Guys, I am one of those, who had a ceremony on 2nd Feb. I must say the long waiting made me feel indifferent at some stage. However, the day I was born as Irish, was a very happy day. So much efforts, struggling, problems to find a decent job, house etc. - all is over. Finally, I can breathe easy an...

Dear all, just to let you know I have just received this morning the invitation for the ceremonies scheduled for 2nd and 3rd February. I suppose all who are still waiting for invitations will get them by the end of the week. I posted my docs very late (7th Nov) and was expecting to be the one of the...

A friend of mine received a letter today with invitation to choose date for the Dublin ceremony. The dates available on the letter were 2nd and 3rd February 2012. May be there will be more letters next week. We will wait and see.

HI Everybody, i am from Dublin i send the money order on 31 October and i got the invitation form for the ceremony on 8th November, in this form they ask me about the availability on 9 December and i would like to bring any guess with me,i filled this form and send to them on 8th. in this letter th...

I think they request 2 garda reports - one from Ireland from your current Garda station and one from your home country.

Usually takes about a month to get the one from Ireland. However the report from the home country depends on the particular country.

Dear friends, finally my approval arrived this morning! Big, big thank you for all your comments, encouragements and help during these long months (26 for me) of waiting and hoping! My timeline: Arrived in Ireland Dec 2003 Application August 2009 Few times I updated them myself with pay slips, bank ...

Thank you Pikka! I was under the impression that INIS have my original birth cert but I just found it at home. Thought I sent them the original... It was so long ago no wonder I forgot what actually happened...... I hope there will be more approvals coming next week. It is a very strange feeling whe...

Guys, I am a bit confused. What should be sent to INIS after receiving the approval letter? Do we need to send original passport or not. What original travel document they are talking about in the letter? Second thing I still dont get is after receiving the CON is it sufficient to post only the fee,...

Quick question for all who already got their passports: When did you get back your documents that were sent with the application form initially? Was it before the ceremony? Can you use the same birth certificate when you apply for the passport? I suppose you have to get it back from the Dept. in ord...

6 people from the Russian forum received their approvals today as well.

Hi guys, 3 people I know got their approval letters today. The first applied in July 2009. The other 2 in October 2009 husband and wife. I did not get anything yet myself. I applied in August 2009 and was told my application is at advanced stage. Hope to get it on Monday or so. Congratulations to al...

I sent them a copy of my new passport in the beginning of Sep as the old one expired. The letter to acknowledge the receipt of that came this morning with the extra sentence for the advanced stage No LTR as I am EU citizen.

Hi guys, I received a letter this morning saying my application is at advanced stage and decision will issue in a due course. I applied in Aug 2009. Letter of acknowledgment received 1st Sep 2009.

Would anybody know if this will mean that it was sent for signing?

Well I dont know when the garda clearance was requested. I was told that they are still waiting on outside agency report. I asked if this is garda clearance and the lady confirmed that it is. I suppose it was requested around April or May this year and has not come yet. I expected it to take long ti...

Hi guys, I tried to call them for the last 3 weeks. Finally I got through today after waiting 20 min on the line. They are waiting on garda clearance but the lady told me that it should not take that long. May be another 2-3 months. I applied in Aug 2009.

I did try to ring them probably more than 20 times this morning. The line was busy all the time..... I suppose they just left the line open so nobody can get through.

Either they are too busy working on the documents that are to be sent for the 2 ceremonies in September or still on holidays.

Guys, did you see that already?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0624/citizenship.html

Hi guys! I got the acknowlegment letter today that my additional documents were received on 20 th of June but the thing I didn't send any documents at all. So it should be mistake or whatelse?! I've just called them the other day and found out that the case is in the final stage. Do I need to reply...

Guys, I think the best way to show appreciation for the great work Minister Shatter is doing is to vote Fine Gail in the next elections and thereafter! I will certainly do so! He is credit to his party! Man not afraid to work and work to the best of his abilities!

I must say: WELL DONE Minister Shatter! Finally a man who is not lazy, neither afraid to work and to work well! Fair play!

Could somebody give me the link for the Russian forum please? I understand Russian and can check it myself. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing Crown!

Hi guys, I hope somebody could help me. I have never claimed unemployment benefit (never being off work) however as I had an operation last year I received illness benefit for the time I could not work as my employer did not pay me anything for that time. Would anybody know if that has some bearing...

Hi guys, I hope somebody could help me. I have never claimed unemployment benefit (never being off work) however as I had an operation last year I received illness benefit for the time I could not work as my employer did not pay me anything for that time. Would anybody know if that has some bearing ...

Thank you for the update! Please let us know what is the nationality of your friend?