FBR Certificate arrived today. I'm going to be sending off everything for a passport next week or the week after (depends on how quickly I can get together with someone to have everything witnessed!)

My FBR certificate and supporting docs were dispatched last friday, according to the email I recieved. I've tracked them using the tracking number I was given and they'be been at: "Your post has left An Post DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12" since the morning of the 2nd of April. What have pe...

[...] Thanks, Angelo! Do you know if that email is from a particular team or does it go to them all. From what I read, different teams work somewhat differently/faster. Any others receive an address confirmation email from that address or another one? Mine was from a named person, and didn't includ...

Just had my confirmation of address email (updated the tracker) - Application sent 20th December 2019, Documents recieved 10th Jan 2020! Just recieved my congratulations email today after sending my proof of new address documents back yesterday (I'd changed address). I've been given a tracking numb...

Just had my confirmation of address email (updated the tracker) - Application sent 20th December 2019, Documents recieved 10th Jan 2020! Just recieved my congratulations email today after sending my proof of new address documents back yesterday (I'd changed address). I've been given a tracking numb...

Just had my confirmation of address email (updated the tracker) - Application sent 20th December 2019, Documents recieved 10th Jan 2020!

rsw1010 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:29 pm

Hello,

I'm a Jan 2020 applicant, docs received Jan 27th and still not heard a peep. Wondering if anyone else is from Jan 2020 and still waiting? As I've seen some Feb applicants getting theirs now! I literally check my inbox everyday!

10th Jan, heard nothing as yet

I have paid and was about to send off mine and my sisters applications and when going over everything I have had another overthink - so figured I'd turn to the forum to see if any of you had any advice. I am trying to complete my FBR for me and my sister as my grandfather was born in Ireland, where...

I have a question with regards to the witnessing of documents and photos and have been unable to make contact via web chat, so am hoping someone here can offer some advice. The application requests either an official stamp or business card if no stamp is available. My witness, a teacher, has neithe...

I feel a bit worried now as I sent mine not long after reopening on 18th Nov. Royal mail show tracked and delivered 22nd November but I haven't had any emails. Did everybody get a confirmation email? I sent my kids (two in same packet, one was a child now an adult!) in March 2021, tracking showed r...

Hello all, Long time lurker here and recently joined. Just wondering if anyone who applied in Jan 2020 has received their address notification email/ certificate yet? I feel so close yet so far! my grandmother was born in Cork to Irish parents with all the papers to prove lineage. Hoping its a stra...

Hello, first time poster and looking for some advice please. I've recently received my first Irish passport (born to Irish mother) and now want to register both of my daughters on the FBR. However, the online application asks for my (the parent) Date of foreign births registration and FBR entry num...

Kminkoff wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:48 pm

Thanks. I knew about the judicial review (and associated high cost), but I had no idea that a person could request a simple re-review by a senior official. If that means of appeal does exist, it makes me feel much better about my chances of success.

Yes, sorry I forgot to include the link!

Hi All, I have a rare case and am polling for opinions. -Great Grandfather: Born in Ireland -Grandfather: Born in U.S. -Father: Born in U.S. Entered into FBR in October of 1986. -Me: Born in 1981. Applied for FBR in August 2020. Application pending. Based on the current version of the law, I’m inel...

while my application slowly makes its way through, my brother wants to FBR now too. I see mention of joint applications/siblings here. Does anyone know if it possible for a sibling to an application in now, link to mine and then perhaps just send in their birth certificate? I doubt it as your appli...

Not quite the same, but I've moved house since sending off my FBR registration. I contacted them (after talking with passport webchat) to arrange return of some original documents that were needed Do I read you correctly that one can request return of the necessary documents even whilst the applica...

Hey all, I'm curious, has anyone had experience with having a new address when address confirmation email comes? My address has changed since I applied and am just curious on what type of delay it causes to update the address. Thanks. Not quite the same, but I've moved house since sending off my FB...

I think I've found it! thank god for that, I was having a proper panic. Your application for Irish citizenship through entry on the Foreign Births Register has now been received. Information in relation to current processing timelines can be found on our webpage www.dfa.ie/citizenship/born-abroad/r...

Yes they do because there's a section for you and your witness to sign.

I have found this forum useful as many other appear to over the past year or so in working out what the current status is with regards to FBR timelines. Previously a forum member collated all the available timelines periodically and posted them in a succinct manner. Below is my attempt at this, alt...

I have found this forum useful as many other appear to over the past year or so in working out what the current status is with regards to FBR timelines. Previously a forum member collated all the available timelines periodically and posted them in a succinct manner. Below is my attempt at this, alt...

Hi all. Long time lurker, first time poster here. I’m a UK applicant from early January 2020. Up to now I’ve just had the confirmation of receipt of documents sent email and nothing else. I’ve probably still got a long wait ahead of me but I thought I would ask if anyone has been in a similar situa...

Hi, I am delighted to find this site after 2 years in limbo. I applied for my daughter's citizenship in August 2019 and like many here still in limbo. My biggest issue is that included in the papers submitted was my only copy of my Zimbabwean Birth Certificate. This is pretty much irreplaceable as ...

He can get a passport, surely?

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