Probably an impossible question to answer but... I am a Sept 22 applicant - what are the predications that I will hear back sometime next year? I've seen November and December 2021 applications get their confirmation of address email on here so I'd wager there is a decent chance you'll hear back in...

Hello, sorry for issue with the spreadsheet, I didn't realise that it was hosted on a gmail account that was deleted. I've managed to recover it here and will merge them shortly Spreadsheet Thanks for your help and happy for you to also be an editor/coowner? It is now hosted on my personal gmail ac...

FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2/11/2022 Supporting Documents received: 10/11/2022 Application Processing: 10/11/2022 Application Processing 29/11/2022 Witness Contacted: 2/12/2022 Passport Book Printing: 5/12/2022 Passport Book Dispatched: 7/12/2022 Passport Book Received: 16/12...

DFA recently added this note to their website. https://www.dfa.ie/passports/updates/ It says passports, but I'd guess it applies to FBRs too. Update on Passport Services *** DISRUPTION TO POST IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND *** Due to the current Royal Mail industrial action, we have tem...

FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2/11/2022 Supporting Documents received: 10/11/2022 Application Processing: 10/11/2022 Application Processing 29/11/2022 Witness Contacted: 2/12/2022 Passport Book Printing: 5/12/2022 Passport Book Dispatched: 7/12/2022 Passport Book Received: Pass...

FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2/11/2022 Supporting Documents received: 10/11/2022 Application Processing: 10/11/2022 Application Processing 29/11/2022 Witness Contacted: 2/12/2022 Passport Book Printing: 5/12/2022 Passport Book Dispatched: 7/12/2022 Passport Book Received: Passp...

FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2 Nov 2022 Documents posted: 5 Nov 2022 (USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope) Documents delivered: TBD... Will I get my Irish passport before Christmas? Place your bets! FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2 Nov 2022 Documents post...

They have been scaling up to handle the enormous workload.
That means hiring new employees.
New employees aren't going to be perfect, especially as they get up to speed.
Maybe cut them some slack.

it was approved on 24th October, had subsequently passed through another processing stage and is now queued for certificate printing. I was further told that they have limited printing capacity and their systems cannot indicate when the certificate might be issued That is odd. Maybe they have incre...

I'm skimming through the fist few pages of this thread and it's remarkable how different things were back in 2018-2019. Applications were sent to your local consulate or embassy where there was (perhaps) some kind of initial review, then sent on to Dublin for further review. Also funny to see people...

I found a problem with the data and I don't know if I can fix it. It looks to me like the data were sorted without the "notes" column. Now the notes no longer go with the correct user. Notes have been restored. Notes that changed after Oct 26 on the old sheet are still gone. It's possible...

News about passport staff and backlog. I know this is the FBR thread, but the passport thread says to only post timelines and since most here will be applying for a passport eventually-https://www.irishcentral.com/news/ireland-backlog-applications-passport Hmm, I wonder if that article is mixing up...

FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2 Nov 2022 Documents posted: 5 Nov 2022 (USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope) Documents delivered: TBD... Will I get my Irish passport before Christmas? Place your bets! FBR cert received: 31 Oct 2022 Online application: 2 Nov 2022 Documents post...

You're such a legend for a) saving a copy in first place and b) taking the time to do this. I am the exact same as you though, I find a bit of data entry with some nice music very therapeutic :) I found a problem with the data and I don't know if I can fix it. It looks to me like the data were sort...

That's a heroic effort - thanks! I did it because I enjoy it. Some nice mindless data entry while listening to Christmas music. One thing that's missing is recently someone made a chart showing something.... Applications and address checks by month, maybe? I wonder what other visualizations people ...

Okay, I've gone back through the last several pages of this thread and updated my copy of the spreadsheet with the available information from after 26 Oct 2022. Any info from lurkers or that wasn't posted here has been lost. :cry: Apart from that though, I think the sheet is in pretty good shape. Yo...

Re. the Google docs spreadsheet: this was nothing to do with @Sulla. It was created by @SLwlss who hasn't been logged in since June. Thanks for the correction. I can't send SLwlss a PM either. Perhaps they have them turned off? The good(?) news is that I made a copy of it on 26 October. It's a few ...

It told me that I don’t have permission to view it. Seems that general access has expired. I vaguely remember this happening in the past as well with the spreadsheet I PM'd Sulla and let him know it appears to have been deleted. I asked if he'd share a copy with me so I could host it. The PM is sti...

Oh no! I tried to open the spreadsheet today and it says:

Sorry, the file you have requested has been deleted.

Make sure that you have the correct URL and the owner of the file hasn't deleted it.

Is anyone else getting this?

input-output wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 30, 2022 12:02 am

They create unnecessary bureacracy (e.g. updated photos) for no reason

I'm sure you're aware that child's appearance can change a lot in two years.

You're may be unaware that the photo becomes part of your FBR cert.

So that's why they're asking for updated photos.

I received my confirmation of address email on 4th November after my docs were received on 16th September 2022. Yesterday marked 3 weeks since the email. Unfortunately I’m still waiting for the congratulations email. Somehow these last three weeks have been an even more painful wait than the 26 mon...

I've wondered the same thing. In the spreadsheet, I feel like folks are less likely to come back and enter their information if rejected, so it's hard to tell. There are lots of old blanks on the spreadsheet. A few months back, I made an effort to fill in as many as I could. For each old entry with...

It does stress that this doesn't confirm the application will be successful but I haven't seen many posts on the forum about failure at this stage? It should be a straightforward application unless I made some stupid mistake but I rechecked it all many times! Yes, that's interesting. I've been foll...

Thanks to all for their contributions to this forum. I've seen multiple posts noting the date an email had come in confirming the application had been received. I assume these e-mails came from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Yes, the domain is @dfa.ie in case you want to whitelist that in...

I sent docs November 2020 - not marked as received until Jan 21 (not sure why as others had theirs marked as received in Nov on the tracker!). Looking at the spreadsheet, there were no "docs received" in Nov 2020. I vaguely recall they were closed then. Perhaps that was the Omicron wave? ...