Thank you I was looking for this information. so it seems applications in 2020 are reduced by 17-20% from previous years. and also in 2021 there may be some impact due to lockdown and delays with passport returns. I hope there will some improvement in application processing time, cross fingers. This...

Hi, Is there any page or data available where INIS shares number of applications received year by year for example 2020? (I know minister provides 'total' number of in progress application) I'm asking, if COVID and long extended lockdowns had any impact on number of applications received in 2020 and...

As per the latest updates from the department the citizenship helpline number is suspended due to COVID protocols and delay in acknowledge receipts - hope that will give some speed to processing of applications. Department is still processing applications which are 2 or more years in the system and ...

Thanks for sharing this information, it's helpful. However, what worrying when minister promise to reduce the timeframe to 6-9 months but at INIS website at the same time timeframe is increased from 1 year to 23 months for straightforward application. Not sure, how they can meet this timeline when t...

Cliere8, very well drafted, there is no transparency, no proper response on the status just copy paste reply. I hope minister will make adequate steps to make things streamline and take a note on why processing time on website is 23 months when promised to be 9 months. Understood people are already ...

Thanks for sharing the link, I hope they 'mean' what they say and their words matters, I'm disheartened :cry: .... to read that they are saying 23 months on website and can't understand how come ministers says in Oireachtas 9 months where as around same time on website updates the processing time to...

I'm looking at the official website of Irish immigration and found current processing time is increased to 23 months Currently it takes 23 months approximately for a straightforward application to be processed from the date it is received to the date a decision is made. which is a shock to me. A) Is...