My FBR journey has come to an end!
I received the FBR certificate in the post yesterday, so my timeline as follows:
- Tue 15th Jan 2019 - Application signed for at London Embassy
- Mon 25th Feb 2019 - Confirmation email from Balbriggan that application received
- Fri 1st Nov 2019 - Email from DFA requesting confirmation of address
- Sat 23rd Nov 2019 - Receipt of FBR certificate and return of original documents
So the FBR process took just over 11 months overall. I didn't chase at all, as I figured they were busy enough. Though if I had
not been looking at this forum for an update regarding timelines, I may have done.
For information, it arrived as RegisteredPost which required a signature. Fortunately for me it was a Saturday and I happened to be in.
Onto the passport application next, which can now be done (mostly) online. A paper application form was also provided, so that's still an option.