Citizenship timeline tracker.

[seraph]

Did anybody else receive invitation for citizenship ceremony today? Please share your comments.

[cleangreen]

The ship is continue to move again, one of my friend got an approval this morning, Applied October 2011 base on 5 yrs resident.

Did he get approval or approval and invitation?

[assbc]

Yes she got an invitation for 15 of October

[Ben]

Are these invitations for 15th October received after having sent off the €950 bank draft (+ 2 passport photos), or before?

[IQU]

citizenship section work 2 way for approvals and ceremony . some people got approval without ceremony dates. once they send all the documents and fee later on they issue ceremony date. second one is some people got approvals and ceremony date together.but they have time to send all the documents and fee. good luck all the applicant

[robby1]

Any approvals this morning?

[Ben]

Any approvals this morning?

I got a "the minister intends to approve".. "please send €950 and 2 x passport photos".. letter. But no invitation to ceremony. What do you make of that?

[robby1]

Congrats!
send them straightaway ,you could be lucky to be in 15oct ceremony ,if not dec ceremony ,hopefully oct.
could you share your time frame and what basis you applied on .
thanks

[Soco]

Any approvals this morning?

I got a "the minister intends to approve".. "please send €950 and 2 x passport photos".. letter. But no invitation to ceremony. What do you make of that?

Hi Ben,

Congratulation wish you all the best!

may I aks you when did you apply?

Regards

Soco

[Ben]

Applied in August 2011 on basis of 5 years reckonable residence, also have an Irish citizen child so filled in Irish Associations section too.

[robby1]

Congratulations again,
i applied in oct 2011 on basis of 5 years residency.
Hopefully October & November 2011 applicants will have good news in November. Fingers crossed .
Good Luck to all waiting desperately .

[Ben]

Many thanks. Good luck.

[nedret]

Any aprovals based on eu spouse.

[nedret]

Many congrats for those who got their approvals. Good luck guys .share your advices .

[Ben]

Any aprovals based on eu spouse.

There is no such category.

[ks2010]

Any aprovals based on eu spouse.

There is no such category.

I think there is a kind of internal INIS categorisation
Standard:
- Work/Visa permit, Green card
Others:
- Spouse Irish/ EU
- Asylum
- Parent of Irish...

Most of the backlog are for others, the train is moving but very slowley for other category

[samchoopra]

Any aprovals based on eu spouse.

There is no such category.

I think there is a kind of internal INIS categorisation
Standard:
- Work/Visa permit, Green card
Others:
- Spouse Irish/ EU
- Asylum
- Parent of Irish...

Most of the backlog are for others, the train is moving but very slowley for other category

the EU spouses applications are taking average 24-26 months very slow speed and they are keeping the same speed of processing these applications.
pls share your ideas when the new invitations will start to come after 15 oct ceremony for 13 dec ceremony.

[cleangreen]

Did anybody get invitations for later sessions (other than the first session) for 15th October?

[mhmh]

did u read in INIS website there r just 2400 candidates in this october cermony unlike other cermonies when 4000 candidates attend

[nedret]

Any aprovals based on eu spouse.

There is no such category.

I think there is a kind of internal INIS categorisation
Standard:
- Work/Visa permit, Green card
Others:
- Spouse Irish/ EU
- Asylum
- Parent of Irish...

Most of the backlog are for others, the train is moving but very slowley for other category

the EU spouses applications are taking average 24-26 months very slow speed and they are keeping the same speed of processing these applications.
pls share your ideas when the new invitations will start to come after 15 oct ceremony for 13 dec ceremony.

Yes thats right eu spouse based application they will leave it til the end.coz my solicitor send them a letter and about my application status and as im from jan 2011. And their reply was simple asusual. Your client application is the the que.thats it.

[eskaybee]

Friends
Apllied: Jan 2012 based on Stamp 4, Five yr reckonable residency.
Today received a letter from Initial Processing team, mentioning that 'Your application has proceeded successfully to the second stage of processing'.
Please advise what this means and how long it may take after going to second stage?

[moro1]

I seriously wonder why its taking them such a long time to process these applications while in other countries , the Uk for example not to mention others give responses after 3 months , i heard about people getting approvals in a less amount of time !!

This whole process is waste of our time and the DOJ time , while wasting time and resources on such a bureaucratic process , a test and or an interview should be introduced ! i also cannot see why the outside agencies reports take years while we can get them in days ,
A week will be enough for me to go around the Garda , social and Revenue office and get letters and reports about my status .

[Beeline]

i also cannot see why the outside agencies reports take years while we can get them in days ,
A week will be enough for me to go around the Garda , social and Revenue office and get letters and reports about my status .

That would seem to them they you are getting your naturalization too easily + may as well cost a job to a good 80% of them. The more "difficult" they make the job and the longer the process - the more chances they will keep their jobs in recession.

I suppose an interview process with a GOOD specialist trained in this particular field (like they do in the US) would not only speed up the process but will eliminate chances for people who are good enough in hiding their second life getting their approvals instead of ordinary people who would not know how to "create" perfect histories on the surface and just live a normal human life - work, lose jobs, study, marry, divorce, get penalized for speeding or other minor offenses etc, etc.

[moro1]

That would seem to them they you are getting your naturalization too easily + may as well cost a job to a good 80% of them. The more "difficult" they make the job and the longer the process - the more chances they will keep their jobs in recession.

I suppose an interview process with a GOOD specialist trained in this particular field (like they do in the US) would not only speed up the process but will eliminate chances for people who are good enough in hiding their second life getting their approvals instead of ordinary people who would not know how to "create" perfect histories on the surface and just live a normal human life - work, lose jobs, study, marry, divorce, get penalized for speeding or other minor offenses etc, etc.

The DOJ should build a profile of the applicant , as long he lives here for 5 years , has a job (worked for at least a reasonable amount of time , a person cannot be blamed for loosing a job ) no major offences an interview is vital to see if the applicant is qualified to be a citizen , a good English and a reasonable good knowledge of the culture and the system .
Anything apart from that is just an absolute waste of time and a lot of nonsense

[Beeline]

The DOJ should build a profile of the applicant , as long he lives here for 5 years , has a job (worked for at least a reasonable amount of time , a person cannot be blamed for loosing a job ) no major offences an interview is vital to see if the applicant is qualified to be a citizen , a good English and a reasonable good knowledge of the culture and the system .
Anything apart from that is just an absolute waste of time and a lot of nonsense

I fully agree