To all those who are waiting for their new irish passports. The batch that I was in was really quick. I applied for my irish passport a day after the last ceremony (sept 20, 2016) and i got my passport in the post oct 3, 2016 it was only a few weeks. Eventhough they advised us in the ceremony that ...

Some of you probably receive first and second letter combined in to one. That's what happened to me and some of my friends here in this forum. We applied jan, feb 2015. And some of us got the acknowledgement and second stage processing letter in one. So you guys might wanna check that out. You never ...

I don't think that being an eu or a citizen from a third world or second world country has a bearing with application being approve. My friend who is an african got her approval within 6 moths timeframe. She never worked, all her life, shes a spouse of an irish citizen. Shes claiming social welfare ...

THE INFORMATION BELOW SHOULD BE USEFUL/HELPFUL TO SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HERE ON THIS FORUM (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL BUT SOMEONE'S CANDID OPINION BASED ON EXPERIENCE HANDLING APPLICATIONS FOR OVER FIFTY FAMILY, FRIENDS ETC.) Simple time line that always work : (Following is for normal 5 years ...

THE INFORMATION BELOW SHOULD BE USEFUL/HELPFUL TO SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HERE ON THIS FORUM (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL BUT SOMEONE'S CANDID OPINION BASED ON EXPERIENCE HANDLING APPLICATIONS FOR OVER FIFTY FAMILY, FRIENDS ETC.) Simple time line that always work : (Following is for normal 5 years ...

Hi All, Anyone who applied in the last week of March or first week of April. I want to know the status. I want to plan holidays. Should I look forward for the Dec. ceremony or just wait? A few stories here are very depressing and my conclusion is, the process is not very clear and it totally ...

Hi Pixi12 Many congratulation :-) would you be kind to tell me what exactly happened during ceremony today. how long did it take ? can we take our friends with us ? many thanks in advance Thanks Deekay!! It says on the invitation letter that It will take 1 hour and 40 mins. But it only took 1 hour ...

The citizenship ceremony earlier was quick and fun. Now next step is to apply for an irish passport☺☺☺ Thanks to all the support that I got here when I was waiting for my approval. To all the new applicants. Im sure there will be a wave of approvals in the next coming weeks. So just keep an eye on yo ...

Hi just want to ask, is it okay to be late for 30mins in the citizenship ceremony?? Will i wont be able to get my certificate of naturalisation if i was late for 15-30mins? Just have a doctors appointment an hour before the ceremony and dont know how fast will i be able to get in the ceremony venue.

I applied at exactly 3 years of being a resident here in Ireland, and got my approval letter with no complications or whatsoever. So i dont think there will be a problem with that. Just be sure that u signed it at the exact date that you are eligible to apply for naturalisation just to be safe ...

I applied at exactly 3 years of being a resident here in Ireland, and got my approval letter with no complications or whatsoever. So i dont think there will be a problem with that. Just be sure that u signed it at the exact date that you are eligible to apply for naturalisation just to be safe ...

Got my invitation letter this morning!!

Registration desk- 15
Time: 9:40am

See you all there guys!!! Finally!!!

dear kingdom man any body sharing same timeline as me apply date 16 sep IST LETTER 25 SEP 2ND STAGE LETTER 20 JAN SINCE THAT I DIDNT HEAR ANYTHING BUT I ALWAYS SENT EMAIL SAME REPLY UR APPLICATION CONTINUES TO BE PROCESSED .... BUT I WAS TROUBLE WITH GARDA BUT NEVER GO COURT AND COVICTED JUST ...

The wait is over...... Got my approval in post today yippie.... Timeline as follows applied August 2015, Documents requested all sent by October 2015, second stage letter November 4, Approval July 18,I realised anytime u are asked to submit a document your application is taken out of queue and left ...

Hi All I applied for Irish Citizenship on DEC 2015, Got the first letter 11/Jan/2016, Got Approval on 01/Jul/2016, Submit 950 Euro & 2 Color photographs wort the Reference No on the Back of Photographs and envelop & Original GNIB card on 11/Jul/2016. till now I didn't get inviting letter. But There ...

Hello, I am going to apply for Irish Citizenship soon,I am on stamp 4Eufam. I was on holidays for 8 weeks this year. Somebody told me that you cannot submit your application because you were away more than 6 weeks this year and you have be in state 1 year continuously before you submit your ...

I emailed them today if they have received the fee i sent. And this was the reply. Hi XXXXX, Your documents have been received and you will be scheduled to attend a Citizenship Ceremony due to take place on 19/9/2016 in Dublin. Further details on this Ceremony can be found on our website http://www ...

Hi all members, I have been following this helpful forum a long time, since I've applied for my citizenship in 2014. I've become aware of the process and what usually happens when you're application is sent and each stage you go through to get your citizenship from each member who writes on this ...

Do we need to write the application number in the back of the bank draft? It doesn't say anything I just posted them the €950, my pictures and gnib card. What i did. Since the bank gave me a different envelope for the bank draft i still wrote my application number including my name on the back of t ...

To everyone still waiting. Theyre still more approval letters that is going to be sent. Dont worry. You will get there... i know it is frustrating and its affecting your day. If you know u havent done anything that can prejudice your application process then you dont need to worry. Sometimes the ...

Do we need to write the application number in the back of the bank draft? It doesn't say anything I just posted them the €950, my pictures and gnib card. What i did. Since the bank gave me a different envelope for the bank draft i still wrote my application number including my name on the back of t ...

jumanufer wrote:I JUST GOT MY LETTER. Sorry for the caps, but I mean it. I am so so happy

Congrats jumanufer!!! Long wait is finally over!

Hi. Can someone help me with the query below ?? Thanks , Erica Hi All. I got my approval letter on Friday on post . Applied - November ,2015 1/2nd Stage -December ,2015 Approval - Friday However the issue is that I am travelling for work right since last week now and back only in end of July . the ...

Hello, I am happy to say I have received my citizenship approval letter this morning. I have been following these boards for the past 7 months or so. I would like to mention KingdomMan and Pixi12 and Niniola, your posts and comments have been very helpful and encouraging. My timeline was: Submitted ...

Seems like they dont accept postal order anymore to pay the €950. Only bank draft as stated in the letter.