JohnL wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:47 am
JohnL wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 3:09 pm
Address confirmation email received this morning! I'm amazed - things have really sped up. I am now cautiously optimistic.
Congratulations to everyone moving forward and thanks to those posting here with details and info - I have scoured and read these updates every day since I applied. Grateful to this forum and its members.
Application Based On: Irish born Grandparent
Applied Online Date: 20/06/21
Application received Date: 29/03/22 (Docs weren't mailed to DFA until 20/03/22)
Acknowledgement Date: 08/04/22
Address Confirmation email: 16/02/23
Second Letter: Pending
Approval: Pending
I am gobsmacked! Right about an hour after I got my address check email this morning and answered back to confirm there was no change, I got an email back saying that my application has been approved and that my documents and certificate will be sent by registered post. Following that was a tracking number and confirmation that this is currently taking a number of weeks.
Grateful to my ancestors and relatives for the blessing of my culture and heritage. I can't believe I'm actually writing this post! Shed a few tears today.
Application Based On: Irish born Grandparent
Applied Online Date: 20/06/21
Application received Date: 29/03/22 (Docs weren't mailed to DFA until 20/03/22)
Acknowledgement Date: 08/04/22
Address Confirmation email: 16/02/23
Approval: 16/02/23
Docs and FBR cert received: pending
Just updating this so others know about a slightly different order of communications that you might encounter.
I got my "Address confirmation" form email 16/02/23. An hour after I replied to that email, I got an email back from an individual at DFA saying that "my application has been approved and that my name had been added to the Foreign Births Register, and that my documents and certificate would be sent by registered post. Following that was a tracking number and confirmation that this is "currently taking a number of weeks."
This morning 9/03/23, I got the official FBR approval email, that says the "certificate has been printed and posted", with a link to passport online. There was no tracking number. I checked the tracking number I received in the email on 16/02/23 and it's not showing in the system yet.
So my updated timeline (given the personal confirmation I received the same day I confirmed my address is:
Application Based On: Irish born Grandparent
Applied Online Date: 20/06/21
Application received Date: 29/03/22 (Docs weren't mailed to DFA until 20/03/22)
Acknowledgement Date: 08/04/22
Address Confirmation email: 16/02/23
Notice of approval email: 16/02/23
Approval and confirmation of certificate posted: 9/03/23
Docs and FBR cert received: pending
Looking forward to applying for a passport as soon as my FBR cert is received and posting backup docs to Ireland. I'm visiting relatives in Ireland and England in May and to think I may very well have my Irish passport in hand when I land in Dublin is absolutely heartwarming. Go raibh maith agat, Eire!