing and postage of the certifica...
There is not a criminal check. Thanks for clearing that up. I am not stunned at the lack of a check given the cost involved. I imagine something must be undertaken at the passport stage. I certainly hope it is. I also called the offices where the birth, death and marriage certificates where issued ...
I received word that my passport and supporting materials had arrived at my address in China this afternoon. My 1st time application journey therefore is now at an end. It took longer than expected, but was still a step up on the FBR process. Timeline Application hand submitted in Beijing: March 27t...
The process is the process. I do think that DFA should have built into their process a simple first step - in that when submissions are first received the original documents should be checked for sufficiency/responsiveness - and if so, the original docs then returned to the applicant. Then the subm...
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...
Paraguay would be good too 6 months residence each year for 3 years and you can become a Paraguayan citizen but the Paraguay passport does allow visa free travel to Thailand. Then there is Chile the closest to western standards, Ecuador nice beaches history and Colombia looks like an amazing countr...
As LesMalouinettes mentioned above, the number/ type of communications that applicants receive from the DFA is highly inconsistent. Some may receive a confirmation of receipt. Others do not. Some may get an E-mail indicating they have been added to the FBR. Others may not. Just because you have not ...
I have watched a few YouTube videos about getting residency in Paraguay, Panama by making a bank deposit of $5.000 but this comes with conditions etc like not staying out of the country for too long plus you will have to fly back every so often but is there any other countries in this region which ...
I applied in April 2018 with receipt 15 May. Has anyone been waiting any longer? To my knowledge, your wait has been the longest on the board - thus far anyway. The application date in your instance will run from the date of receipt which I think is May 15th in your case. You mention April - is tha...
Need some advice. I am Irish national through naturalization and living in another EU country... whereas my wife is non-EU national. For the new born to arrive, i will be applying for Irish nationality through FBR route. The twist here is that if the whole family moves to an non-EU country after th...
The report was made by the BBC and the figures were from 2 sources firstly the numbers for as follows FBR UK applications (Irish department of Justice ) Passport UK applications (DFA) FBR cert issued (Department of Justice) The passport applications will always be much higher and as for the FBR app...
Hi Lee, The figures you provided seem really low - aside from the passport application number. Previously, I have been advised as part of an FOI request that in 2018, 25,823 worldwide FBR applications were received by the DFA and 17,414 entries made on the register. As I mentioned at the time I post...
Hi there, Can one of the moderators please explain the deletion of multiple posts from the Foreign Birth Registration thread in the Ireland forum? Two of my own posts were deleted in this instance (over the last 2-3 days) along with those of others. Several weeks ago the thread was temporarily shut ...
Unable to be parted from my UK passport or driving licence for such a long time I had my witness certify a copy of my licence. I know with absolute certainty that this was included with my application yet according to the chatline operative, no such paper was scanned into their system. There is no ...
I suspect that people simply didn't believe (myself included) that Brexit could/would really happen. So anyone that didn't rush to apply after the referendum only recently got into the panic and applied in 2018/nowi... The next prime minister Boris Johnson is sure about Brexit :) Then again he is s...
They received mine August 8, 2018.....sorry my wording in the previous post was a little confusing--was too excited! Lol.... Congratulations Amcbamcb on making it through the FBR process!! You are the first August applicant (that we know of) from the United states to hear some good news in quite so...
The Irish embassy in Bangkok is not that big from what I can see and it's based on a floor of an office building in the Silom area ,I believe or close by it . So I don't know if this is the reason for the slow processing but Thailand is home to a few Irish citizens in Bangkok , Phuket and else wher...
I had dinner with one of my tenants in Bangkok last night. He and his girlfriend are from the U.K. and live together in Thailand. They have been here for over 2 years. His girlfriend has an Irish grandfather and applied for FBR through the Irish embassy in Bangkok on July 22nd 2018. She had a reques...
Good to hear Sulla! I for one will miss your expertise and insights on this message board. Oh, I won't be calling it a day just yet. I still have to wait to actually get the passport. Besides, it will be nice to be around when everyone else's journey finally comes to an end and they get their good ...
