Well, I've just had my confirmation email: "Congratulations, your application for Irish citizenship through entry on the Foreign Births Register has been successful. A certificate has now been printed and posted to the address provided by you. Please note that your application will be sent via ...

Ah excellent, good to know.

Hi everyone. Has anyone had issues with changing address after moving to another country mid-processing? I'm a May 2019 applicant so I'm hoping I get the confirmation of address email soon. Problem is that I ended up in the Netherlands for the last few months because of COVID-19 (long story) and wi...

Yes, I just had a call from them in the last half hour and they confirmed my application has been approved and I will receive it in the post in the next 2-3 weeks! So May 2019 applications are being approved now!

I dont know why it keeps changing those words to 'bad quality'... I basically mean make an email appear it's from an address other than the one it is actually from. I don't know why it doesn't like that particular word..?

It just sounded a bit similar to some scams, asking for for personal information (ie your address and application ref) but doesn't offer you anything to show its legitimate, any kind of reference that only the DFA would know. And obviously you can't go any further without actually doing what it says...

Hello there, first time poster here. I applied for FBR in May 2019 and wasn't expecting much to happen given the circumstances but have just received the following email and wondered if it was legitimate? I wasn't expecting it and it just sounded slightly 'unusual'. Is it genuine? Many thanks for an...