This forum has been the source of much support, consolation (and sometimes anxiety seeing other people's timelines!) but today I finally post having received my Congratulations Email. I did a join application with both my brothers, our link was my grandfather from my mother's side, so was born in Ir...
Question about siblings in different countries. There are 4 of us currently residing in 2 countries...we all share the same Irish grandfather, we all want to get our FBR. FBR web site says that siblings can submit multiple applications in one envelope all sharing the same ancestral certificates, bu...
Hello, first time posting here because i never figured out how to before, I basically a confirmation email on 20 february which asked to send over more documents because i didn’t get the right profession for my witness and was just wondering how long it will take for them to open up my other docume...
Applied: November 2021 Application received: Dec 2021 Never got a receipt that my documents were received. Then December 2022 and agent emailed me asking for additional documents which I sent a couple days later. It’s been over 3 months now since I’ve sent the supporting documents in. I’ve tried em...
Received my the address confirmation email on Feb 9thnfor my son's FBR application. Still waiting on the confirmation. Very jealous of the people who got the confirmation days after the address confirmation. Some people seem to get a quick confirmation after address check (myself included) but then...
Hi there, I seem to be in the same boat as some of you guys. I sent away for the Irish foreign births register on the 12/12/21 got first reply back on the 05/01/23 i needed to add some extra document which i sent back on the 21/01/23. I had a couple of helpful emails from a said person but trying t...
Did you get any update yet? Hi - in a similar position. Needed a different birth certificate for grandparent. I sent with tracking and have confirmation it was received by FBR office in December. Have heard nothing since. Not sure if that's good/bad/normal, but may be reassuring to know somebody el...
Did you get any update yet? Hi - in a similar position. Needed a different birth certificate for grandparent. I sent with tracking and have confirmation it was received by FBR office in December. Have heard nothing since. Not sure if that's good/bad/normal, but may be reassuring to know somebody el...
(Old account username was FBRLurker, haven't logged into the site in a while and seem to be unable to get back into that account) Application Date: 24 May 2022 Documents Received: 2 June 2022 No sign of address confirmation yet but beginning to get impatient haha, seeing people with the same docs r...
Hello my names Kietan, I applied for the fbr in October 2021. I heard back from a lady about two months ago saying I need a different death certificate for my grandmother. We emailed back and forth and I got the death certificate and mailed it to her. She said she would let me know when she receive...
