Ireland - First time passport applications timelines -2021

[maguis]

PASSPORT RETURN: How long does it take for them to return your original passport after applying to the Irish passport? I will apply via naturalization and I need to send my original passport as well my birth certificate. Curious on how long I will (again!!) be without my documents

[Saab313]

Applied on 8th July
Delivery on 8th September .

Received email additional documents on 8th September
Submitted 15th September
Tracking bar shows delivery on 19th November

Still processing any one have Idea or experience how long they will take ?


Thanks

[Smilemee]

Applied on 8th July
Delivery on 8th September .

Received email additional documents on 8th September
Submitted 15th September
Tracking bar shows delivery on 19th November

Still processing any one have Idea or experience how long they will take

Brother I assume you are from Pakistan.. if you could dare what additional documents they asked or what you have submitted to date ?

Thanks

[dolewhip]

Hi everyone! First time finding this thread, as well as a first time passport applicant.

To anyone in the USA who's received their passport, do you know who ultimately fulfilled the delivery?

My dates for reference:

Online application received: 25/08/21
Supporting docs received, processing application: 07/09/21
Estimated issue date: 10/11/21
Passport printing: 20/11/21
Dispatched via An Post: 22/11/21

This would all be well and good, except for the fact that we're out of town this week (through next Saturday), and An Post tracking is saying delivered yesterday. I'd be very surprised if it was that quick, and our neighbors haven't seen anything - really hoping it didn't go astray!

[Saab313]

Applied on 8th July
Delivery on 8th September .

Received email additional documents on 8th September
Submitted 15th September
Tracking bar shows delivery on 19th November

Still processing any one have Idea or experience how long they will take

Brother I assume you are from Pakistan.. if you could dare what additional documents they asked or what you have submitted to date ?

Thanks

I applied base on Refugee so I don't have Original passport and NICOP they asked me to submit so I explained them today I Checked Status shows Printing and Posted .

As far I know first time as Pakistani national you should submit below documents

These are the documents which all the Pakistani nationals need to submit with their first time passport application


1 Original passport

2 Computerized issued Birth certificate attested by Foreign office in Pakistan first and then attested by the Embassy in Dublin

3 Bank statement
and utility bill

4 Original CNIC ,NICOP they won't accept copies or the one in Urdu

5 Family registration certificate


6 Naturalization certificate

7 PSC ( PPS Card ) copy

Get all these documents to avoid delays

[Smilemee]

Applied on 8th July
Delivery on 8th September .

Received email additional documents on 8th September
Submitted 15th September
Tracking bar shows delivery on 19th November

Still processing any one have Idea or experience how long they will take

Brother I assume you are from Pakistan.. if you could dare what additional documents they asked or what you have submitted to date ?

Thanks

I applied base on Refugee so I don't have Original passport and NICOP they asked me to submit so I explained them today I Checked Status shows Printing and Posted .

As far I know first time as Pakistani national you should submit below documents

These are the documents which all the Pakistani nationals need to submit with their first time passport application


1 Original passport

2 Computerized issued Birth certificate attested by Foreign office in Pakistan first and then attested by the Embassy in Dublin

3 Bank statement
and utility bill

4 Original CNIC ,NICOP they won't accept copies or the one in Urdu

5 Family registration certificate


6 Naturalization certificate

7 PSC ( PPS Card ) copy

Get all these documents to avoid delays

Thank you bhai .. but my birth cert isn't attested in Pakistan neither in Dublin embassy. But my FRC us attested .. and will be submitting my nicop original to them .. what u say abt nicop? I have got refugee too.

[makaako]

Hi all, just wanted to know - will there be an update to the tracker once they receive the required application documents?

I'm just curious as I applied online on the 18th, sent the required documents on the 19th and received by the Passport office on the 22nd. To date, there have been no changes in the tracker, it only shows an estimated due date which is the same as the date when I check the status (i.e. est. issue date date when I checked today shows 29/11/2021).

[UncleBud]

My 26 month journey has finally ended with the arrival of my passport!

FBR Documents Accepted: 27 September 2019
FBR Confirmation of Address Email: 17 December 2020
FBR Entered into Registry: 18 December 2020
FBR Congratulations Email: none
FBR Certificate and Supporting Documents Received: 22 April 2021

Online Passport application: 18 May 2021
Documents received: 28 June 2021 (got stuck in the USPS system for 5 weeks)
Status changed to 'processing': 01 July 2021
Estimated issue date: mid-August 2021
Request for additional documentation: 06 September 2021*
Resubmitted documents received: 15 September 2021
Status changed to 'processing' again: 16 September 2021
Received original documents back: 21 September 2021
Estimated issue date: 22 November 2021
Status changed to 'printing': 18 November 2021
Passport dispatched: 19 November 2021 (45 working days since clock reset)
Passport delivered via Registered Mail: 26 November 2021

*requested marriage certificate showing name change and identity doc showing full middle name, not just an initial. I had submitted marriage cert for FBR...for those preparing your passport documents, if you had a name change, send the marriage cert along just in case!

[Omason]

Hi all, just wanted to know - will there be an update to the tracker once they receive the required application documents?

I'm just curious as I applied online on the 18th, sent the required documents on the 19th and received by the Passport office on the 22nd. To date, there have been no changes in the tracker, it only shows an estimated due date which is the same as the date when I check the status (i.e. est. issue date date when I checked today shows 29/11/2021).

Yes - took 8 days for me until tracker was updated with the proper estimated issue date

[makaako]

Hi all, just wanted to know - will there be an update to the tracker once they receive the required application documents?

I'm just curious as I applied online on the 18th, sent the required documents on the 19th and received by the Passport office on the 22nd. To date, there have been no changes in the tracker, it only shows an estimated due date which is the same as the date when I check the status (i.e. est. issue date date when I checked today shows 29/11/2021).

Yes - took 8 days for me until tracker was updated with the proper estimated issue date

Good to know. Thanks for the info, Omason!

[Saab313]

Applied on 8th July
Delivery on 8th September .

Received email additional documents on 8th September
Submitted 15th September
Tracking bar shows delivery on 19th November

Still processing any one have Idea or experience how long they will take

Brother I assume you are from Pakistan.. if you could dare what additional documents they asked or what you have submitted to date ?

Thanks

I applied base on Refugee so I don't have Original passport and NICOP they asked me to submit so I explained them today I Checked Status shows Printing and Posted .

As far I know first time as Pakistani national you should submit below documents

These are the documents which all the Pakistani nationals need to submit with their first time passport application


1 Original passport

2 Computerized issued Birth certificate attested by Foreign office in Pakistan first and then attested by the Embassy in Dublin

3 Bank statement
and utility bill

4 Original CNIC ,NICOP they won't accept copies or the one in Urdu

5 Family registration certificate


6 Naturalization certificate

7 PSC ( PPS Card ) copy

Get all these documents to avoid delays

Thank you bhai .. but my birth cert isn't attested in Pakistan neither in Dublin embassy. But my FRC us attested .. and will be submitting my nicop original to them .. what u say abt nicop? I have got refugee too.

Hi I send them expired passport and Nadra ID which I request to International Protection office they send me so I send to DFA with Refugee certificate and details explained that as asylum seekers I don't have NICOP and FRC and valid passport so they took another 40 days but thanks God they approved passport .

[jgclancy]

Online application received: 18/9/21
Supporting docs mailed from USA : 4/11/21 --was traveling so delay in getting it sent
Supporting docs received, processing application: 30/11/21 --took 3 weeks!
Estimated issue date: 02/03/22 ----3 months, eh?

Well, at least my documents arrived after being in postal limbo for 3 weeks .
Hopefully, the system will revise that March 2, 2022 issue date but oh well...I'll wait a week
and watch the progress bar .......patience like the FBR process LOL

good luck to all

jgclancy

[jgclancy]

Oops...swap those day/month numbers on my last post estimated issue date is Feb 3rd not March 2nd (only about 2 months)
Common mistake between US & EU

jgclancy

[Patpatriot]

For those that take any meaning from the "Status Bar", my due date was Dec 1, the bar went to 100% today, but still shows as processing application. So I don't think the status bar really means anything other than it's a timer that correlates to when your documents were received to when it's estimated. If they don't process by the due date then there is no way to know how far along your application is.

[makaako]

Online application: 18/11/2021
Documents sent: 19/11/2021
Documents received: 22/11/2021
Status changed to 'processing': 01/12/2021
Estimated issue date: 04/02/2022

[youthinkunoe]

sent my documents in a few months ago immediately after I got my FBR

I needed to resubmit My Identity verification with in three days mailed it back out

about a month later today I received my documents I checked the status on the website

and it says they are verifying my documents lies I have my documents atleast i know it moving along should be receiving first week of january

[studyman]

For those that take any meaning from the "Status Bar", my due date was Dec 1, the bar went to 100% today, but still shows as processing application. So I don't think the status bar really means anything other than it's a timer that correlates to when your documents were received to when it's estimated. If they don't process by the due date then there is no way to know how far along your application is.

a lot of people have similar experience, the best way is to chat them up online or call them

[ssireland]

I believe all this delays by the DFA coming out of dearly beloved mentality of Simon coveney who is inefficient in handling passport applications. I guess Helen Mcentee will do better. she is the best person as she modernizes INIS in handling naturalization. Simon is the worst minister to handle DFA

[dolewhip]

Urgent follow-up to my last post: to anyone in the USA who's received their passport, do you know who ultimately fulfilled the delivery?

My dates for reference:

Online application received: 25/08/21
Supporting docs received, processing application: 07/09/21
Estimated issue date: 10/11/21
Passport printing: 20/11/21
Dispatched via An Post: 22/11/21
Delivered(?): 26/11/21

Just got back from 9-10 days away (left on Thanksgiving), and of course my passport was apparently delivered the day after we left. That said, we had around 5 neighbors watching out for an envelope from Ireland, and they saw nothing. Nothing is here.

On the contrary, all our regular USPS post and packages turned up, which they shouldn't have - we'd requested to hold all mail before leaving.

I would be extra furious at USPS, except I'm not 100% sure they're the ones responsible. If anyone could shed some insight there, I'd seriously appreciate it.

[Patpatriot]

I believe I read somewhere that it has to be signed for. I suspect it may be sitting at your local post office?

[dolewhip]

I believe I read somewhere that it has to be signed for. I suspect it may be sitting at your local post office?

Went to the post office first thing before getting home, because I assumed it might be being held with our regular mail, as officially requested before Thanksgiving.

Joke was on us - they held nothing. 95% of our letters ended up in a neighbor's box (she was furious, and I don't blame her), while our USPS packages were all delivered as usual. Except this one.

That's why I'm desperate to know who actually fulfills these shipments here in the US. My assumption would have been USPS, but it could very well be a courier service or something else entirely.

Next step is reaching out to the dreaded passport chat service, and I can already imagine how that's going to go. They'll likely say it's out of their hands and reach out to An Post (that's what their FAQ says), which is basically a dead end. They themselves probably have no clue what happens once a package leaves Ireland.

[dolewhip]

Also, as far as the signature requirement goes, I remember that being explicitly mentioned when my FBR certificate was shipped. Found it waiting by our front door.

So I'm not sure what's going on anymore (could be pandemic-related), but it seems like signature requests aren't really being honored here.

This is absolutely haunting me. Most important piece of mail of the year (arguably second most, but at least top 2), the culmination of 26+ months and hundreds of dollars, and at the final step things fall apart.

[dolewhip]

Since I can't edit my previous updates, here's one more post to conclude this rather unusual saga: USPS did have my passport.

Instead of keeping our mail at the post office per request, they delivered it tonight at around 7:40pm PST, along with half (?) of our letters from the last 9-10 days.

After all that, feeling particularly happy to be done with this process - best of luck to everyone waiting!

[Patpatriot]

Anyone coming up on their "due date" or have gone past it? I'm at day 52 now, status bar went back from 100% on Dec 1st to 80% now, still processing application. I did get a hold of them via web chat but they could provide no information other than the application is going through entitlement checks and to keep checking the passport tracker. For those that are trying to get through via web chat, mine initially said 89 minute wait but it went pretty quick and was more like 25-30 minutes.

[Corkythecat]

Anyone coming up on their "due date" or have gone past it? I'm at day 52 now, status bar went back from 100% on Dec 1st to 80% now, still processing application. I did get a hold of them via web chat but they could provide no information other than the application is going through entitlement checks and to keep checking the passport tracker. For those that are trying to get through via web chat, mine initially said 89 minute wait but it went pretty quick and was more like 25-30 minutes.

They got my documents on 6th October and estimated completion date is 9th December but the progress bar is staying at about 80% and has never been near 100%.
The status went from processing and verifying documents last week to now just 'processing' - I hope that means the verifying bit has been done. Maybe I'll get it done by Christmas. Will post any developments. Good luck to you.