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Duquesne
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

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
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

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.

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

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

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

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
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

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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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by richardbloomfield » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:47 pm

richardbloomfield wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:03 am
Application Based On: Married to Irish citizen (UK citizen)
Applied On: 15th March 2018
Application received On: 20th March 2018
Acknowledgement : 29th March 2018 (passport returned)
Application Reference Number: 1st June 2018
Second Stage of Processing: 10th June 2019
Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:
Approval Letter: 19th November 2019

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by littlerr » Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:20 pm

Posting for a friend. Don't have exact dates.

Application Based On: 20 years British working in Ireland
Applied On: Jul 2018
Acknowledgement & receipt, passport returned, asking for more proof of residence: Jul 2018
Second Letter: 19 Jun 2019
Approval letter received: 17 Nov 2019
Payment/photos sent: to be sent next Monday 25 Nov 2019
Date of Ceremony:

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by zaw_81 » Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:15 am

Application Based On: Married to Irish citizen (Non EU)
Applied On: 26th May 2018
Application received On: 27th May 2018
Acknowledgement reference number assigned : 24th June 2018 (passport returned)
Second Stage of Processing: 7th July 2019
Awaiting On Approval:
Awaiting Date of Ceremony:

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by zaw_81 » Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:15 am

Application Based On: Married to Irish citizen (Non EU)
Applied On: 26th May 2018
Application received On: 27th May 2018
Acknowledgement reference number assigned : 24th June 2018 (passport returned)
Second Stage of Processing: 7th July 2019
Awaiting On Approval:
Awaiting Date of Ceremony:

Carensza
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Carensza » Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:24 pm

Carensza wrote:
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:03 pm
Carensza wrote:
Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:48 am
Carensza wrote:
Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:17 pm
Based on : 12 years marriage to an Irish citizen + 23 years residency in N.I.
Applied on: 17.05.2018
Acknowledgement: 21.05.2018 Royal Mail tracking international
Second Letter: waiting
Approval: waiting
ceremony date : waiting

Received a letter dated 18 June asking me for Subject Access Form (DAT1) from PSNI, applied for it the day after I received letter (PSNI no longer charge) I received my Criminal Record Check from PSNI yesterday (26 July) and I'm sending it to Tipperary today.
Received a letter dated 09/06/19, almost a year after my last correspondence, asking for 2 more forms of ID/address for 2015 that weren't uni letters...sent off my bank records and a doctor's note this week, tracked and signed and arrived on the 18/06.
Approval letter arrived Wednesday 20/11/2019...just have to send money off and get a ceremony date, chance I will get 9th Dec but idk yet:

Based on 13 years marriage and nearly 25 years residency (26/07) NI
Applied on: 17/05/18
Acknowledgement: 21/05/18
Second Stage Letter: 11/07/19
Approval: 20/11/19
Ceremony date: waiting

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Rony Clare » Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:50 pm

Got my invitation this morning.....
Applied- 01/08/2018 ( Bangladeshi National )
2nd stage- 03/02/2019
Approval got 19/11/2019
€950 ,IRP,2 pictures send 19/11/2019 straight away same day .
Invitation letter got today 25/11/2019 for 9th December dated 21/11/2019
Good luck All the Brother and sisters who waiting for citizenship Appreciate for Everything to Allah Alhamdulillah

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by gsvzla » Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:17 pm

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: Invitation received on November 26th. Letter dated November 24th.
Date of Ceremony: December 9th 2019 at 10:20 am

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Spire01 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:40 pm

Application Based On: 5 years Residency (Non EU)
Applied On: 28th May 2018
Application received On: 29th May 2018
Acknowledgement/Reference number: 15th June 2018 (passport returned)
Second Stage of Processing: 12th July 2019
Approval: 19th Nov 2019
Date of Ceremony: 9th Dec 2019

Ayna
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Ayna » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:04 pm

Ayna wrote:
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: -
Fee etc. sent: 20/11/2019
Invitation received: 26/11/2019
Date of Ceremony: 9/12/2019

niksire
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by niksire » Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:03 pm

niksire wrote:
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 received on 19th November
Documents submitted 20th, received 21st November 2019
Waiting on invitation letter.
Invitation for 9th December citizenship ceremony received on 25th November.

hatcher
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by hatcher » Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:10 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: N/A
Awaiting On Approval: Approval letter received 19 Nov, sent bank draft on 22 Nov
Date of Ceremony: Received invite 26 Nov for Ceremony on 9 Dec

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by garo » Wed Nov 27, 2019 10:38 am

garo wrote:
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
Fee sent: 20 November 2019
Invitation Letter: 23 Nov 2019
Date of Ceremony: 9 December 2019

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by yala93 » Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:12 am

yala93 wrote:
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

Good luck everyone!
Date of ceremony: Dec 9 at 10:15 am

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by kinginthenorth7 » Fri Nov 29, 2019 4:10 pm

Application Based On: 5 year residency (Non-Eu)
Applied On: 7th Nov 18
Application received On: 8th Nov 18
Acknowledgement : 28th Nov 18
Second Letter: 15th Jan 18
Awaiting On Approval: 17th Nov 19 request for GNIB and 950 Euros
Date of Ceremony: 9th of December (Approval dated 25th November)

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by littlerr » Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:29 pm

Invitation received
littlerr wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:20 pm
Posting for a friend. Don't have exact dates.

Application Based On: 20 years British working in Ireland
Applied On: Jul 2018
Acknowledgement & receipt, passport returned, asking for more proof of residence: Jul 2018
Second Letter: 19 Jun 2019
Approval letter received: 17 Nov 2019
Payment/photos sent: to be sent next Monday 25 Nov 2019
Date of Ceremony: 9 Dec 2019 1.15pm

LegoGirl
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by LegoGirl » Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:10 pm

Application Based On: Non-EU 5+ residence
Applied On:24/08/2018
Acknowledgement :29/08/2018 +asked for more docs
Approval:28/05/2019
Date of Ceremony: 09/12/2019

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by richardbloomfield » Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:36 pm

richardbloomfield wrote:
Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:47 pm
richardbloomfield wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:03 am
Application Based On: Married to Irish citizen (UK citizen)
Applied On: 15th March 2018
Application received On: 20th March 2018
Acknowledgement : 29th March 2018 (passport returned)
Application Reference Number: 1st June 2018
Second Stage of Processing: 10th June 2019
Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:
Approval Letter: 19th November 2019
Date of Ceremony: 9th December 2019

Duquesne
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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Duquesne » Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:33 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
Approval: received 19/11/2019, sent required docs same day, received by INIS 7am 20/11/2019
Date of Ceremony: 09/12/2019 @ 1.15pm, pink letter dated 21/11/2019, in my mailbox Sun 24/11 - was away for w/e - delivered on 22/11 I guess.

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Jordans » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:32 pm

Jordans wrote:
Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:35 am
Application Based On 5+ years residency, Stamp 1-4 (NON-EU)
Applied On: 5 Dec 2018
Application received On 6 Dec 2018
6 months' bank statements posted on 7 Dec 2018 -- decided not to wait for them to be requested
Acknowledgement: 7 Jan 2019 - Passports returned
Acknowledgement: 15 Jan 2019 - Statements received
Second Letter, receipt, and notice that the application has moved to the 2nd stage: 21 Jan 2019. No further documents requested.
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending
Update:
Approval received: 18 Nov 2019. gnib, photos, bank draft sent the next day
Ceremony invitation arrived for 9 Dec 2019.

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Re: 2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

Post by SabrAyoub » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:01 pm

Application Based On: 5 year residency (Non-Eu)
Applied On: 12th Jun 18
Application received On: 13th Jun 18
Acknowledgement: 5th Jul 18
Second Letter: 13th Jun 19 (after TD contacting the Minster's office)
Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Additional:
Requested copy of my file under FOI Act: 2nd Jan 20

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