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KingdomMan
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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:21 pm

jani12 wrote:Does anyone know how long it takes to process Naturalisation application for children (minor, under 12 years) where the parent of the child just got naturalised?
Thanks,
Daddy
I think it takes about 1 - 4 months now to process an application for a minor child.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:24 pm

michaelshodipo66 wrote:Hi xxx,

Please note that your application for naturalisation is being prepared for
submission to the Minister. If further documentation and/or clarification
of any matter related to your application is required from you, we will
write to you requesting it. Otherwise, you will receive a letter in due
course informing you of the Minister’s decision on your application.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

NB
KingdomMan, can you please explain fully to me with your knowledge of understanding the way they work.
the last letter i got from them was dated 12th October 2015.
You may still need to furnish us here your detailed application timeline so one can give you the right suggestion. To the above letter, it means your application file just completed the process of Garda vetting and other departmental checks to ascertain if you've been of good character in the state and that you meet other statutory conditions. As it is, your file is with the FURTHER PROCESSING. LSR TEAM who'd compile and prepare a SUBMISSION on your case to the office of the Minister for Justice, recommending you for an approval for the grant of Naturalization certificate (Citizenship). Depending on your timeline and in my own opinion, it should now take between 1 - 3 months for you to get your approval all things being equal (barring any complexity). Good luck in your continued wait.[/quote]

i got this letter this morning from inis: can kingdom man explain to me please

Hi xxx,

Please be advised that this office wrote out to you on 1/3/2016. Have you
received this letter and can you confirm your current address for me
please?

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division[/quote]
The letter is self explanatory... Could be they wrote a letter to you requesting for more documentation/clarification and they didn't get your follow up response. I'll suggest you quickly write a letter back to the department ans as requested, you confirm your current address (maybe with a proof of the address too) to the INIS. Good luck![/quote]

New letter dated 01/04/16

Dear Mic,

Processing of your application is ongoing & will be submitted to the
Minister for decision as expeditiously as possible.

Regards

Tony Greene
Citizenship Division

please explain this letter to me to the fullest Kingdoman[/quote]

The letter is simply what it says... that your application continues to be processed and will go to the minister ASAP. Keep positive and hope for good news soon.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by D13 » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:30 pm

KingdomMan, based on your experience, when we can expect the next citizenship ceremony?
thanks for you effort

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Isobrinho » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:35 pm

I got this email fron citizenship today after I email them Your application is currently at an advanced stage of processing. While it
is not possible to give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch
with you as soon as a decision has been reached.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:06 pm

D13 wrote:KingdomMan, based on your experience, when we can expect the next citizenship ceremony?
thanks for you effort
Next citizenship ceremony could be in July 2016. It was a very large turnout of candidates at the last April 26 ceremony, however, there was no Minister's presence. I foresee another large roll out of approvals soon. All should keep positive!

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Bilbil » Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:12 pm

KingdomMan wrote:
D13 wrote:KingdomMan, based on your experience, when we can expect the next citizenship ceremony?
thanks for you effort
Next citizenship ceremony could be in July 2016. It was a very large turnout of candidates at the last April 26 ceremony, however, there was no Minister's presence. I foresee another large roll out of approvals soon. All should keep positive!
And Approvals could be rolling out this May. Am I right?

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:25 pm

Bilbil wrote:
KingdomMan wrote:
D13 wrote:KingdomMan, based on your experience, when we can expect the next citizenship ceremony?
thanks for you effort
Next citizenship ceremony could be in July 2016. It was a very large turnout of candidates at the last April 26 ceremony, however, there was no Minister's presence. I foresee another large roll out of approvals soon. All should keep positive!
And Approvals could be rolling out this May. Am I right?
Most likely!

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by pixie12 » Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:47 pm

I hope the next batch of approvals will roll out soon and hoping that, I'm one of the lucky ones. I emailed citizenship office 3 days ago. And my application is still on the advance stage. Well lets all wish for an approval letter in our hands SOON!!!xx

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by madmedman » Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:56 pm

Hey guys. I am sorry if I am asking at the wrong forum but just wanted to know. Does anyone know what "An assessment of an applicant’s financial status is conducted" means? Do they do credit scoring? Any thresholds? I am a bit worried because despite being in full time employment for the last 4.5 years, I have been at the bottom of my bank's overdraft limit for about six months now. Just difficult to make ends meet with all the expenses. I am due to apply in August. And I have never applied for benefits, never will.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by D13 » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:11 am

KingdomMan wrote:Next citizenship ceremony could be in July 2016.
and then some weeks for passports - probably the best way is to plan holidays in Ireland.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by jumanufer » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:37 am

Hi, wife took the oath and got naturalisation certificate on Tuesday. Yesterday we went to the clondaklin office to get the Public Service Card, and they will send it within 10 days as they said.

On top of these documents in order to get the first passport she needs to send the birth certificate which we have it also with the apostile and an official translation into English from home country (Argentina). but in the web site they are asking to have it translated here in Ireland.
Does anyone have first hand information about it? I sent an email to the passport office but still waiting for their feedback. I do not want to waste time sending everything as it is and then get it back neither lose money getting it translated another time.

Many thx

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Peace2804 » Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:21 am

jumanufer wrote:Hi, wife took the oath and got naturalisation certificate on Tuesday. Yesterday we went to the clondaklin office to get the Public Service Card, and they will send it within 10 days as they said.

On top of these documents in order to get the first passport she needs to send the birth certificate which we have it also with the apostile and an official translation into English from home country (Argentina). but in the web site they are asking to have it translated here in Ireland.
Does anyone have first hand information about it? I sent an email to the passport office but still waiting for their feedback. I do not want to waste time sending everything as it is and then get it back neither lose money getting it translated another time.

Many thx
Hi, to my knowledge the translation of the birth certificate has to be done by a registered translator here in Ireland from this website http://www.translatorsassociation.ie/.
The passport office don't answer their emails, you will receive a much quicker answer if you contact them via twitter https://twitter.com/PassportIRL either by sending a tweet or a DM, they reply quite fast usually.
Let us know about the answer you will receive as this piece of information will defo help many people in the forum :).

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by jumanufer » Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:43 am

Peace2804 wrote:
jumanufer wrote:Hi, wife took the oath and got naturalisation certificate on Tuesday. Yesterday we went to the clondaklin office to get the Public Service Card, and they will send it within 10 days as they said.

On top of these documents in order to get the first passport she needs to send the birth certificate which we have it also with the apostile and an official translation into English from home country (Argentina). but in the web site they are asking to have it translated here in Ireland.
Does anyone have first hand information about it? I sent an email to the passport office but still waiting for their feedback. I do not want to waste time sending everything as it is and then get it back neither lose money getting it translated another time.

Many thx
Hi, to my knowledge the translation of the birth certificate has to be done by a registered translator here in Ireland from this website http://www.translatorsassociation.ie/.
The passport office don't answer their emails, you will receive a much quicker answer if you contact them via twitter https://twitter.com/PassportIRL either by sending a tweet or a DM, they reply quite fast usually.
Let us know about the answer you will receive as this piece of information will defo help many people in the forum :).

Many thanks, I have never used Twitter but I just opened the account and sent them the message. As soon as it is confirmed I will post the answer here
I understand as you said, most likely I will need a new translation or maybe a certification of the translation from the embassy is enough. Let's see

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by jumanufer » Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:12 pm

Hi all, I just got the answer in twitter and they confirmed me that if the original translation was done by an official source in Argentina and it was accepted by the Department of Justice, then it is ok. So no need to re-translate it!

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Wed May 04, 2016 8:59 am

Hello folks, it's all so quiet here... Not to worry, good news coming the way of all soon. Hopefully as from the coming week, approvals should be rolling out in the posts.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Bilbil » Wed May 04, 2016 9:24 am

KingdomMan wrote:Hello folks, it's all so quiet here... Not to worry, good news coming the way of all soon. Hopefully as from the coming week, approvals should be rolling out in the posts.
Hip hip. Hope we will all be part of the approvals. So anxious. From next week right?

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by D13 » Wed May 04, 2016 10:11 am

It's Ireland,
Lots of people are taking holidays this week, so IMO only next week, or the week after - it's on the way anyway

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Isobrinho » Wed May 04, 2016 1:26 pm

[bkingdomMan do you how long does it take after an application is currently at an advanced stage of processing. pleaase can you let me know how many week before the approval arrive

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by D13 » Wed May 04, 2016 2:20 pm

KingdomMan, do you think it's plausible to get stamp 6 after the citizenship ceremony? It's busy in passport office now, and first time application for adult can take 20+ working days, i.e. month. It means if the next ceremony is held in July my family is out of holidays.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Wed May 04, 2016 3:33 pm

Isobrinho wrote:[bkingdomMan do you how long does it take after an application is currently at an advanced stage of processing. pleaase can you let me know how many week before the approval arrive
'Advance stage of processing' speaks for itself. That means the process is nearing finality and you should get the much awaited news in the next couple of weeks or at most a month.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Isobrinho » Wed May 04, 2016 3:37 pm

thank you kingdomMan for your advice
KingdomMan wrote:
Isobrinho wrote:[bkingdomMan do you how long does it take after an application is currently at an advanced stage of processing. pleaase can you let me know how many week before the approval arrive
'Advance stage of processing' speaks for itself. That means the process is nearing finality and you should get the much awaited news in the next couple of weeks or at most a month.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Wed May 04, 2016 3:40 pm

D13 wrote:KingdomMan, do you think it's plausible to get stamp 6 after the citizenship ceremony? It's busy in passport office now, and first time application for adult can take 20+ working days, i.e. month. It means if the next ceremony is held in July my family is out of holidays.
Why go apply for a stamp 6 after you've been awarded citizenship (naturalisation certificate)? Pending the time you put in an application for a passport, You can always travel on holidays with your family in as much you have visas to your country of destination and can return here to Ireland presenting your naturalisation certificate as a citizen at the border of entry.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by D13 » Wed May 04, 2016 4:16 pm

KingdomMan wrote: Why go apply for a stamp 6 after you've been awarded citizenship (naturalisation certificate)? Pending the time you put in an application for a passport, You can always travel on holidays with your family in as much you have visas to your country of destination and can return here to Ireland presenting your naturalisation certificate as a citizen at the border of entry.
it's Lufthansa or Ryanair staff I'm concerned about, they can refuse boarding. Is there any official article I can print confirming the magic power of the naturalization certificate? Maybe it's worth contacting INIS for this.
btw, don't the certificate get taken at the passport office?

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by KingdomMan » Wed May 04, 2016 4:29 pm

D13 wrote:
KingdomMan wrote: Why go apply for a stamp 6 after you've been awarded citizenship (naturalisation certificate)? Pending the time you put in an application for a passport, You can always travel on holidays with your family in as much you have visas to your country of destination and can return here to Ireland presenting your naturalisation certificate as a citizen at the border of entry.
it's Lufthansa or Ryanair staff I'm concerned about, they can refuse boarding. Is there any official article I can print confirming the magic power of the naturalization certificate? Maybe it's worth contacting INIS for this.
btw, don't the certificate get taken at the passport office?
I really don't get it! Are you naturalised already or it's just anticipated? If you have a naturalisation certificate in your procession and you need a passport for your urgent travel, you have the option of walking into the passport office in person and you can get a passport issued in 5 - 7 days once you can prove the urgency in your travel.

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Re: 2016 Citizenship Approvals

Post by Peace2804 » Wed May 04, 2016 5:46 pm

I don't think that D13 has his/her naturalization certificate yet, he/she is anticipating in case there is a ceremony in July.

I am not familiar with a stamp 6 visa, how to get it and how long time it takes to get it.....all I can say is that when you apply for your passport you need to send your naturalization certificate and you own passport from your own country so a stamp 6 will be pointless to have if you are going to send your own passport.

The border control in Ireland might be familiar with the naturalization certificate and will definitely let you in, however, the flight company will not let you board the flight in my opinion, they insist to see the visa of the country you intend to visit.....add to it that the border control of the country you intend to visit will not let you in with your naturalization certificate, they won't even know if it's a legitimate document or not.

your only option in my opinion is to keep an eye on the ceremony date, gather all your documents and get in touch with the passport office before the ceremony and explain your situation, book an appointment with the passport office in a way that you will pay them a visit the day after the ceremony and present all your documents along with you flight tickets.

Good luck!!!

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