2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

gsvzla · Post by **gsvzla** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:30 am

Application Based On: Civil partnership to Irish citizen
Applied On: 11 September 2018
Acknowledgement : 09 January 2019
Passport returned and asked for additional documents
-Copy of partner's Irish passport
- Household bills for each year claimed
- Bank statements for 3 months of each year claimed
- Notice of self assessment by Revenue
Sent those documents on January 15th 2019
Received on January 17th 2019
Second Letter: July 17th 2019 (I changed my address and got a second letter again with the envelope dated July 27th, the letter itself was not dated).
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

markem · Post by **markem** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:31 am

markem wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:32 pm

markem wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:11 pm
Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/3/2018
Application received On: 14/3/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/3/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 29/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number)
Second stage: 24/6/2019
Letter requesting original passport 12/7/2019
Passport sent: 29/7/2019
Passport received back: 1/8/2019

yala93 · Post by **yala93** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:31 pm

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Application Based On: Non-EU 5+ residence
Applied On: 03/09/2018
Application received On: 05/09/2018
Acknowledgement : dated 06/09/2018 and asked more docs
Asked more docs again in March 2019
Second Letter: 03/06/2019

Zima · Post by **Zima** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:29 pm

Application Based On: Spouse of Irish National (5 years)
Applied On: 10th April 2018
Application received On 12th April 2018
Acknowledgement: 28th April 2018 with original passport returned with no reference number yet. 'Due to high volumes of applications, your application has not yet been fully assessed. This being the case you might be requested to submit further docs. Your application number will be issued in due course."

Second Letter: 14th June 2016 with Application number provided and also stated that I passed the initial stage and already in the 2nd stage.

Third letter: Received on 6th June 2019 [/glow][/glow] requesting 1 proof of address

Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:

CloudFish · Post by **CloudFish** » Fri Aug 16, 2019 3:00 pm

Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/4/2018
Application received On: 14/4/2018
Acknowledgement: 11/5/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 11/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number, stating your application is initially assessed and moved to 2nd stage )
Second stage: ??
Email sent on 11/7/2019 for latest status
Email Response received on 14/08/2019 " 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 "

Moderator edit : questions removed from the timeline only thread

dk2019 · Post by **dk2019** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:59 pm

Application Based On: 5+ years of residence (Non-EU)
Applied On: 03/09/2018
Application received On: 04/09/2018
Acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 (passport received, receipt and asked for additional docs)
Additional documents received: 11/09/2018
Second Letter: 14/02/2019 Application moved to the Second Stage of Processing and requesting additional doc again
Additional documents received: 02/03/2019
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Post by **CR001** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:56 pm

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed.

Saroo · Post by **Saroo** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:48 am

Posting on behalf of my sister's application for naturisalation.applied on 23rd may 2018 aknowldwgent letter 26th June 2018 return of passport receipt of payment with reference number stage 2 letter 08 August 2018 asking for written explanation for absence from Ireland for over 7 months plus proof of address of the year 2011 and 2013 documents sent back 18th August 2018.since then there is no correspondence from the department its been over 15 months since the application was lodged sent letters through solicitors few times to ask for update same answer every time your clients application is being processed in view to establish whether they meet statuary conditions of granting naturalisation.

Saroo · Post by **Saroo** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:21 pm

Got letter today after one year requesting to provide history of all payments received by department of social protection.and To confirm current financial means.

ozozo · Post by **ozozo** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:06 pm

ozozo wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:55 pm

ozozo wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:47 pm
Application Based On: 5+ years residency (myself and my wife)
Applied On: 25/10/18
Application received On: 26/10/18
Acknowledgement : 28/10/18 (more documents (RTB letters, letter from doctor) requested) Documents were sent on 13/11/18 and received on 14/11/18.
Second Letter: Pending
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending
Second Letter: My wife (stamp 3) received her second stage letter on 25/06/19, I am still waiting for mine.

Second letter: I received my second stage letter today (Day 320!). At least process is still moving

Andy2019 · Post by **Andy2019** » Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:02 pm

Hi, lads!
Is that Letter with "Approval stage" arriving with Registered Post or as an ordinary Post?
My profile:
Application Based On: 5+ years residency (myself and my wife)
Applied On: 25/11/18 both.
Application received On: 26/11/18 both
Acknowledgement : No asking for additional papers. And returned passports
My wife (EU) on 23/12/2018
Myself (Non-EU) on 02/02/2019
Second Letter: Pending for both
Awaiting On Approval: Pending for both

MomG12 · Post by **MomG12** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:12 pm

Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY
Post by MomG12 » Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:37 pm

Application Based On: Irish Associations
Applied On: 21 September 2018
Application received On: 25 September 2018
Acknowledgement : issued on 25 September 2018 with return of passport and request for police clearance letters. (Acknowledgement and request for police certs was delayed in the mail and not received until Oct 1. Police letters sent 18 October, received in Tipperary 23 October 2018)
Second Letter: 19 September 2019 = proceeding to second stage
Awaiting On Approval: ----
Date of Ceremony: ----

Duquesne · Post by **Duquesne** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:58 am

Application Based On: Spouse (EU Citizen - UK), 25yrs resident, 26yrs married.
Applied On: Early July 2018
Acknowledgement: July 2018
Second Letter: End June 2019 *updated*
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

gsvzla · Post by **gsvzla** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:40 pm

Application Based On: Civil partnership to Irish citizen
Applied On: September 11th 2018
Acknowledgement : January 9th 2019
Passport returned and asked for additional documents
-Copy of partner's Irish passport
- Household bills for each year claimed
- Bank statements for 3 months of each year claimed
- Notice of self assessment by Revenue
Sent those documents on January 15th 2019
Received on January 17th 2019
Second Letter: July 17th 2019 (I changed my address and got a second letter again with the envelope dated July 27th, the letter itself was not dated).
Awaiting On Approval: November 19th 2019
Date of Ceremony: Pending

garo · Post by **garo** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:53 pm

Application Based On: Marriage to Irish citizen (10+ years residence)
Applied On: 30 January 2018
No acknowledgement or passport until April 2018 when I emailed them.
April 2018: Passport returned
Multiple emails from June 2018 to Feb 2019 all met with form response that it is being processed.
Second Letter: May 2019
Approval: 18 November 2019
Date of Ceremony: Pending

irishsaint · Post by **irishsaint** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:47 pm

Application Based On: marriage or civil partnership to an Irish citizen
Applied On: 05/11/2018
Application received On: 08/11/18
Passport returned 3rd week in Nov
2nd Stage June

Request for payment 19th Nov 2019

Nre123 · Post by **Nre123** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:13 pm

Application Based On:5 years non-eu
Applied On: 31/07/2018
Application received On: 02/08/2018
2nd Stage letter- July 2019
Final approval- Request for payment 19th Nov 2019
ceremony pending

nlassai · Post by **nlassai** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:18 pm

Application Based On: 5+ years of residence (Non-EU)
Applied On: 28/05/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/06/2018 (passport and receipt received)
Second Letter: June 2019
Approval: 19/11/2019
Date of Ceremony: 9th December, Expecting to be included in this ceremony.

markem · Post by **markem** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:25 pm

markem wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:32 pm
Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/3/2018
Application received On: 14/3/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/3/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 29/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number)
Second stage: 24/6/2019 (after FOI request)

Approval: 19/11/2019

alhakeem · Post by **alhakeem** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:26 pm

markem wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:25 pm

markem wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:32 pm
Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/3/2018
Application received On: 14/3/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/3/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 29/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number)
Second stage: 24/6/2019 (after FOI request)
Approval: 19/11/2019

Congrats for our active and iformative member.

Duquesne · Post by **Duquesne** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:21 pm

Duquesne wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:58 am
Application Based On: Spouse (EU Citizen - UK).
Applied On: Early July 2018
Acknowledgement: Mid July 2018
Second Letter: End June 2019
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Approval: 19/11/2019

I also send congrats to markem!

niksire · Post by **niksire** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:59 am

niksire wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:09 am

niksire wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:28 pm
Application Based On: 5 year non-EU (Stamp 1 and Stamp 4)
Applied On: 04/04/2018
Application received On: 06/04/2018
Acknowledgement : 15/06/2018 (passport returned before, but fee receipt with letter sent this day)
Second Letter:
Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:
Second letter received: 9th June 2019

Approval letter received: Dated 17th November 2019
Waiting on invitation letter.

hatcher · Post by **hatcher** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:11 am

hatcher wrote: ↑
Wed May 01, 2019 5:27 pm
Application Based On: 5+ years residence in Republic of Ireland - British Citizen
Applied On: 5 November 2018
Application received On: 6 November 2018
Acknowledgement : 19 November 2018 - passport returned, receipt of €175 and confirmation through to second stage processing
Second Letter: 19 November 2018
Awaiting On Approval: Approved 29/11/2019 requesting €950
Date of Ceremony: TBC

yala93 · Post by **yala93** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:38 am

yala93 wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:14 pm
Application Based On: Non-EU 5+ residence
Applied On: 03/09/2018
Application received On: 05/09/2018
Acknowledgement : dated 06/09/2018 and asked more docs
Second Letter: first week of June 2019
Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Approval date 17/11/2019
Waiting for the date of ceremony

Good luck everyone!

Ayna · Post by **Ayna** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:01 pm

Application Based On: 5 year residency Non-EU
Applied On: 26/07/2018
Acknowledgement letter dated: 03/08/2018
Second Stage Letter dated: 17/06/2019
Approval date: 18/11/2019
Date of Ceremony: -

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