2016 Citizenship Approvals

[dublin7777]

A friend of my got a letter today from Inis, they asked him to write in his own words on his conviction . I think letter has started rolling out. Am not sure .

[pixie12]

A friend of my got a letter today from Inis, they asked him to write in his own words on his conviction . I think letter has started rolling out. Am not sure .

Well thats a different letter i think. When did he apply if i may ask? I just hope they start rolling out approvals.

[dublin7777]

According to him, he applied a year ago.

[jumanufer]

According to him, he applied a year ago.

But he has a conviction?

[dublin7777]

Yes .He has a conviction in the year 2010 .

[llvlludi]

I have applied passport for my new born baby and renewal for my 3 years old daughter. Applications were received on 12th of May and since 21st of May it is still on 2nd stage.

I have booked holidays for my family on 15th of June and really hope will get passport before that. I tried to ring passport office but could not reach through due to high volumes of calls. Is there any alternative way to contact passport office?

[jumanufer]

I have applied passport for my new born baby and renewal for my 3 years old daughter. Applications were received on 12th of May and since 21st of May it is still on 2nd stage.

I have booked holidays for my family on 15th of June and really hope will get passport before that. I tried to ring passport office but could not reach through due to high volumes of calls. Is there any alternative way to contact passport office?

My wife similar days, application received on May 10th and since May 20th on second stage

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[dublin7777]

Things are very slow this days . I hope the law of citizenship application a not going to be change.

[jumanufer]

Things are very slow this days . I hope the law of citizenship application a not going to be change.

I do not think the law will be changed now, but it might in future. but nevertheless things seem changed because it has been extremely slow lately. No approvals for circa 3 months. Not sure if it is a change in the willingness or simply they have other priorities. I hope the latest! and that we will hear good news soon

[pixie12]

This is the end of the 4th week when they told me im going to hear from them. Oh well! Hopefully It'll come this week. I dont think the law will change. Maybe they're just unsure when the next ceremony, thats why theyre not sending approvals yet. Or maybe a lot of their employees went on holidays because its the summer. We dont know. We're all in the same position here waiting. Remember also the time when they had to changed the april ceremony from 15 to 26. So theres alot of factors that can affect why its becoming so slow at the moment.

[Deekay]

You guys are waiting result from advance stage they are not even processing from initial stage.
i applied on 26th April. No second stage letter yet, usually its comes within 2 -3 weeks

[Stanic]

Update:

Contacted INIS today on 06232500 and asked for
1. Status of application -------was told "submitted to minister for decision"
2. Expected turn around -------was told "by end of July"
3. Next Ceremony ------- was told "scheduled in September and dates not confirmed yet"

Does any one contacted them recently by phone?

There was a while when the phones weren't even being answer, I was told that they were offline, good to know they work again.

I emailed recently and got the response:

"Processing of your application is well advanced and you will be informed of
the Ministers decision in due course.

Regards"

Hopefully this isn't just a generic email.

[pixie12]

Got the same exact reply when I emailed them and asked them that I was told that i should be hearing from their office in 3-4weeks time. Its hard to wait because u cant plan things ahead. But theres nothing I can do. Just hopeful that It'll come out this June.

[xbox]

Update:

Contacted INIS today on 06232500 and asked for
1. Status of application -------was told "submitted to minister for decision"
2. Expected turn around -------was told "by end of July"
3. Next Ceremony ------- was told "scheduled in September and dates not confirmed yet"

Does any one contacted them recently by phone?

There was a while when the phones weren't even being answer, I was told that they were offline, good to know they work again.

I emailed recently and got the response:

"Processing of your application is well advanced and you will be informed of
the Ministers decision in due course.

Regards"

Hopefully this isn't just a generic email.

U need tons of patience to get connected by phone, keep trying, it tooke me about 25 min to get the line.

[pixie12]

Another week has ended and we havent heard anything yet. Hopefully next week or the week after that.

[dublin7777]

Lol . how expectations are very high GOD help us .AMEN .extremely quiet. I tot there use to be ceremony in June or July .There is no sign of it .

[jumanufer]

Lol . how expectations are very high GOD help us .AMEN .extremely quiet. I tot there use to be ceremony in June or July .There is no sign of it .

Very slow indeed
At this stage I would expect the ceremony in September or most likely October

[dublin7777]

Waoooo..... so unusual... I sensed it before. Anyways what can anyone do. So far thus year only one ceremony. I don't know if am right .

[hunjra]

Update:

Contacted INIS today on 06232500 and asked for
1. Status of application -------was told "submitted to minister for decision"
2. Expected turn around -------was told "by end of July"
3. Next Ceremony ------- was told "scheduled in September and dates not confirmed yet"

Does any one contacted them recently by phone?

There was a while when the phones weren't even being answer, I was told that they were offline, good to know they work again.

I emailed recently and got the response:

"Processing of your application is well advanced and you will be informed of
the Ministers decision in due course.

Regards"

Hopefully this isn't just a generic email.

Advanced stage is ending you will get you approval after two or three weeks .Enjoy and relax bro

[pixie12]

Where did u get that news hunjra? I hope we get it real soon.
Start of the week again tomorrow. Lets hope for the best!

[jumanufer]

I have the feeling this is the week

But then again I felt that before lol

[pixie12]

I have the feeling this is the week

But then again I felt that before lol

Haha! I felt that too two weeks ago and last week. But nothing.
I have a gut feeling that this week or the next week. I really really hope.
After the ceremony last december 15, 2015. I have observed that they started rolling out approvals by jan 11, 2016. Which is almost a month after the dec ceremony. Ours is just taking so long. Its been a month and half now since the last ceremony (april 2016).
Hopefully we dont need to wait that long anymore. Besides theres so many people that is on the "advance stage" or "well advanced stage" now. I would say its nearing the finality.

[johannf]

I submitted my appl beginning of May and got the first letter a week ago. (also asked for more documents to be sent).

But I am worried about delays after hearing this morning on the news that there has been a surge of applications by Brits for Irish passports since the EU referendum/vote story started . Now its not clear if its only in terms of passports or is it citizenship applications.... This could be really bad news for some of us who cannot afford delays in our applications! Really hope it doesnt affect us.

[broli]

I submitted my appl beginning of May and got the first letter a week ago. (also asked for more documents to be sent).

But I am worried about delays after hearing this morning on the news that there has been a surge of applications by Brits for Irish passports since the EU referendum/vote story started . Now its not clear if its only in terms of passports or is it citizenship applications.... This could be really bad news for some of us who cannot afford delays in our applications! Really hope it doesnt affect us.

Hi Johannf what type of additional doc did they request from you ? it will help some of us preparing for application


Cheers.

[johannf]

no problem. they wanted a letter from my local doctor/hospital stating when I registered with them and for which years. Also a criminal reference check from the PSNI. Both docs werent asked for in the application form, probably because Im in Northern Ireland .