Some of us didn’t receive acknowledgment for many months - 5 to be exact for me. You will get a letter of acknowledgment in the post along with receipt of your initial fee.
Not sure if anyone read this, but the Justice Minister has begun implementing the civil law on the naturalisation certificate that was enacted in July 2023. https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/7f163-ministers-mcentee-commences-majority-of-wide-ranging-courts-and-civil-law-miscellaneous-provisions-a...
Not sure if anyone read this, but the Justice Minister has begun implementing the civil law on the naturalisation certificate that was enacted in July 2023. https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/7f163-ministers-mcentee-commences-majority-of-wide-ranging-courts-and-civil-law-miscellaneous-provisions-a...
Lads...it happened...postman just rang the bell. Wasn't the usual fella that comes around 8 am. Came at 1 pm with large brown envelope sent via reg post. Hang in there everyone! Alas...another week's worth of visits from the postmen without a cert to show for it...I must email citizenship departmen...
Finally a TD asked the minister a question about the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 amendments. Don't get your hopes up however, there's not a single mention of removing the need to for the ceremonies which would be one of the largest, if not the largest way to expedite t...
I have a silly question. I have received NVB e-vetting on 27/Jul/23.. I filled and completed Yesterday.. what should I expect now? OR how much time NVB e-vetting takes? I think they publicly claim 10-12 business days, but obviously case-by-case it can change. At least you can track the progress in ...
Finally a TD asked the minister a question about the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 amendments. Don't get your hopes up however, there's not a single mention of removing the need to for the ceremonies which would be one of the largest, if not the largest way to expedite th...
What a ridiculous answer to this TD's certification delay question: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2023-07-25/847/?highlight%5B0%5D=naturalisation&highlight%5B1%5D=naturalisation&highlight%5B2%5D=naturalise "My Department trialled this new format at the recent March Citiz...
I'm nowhere near this stage (still waiting for evetting to commence), but it absolutely infuriates me to read that people are still waiting over a month after attending the ceremony for the one document that you now have an absolute right to have in your possession. What makes it worse is some peopl...
Beside the terrible evetting figures that will never get a proper answer, I would like them to ask: 1. Why she won’t forgo the ceremonies, which is apparently now within the Ministers legal right to do. And 2. Why they won’t issue certificates at the ceremonies (if they insist on having them) as it ...
I’d recommend you engage a solicitor with expertise in immigration law as each case is going to be different. I thought renewing my stamp 4 was straightforward, but it’s actually not and there is little to no help from the ISD for this. I let my solicitor handle it on my behalf so I know it’s done c...
I ran some debate queries and after reading through many of the results and I have decided to not bother doing anything else. If you look at the constant drumbeat of TD's questions (many because X applicant complained to them), the Minister just keeps regurgitation the same answers over and over aga...
Not sure if everyone is following the below, but I thought it was worth sharing: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2023-07-13/535/?highlight%5B0%5D=citizenship The minister has stated that "To ensure older files are also progressing under the new system my Department has recently w...
I agree that it's good news these have finally begun, but it tells us they are only on the February 2022 applicants as of yesterday and we have no idea how many they are processing per day/week/month. It does make me question what they have been doing for the last two months since we submitted our i...
Does that mean that other received an email yesterday on the 13th of July advising that ? I completed the invitation on the 22nd of May and still nothing. No as I'm still waiting too. I assume they are likely going in chronological order and those few that posted these updates applied in February 2...
According to the 2022 Citizenship Application Timelines topic some of the 13,000 22 May invitations receipients have finally been submitted to the NVB as of yesterday (13 July).
"13/07/2023 email from e-vetting to tell application forwarded to NVB"
It’s because they aren’t quite asking the proper questions regarding how they intend to clear the backlog (this year) specific to 2021/2 applications or if a ceremony will still be required to make declarations. That said, let’s work this out with the Ministers stated figures in that 11 July debate:...
I disagree. If you look at the official GNVB Statistics you will see they receive and process hundred of thousands of vettings per year. Based on this, the addition of 13,000 requests is not going to cause significant delays (in terms of months) like many of us are encountering right now. If you loo...
I agree that you shouldn’t reapply, but I also agree that it’s absolutely infuriating to watch 2023 applications continue to be approved. I really don’t care if it’s minor or adult cases, they should not continue work on these, if for no other reason than out of respect for the massive backlog of 20...
The citizenship division is also hiring temporary clerical officer positions to help process naturalisation applications: https://www.irishimmigration.ie/citizenship-division-is-hiring-temporary-clerical-officers/ - https://www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TCO-Booklet-2023-Final.pd...
Bad news folks! Looks like it won't apply to us as applicants for "naturalised" citizenship. Principal provisions of the Bill This section of the Bill Digest sets out some of the main provisions of the Bill. It does not provide a full examination of the Bill’s provisions. Certificates of ...
They are fudging the numbers by rushing through 2023 applicants! Someone needs to get their TD to ask what percentage of applicants from 2021, 2022 and 2023 have been processed! Utterly outrageous!! More 2023 applicants have been approved as of yesterday (according to recent 2023 application timeli...
I suppose what really bothers me is that they are still processing applications out of sequence. They claimed to have done it at the start of the year to prove this new end-to-end process works. Well, guess what? It does work considering they have already naturalised a number of 2023 applications at...
A consolation in the fact that the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 was signed yesterday by President Higgins, therefore the Bill is now enacted. https://twitter.com/PresidentIRL/status/1676713786810548225 I was watching both websites to see if this was enacted, but it seem...
More 2023 applicants have been approved as of yesterday (according to recent 2023 application timeline postings). Yet we are still here in a communications blackhole waiting to start the evetting process from invitations submitted over six weeks ago! Clearly I'm just venting because there is little ...
