Citizenship timeline tracker.

[rlow68]

Hi Guys,
Just to keep all of you informed/updated, I was asked by INIS last week to submit documents in order for them to further process my application of naturalisation.
The documents, I am submitting are as follows.

1. A Copy of my 2009 Paye Balancing Statement (P21).
2. Copies of my four most recent Payslips covering last two months.
3. Copies of my bank statements covering last three months.
4. My Birth Affidavit.
5. My Marriage Affidavit.
6. Original Social Welfare Report.
7. Copy of my P60 form of 2009.
8. A letter from my Employer confirming my employment Status.
9. A copy of letter from INIS Department stating LTR granted to me.
10. Photostat copy of Certificate of Registration.
11. A copy of Utility Bill confirming my current address in Ireland.


Orginal letter recived by me from INIS asked for the first five documents listed above, however I am submitting more docs than they asked.
I applied in mid October 2008 on the basis of 5 year residency on working visa.
Guys, can you have a quick look to the list above to make sure I am submitting everything from my side and not forgetting any critical document.

Thanks and Regards
Jangs

You were asked five documents, why are you submitting more than what they asked for? that does not brighting your chance, seeing you submitting more than they asked for, they will start asking for irrelevant documents from other people. I m sorry that is not a right action man

[dagga]

Hi guys,

my timeline:

applied mid oct 2007
additional docs send like birth and marriage affidates march 2009
social welfare report send on jan 2010
approval on 20 april 2010
oath on 6 MAY 2010,sent documents same day to department
cetificate arrived on 18 MAY 2010
applied for passport 19 MAY 2010
passport collected today 14 june 2010.

thanks very much to all of you in this forum,

ALL THE BEST PEOPLE STILL WAITING

Hi dublin123

Just looking at you timeline above. did you get you Nat cert in 8 working days?

That is very quick, i hope they get mine sorted that quick aswell

[dagga]

Hi Folks

Received my approval on Friday, finally the wait is over. Court date next Wednesday.

Thanks to all on this forum it truly has been the only point of reference regarding the naturalization process.

Best of luck to all still waiting your time will come.

congrats dagga.

Cheers dublin123 & congrats to you too

[SapMan]

It took forever, I was getting worried, bcos people were getting their's in 3 weeks
It turns out, that I send my docs (Declaration, Postal Order etc) to the wrong address.
So guys be sure to send yours to the specific name & address mentioned in the approval letter not the general address on their website

[aswadref]

did anyone recieve any aprovals recently for 2008 mid batch they asked for additional documents nearly two months back,any news appericiated thanks

[SapMan]

What do u do, if u don't have a long form B.C. and you've just been naturalised ?

Thanks

[HOTSPURS]

did anyone recieve any aprovals recently for 2008 mid batch they asked for additional documents nearly two months back,any news appericiated thanks

There's a deathly silence among mid 2008 applicants who sent additional docs 2 months ago..we're in for another year's wait for the Garda report - they'll recruit, train new gardai & start picking up the applications in Dec 2010.

[aswadref]

HOTSPURS
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:39 am Post subject:
aswadref wrote:
did anyone recieve any aprovals recently for 2008 mid batch they asked for additional documents nearly two months back,any news appericiated thanks


There's a deathly silence among mid 2008 applicants who sent additional docs 2 months ago..we're in for another year's wait for the Garda report - they'll recruit, train new gardai & start picking up the applications in Dec 2010.




I hope you are not serious anyways all we can do is wait coz they dont answer phones and dont reply letters for ages.thanks anyways

[IQU]

hi i am married with eu wife fron last 5 years .i want to apply for irish citizenship.any body have any idea what documents i need .how long it will take to process. thanks very much

[HOTSPURS]

hi i am married with eu wife fron last 5 years .i want to apply for irish citizenship.any body have any idea what documents i need .how long it will take to process. thanks very much

download form 8 from the site http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000108 & follow instructions to fill out Form 8. Gather documents listed in this form & send it to INIS Tipperary.

[Gandhai]

hi i am married with eu wife fron last 5 years .i want to apply for irish citizenship.any body have any idea what documents i need .how long it will take to process. thanks very much

like a sensible person , ask those questions whose answers are not on the website of INIS.

[neo725]

Hi lads.
Have anyone been recently approved?
The process seems strangely quite at the moment!

[leinster]

hi guys a friend of mine and his wife got their naturalisation approved on thursday he applied in october 2007 on the basis of IBC. He is very lucky as he was convicted of drink driving and had a ban of 2 years which was only finished in april this year.

[cicio]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

[Abdul-w-A]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Hi Cicio,

I'm exactly in the same situation as you are. spouse of Irish Citizen, applied in April 2008. However all I get in response to my update request letters is that my application is "ongoing", applications processed on individual basis, impossible to tell when a decision will be made bla bla bla (cut and paste stuff).
Meanwhile, the minister keeps saying at the dail "certain categories of applicant to be dealt with more expeditiously. These include refugees, spouses of Irish citizens and minors"
It is shocking that such incompetence and lack of transparency is practiced in a western democratic state.

You said you called them. do you mean by phone?

[HOTSPURS]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

[9jeirean]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

Are you sure of this HOTSPURS?

[Abdul-w-A]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Cicio, do you mind me asking what is your background? (just generally) are you European, African, Middle Eastern?

the reason I'm asking, is bacause people with certain perceived backgrounds seem to be subjected to extravagant delay by INIS.

[HOTSPURS]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

Are you sure of this HOTSPURS?

please refer to this XLsheet - particularly 'Spouse of Irish Citizen' approvals - http://www.editgrid.com/explore/user/sc ... nship_apps

[HOTSPURS]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

Are you sure of this HOTSPURS?

i got this from Scrudu's XLSheet - this is as per Applicant who's a Spouse of irish citizen :

Applied Oct 09 , Granted approval may 2010

Scrudu: Is this really correct?

Answer :
Yes scrudu. Lady at DOJ told me spouse and minor is fast tracked. She also told there are less or no checks for spouse. Piksie: Thanks a lot for the info! That's great news for us!

[9jeirean]

Hi Guys,

I am married to Irish Citizen and I applied in the start of April 2008. I called them 6 weeks ago, they said it will take another 4 months as my application has been handed over to outside agencies for checks. The funny thing is they told me same 6 months ago.
There is no check and balance in this depetment, they do what they want.
Has anyone got approval from the beginning of 2008??????
Good luck to all

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

Are you sure of this HOTSPURS?

i got this from Scrudu's XLSheet - this is as per Applicant who's a Spouse of irish citizen :

Applied Oct 09 , Granted approval may 2010

Scrudu: Is this really correct?

Answer :
Yes scrudu. Lady at DOJ told me spouse and minor is fast tracked. She also told there are less or no checks for spouse. Piksie: Thanks a lot for the info! That's great news for us!

That must be a recent development. Long overdue in any case. If the dates in the case you cited were correct, that would make it 6 Months. That would be a record by DOJ standard. The last time I checked even minor applications were taking a tad longer than 6 months to process. I do hope things are changing for the better though.

[scrudu]

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

i got this from Scrudu's XLSheet - this is as per Applicant who's a Spouse of irish citizen :

• Applied Oct 09 , Granted approval may 2010
  Scrudu Question: Is this really correct?
  Piksie Answer: Yes scrudu. Lady at DOJ told me spouse and minor is fast tracked. She also told there are less or no checks for spouse.
  Scrudu: Piksie, thanks a lot for the info! That's great news for us!

Yes that information was put there by Username=Piksie. I queried her/him on this as the processing time was unbelievably short (8 mths). Piksie replied that he/she had been told that applications for spouses of Irish citizens were fast-tracked and not subject to the same checks. I know when I called DOJ I was also told they were fast-tracked but nothing about them not being subject to the same checks.

My husband has nearly the same timeline as Piksie and we haven't heard a word. When I sent a letter to DOJ Tipperary asking about the status of the application I got the bog standard response saying "applications take approx 24 mths and some may be quicker than others depending on complexity". It's all BS really, especially for spouses of Irish citizens. The main criteria for granting citizenship is duration of marriage and residency in the State. It only takes 5 seconds to check these either by the photocopies we provided or on record at the GRO and DOJ DB's. We even supplied police clearance records from every country he lived in (incl Ireland) but it hasn't sped anything up. It's just a process of wait and see. I'm not sure how users such as PIKSIE and JJ got such short processing times. It confuses me even more to see those entries as they don't tally with the other entries from other users.

[rlow68]

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

i got this from Scrudu's XLSheet - this is as per Applicant who's a Spouse of irish citizen :

• Applied Oct 09 , Granted approval may 2010
  Scrudu Question: Is this really correct?
  Piksie Answer: Yes scrudu. Lady at DOJ told me spouse and minor is fast tracked. She also told there are less or no checks for spouse.
  Scrudu: Piksie, thanks a lot for the info! That's great news for us!

Yes that information was put there by Username=Piksie. I queried her/him on this as the processing time was unbelievably short (8 mths). Piksie replied that he/she had been told that applications for spouses of Irish citizens were fast-tracked and not subject to the same checks. I know when I called DOJ I was also told they were fast-tracked but nothing about them not being subject to the same checks.

My husband has nearly the same timeline as Piksie and we haven't heard a word. When I sent a letter to DOJ Tipperary asking about the status of the application I got the bog standard response saying "applications take approx 24 mths and some may be quicker than others depending on complexity". It's all BS really, especially for spouses of Irish citizens. The main criteria for granting citizenship is duration of marriage and residency in the State. It only takes 5 seconds to check these either by the photocopies we provided or on record at the GRO and DOJ DB's. We even supplied police clearance records from every country he lived in (incl Ireland) but it hasn't sped anything up. It's just a process of wait and see. I'm not sure how users such as PIKSIE and JJ got such short processing times. It confuses me even more to see those entries as they don't tally with the other entries from other users.

the situation of his/her partner may be different from yours and the nationality may be different, as I have a good feeling that in most decisions, nationality take an important stage with NIS, they may say No but it is a reflection people are being observed.

[Abdul-w-A]

Mate, There's no 'Outside agency checks' for spouses of Irish citizens according to many on the forum. 90% of Irish spouses get approvals within 18-20 months. just have a look at Scrudu's XLsheet & you'll know..

i got this from Scrudu's XLSheet - this is as per Applicant who's a Spouse of irish citizen :

• Applied Oct 09 , Granted approval may 2010
  Scrudu Question: Is this really correct?
  Piksie Answer: Yes scrudu. Lady at DOJ told me spouse and minor is fast tracked. She also told there are less or no checks for spouse.
  Scrudu: Piksie, thanks a lot for the info! That's great news for us!

Yes that information was put there by Username=Piksie. I queried her/him on this as the processing time was unbelievably short (8 mths). Piksie replied that he/she had been told that applications for spouses of Irish citizens were fast-tracked and not subject to the same checks. I know when I called DOJ I was also told they were fast-tracked but nothing about them not being subject to the same checks.

My husband has nearly the same timeline as Piksie and we haven't heard a word. When I sent a letter to DOJ Tipperary asking about the status of the application I got the bog standard response saying "applications take approx 24 mths and some may be quicker than others depending on complexity". It's all BS really, especially for spouses of Irish citizens. The main criteria for granting citizenship is duration of marriage and residency in the State. It only takes 5 seconds to check these either by the photocopies we provided or on record at the GRO and DOJ DB's. We even supplied police clearance records from every country he lived in (incl Ireland) but it hasn't sped anything up. It's just a process of wait and see. I'm not sure how users such as PIKSIE and JJ got such short processing times. It confuses me even more to see those entries as they don't tally with the other entries from other users.

the situation of his/her partner may be different from yours and the nationality may be different, as I have a good feeling that in most decisions, nationality take an important stage with NIS, they may say No but it is a reflection people are being observed.

I think you are right here.
I will contact the equality authority and see what they think.
even if they say no, data does not lie.

[scrudu]

I think you are right here.
I will contact the equality authority and see what they think.
even if they say no, data does not lie.

It's pointless really as they can always hide behind their usual quote "certain cases may be more complex and require further checks and balances". How do you argue with that without knowing the details of each case It's all VERY frustrating.