ripforreallldo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:18 pm
i sent another email to the embassy (austin) this morning which received this reply
“Thank you for your email.
The FBR office is still closed, but some of the staff that check the documentation have returned, so it seems they are slowly starting to reopen!
I can only imagine how anxious you are to receive your certificate of citizenship. Do not hesitate to reach out again for an update.”
prettttyyyyy nothingy. what i am wondering (and asked) is if the office is closed for the third time since covid with this current closure time being six months, are those six months factored into the 12-18 month waiting period or is it piling onto the waiting period?
I agree - if this reply doesn't say anything, what's the point to asking for an update.
I view the 12-18 month waiting period skeptically, and don't see how it can possibly include the 6+ months of the current closure. When I applied (mid Aug 2019), the email receipt mentioned "up to 6 months" and the website said 6-9 months, while everyone on this board reported about 12 months. Going by twice their minimum, I'd expect a good 2 years (before delays) for new applications since they haven't officially reopened and some teams don't seem to be back to work yet.
Killdarestreet.com has periodic posts from Simon Coveney (head of FBR). The May backlog is
30,000 applications, up from 27,000 at the beginning of March.
On a more surreal note, the March 3 post said a major factor in the delay was review of paper submissions to protect applicants' privacy. Virtually all of these records (birth, marriage, death, even address for home owners) are public records that need to be certified by issuing governments, they are not private at all. When I ordered records, there was no requirement that they pertain to me or a family member.
May 26 - DFA can't backdate to accommodate recent births, 30,000 backlog
https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2021-05-26a.258
March 3 - privacy
https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id ... 3-03a.1013
Sounds like it's taken about 18 months to agree it. All that remains is the certificate. It is interesting that people are saying they have received an email confirming receipt of documents. I haven't, and it says on their website that they do not send any confirmation of receipt, hence they must have changed their policy on this. This is my point, it's the communication from them that is so poor - and virtually nonexistent. This HAS to change and that is why I raised a petition on change dot org calling on the Taoiseach to please urgently review and overhaul the Foreign Birth Registration process.
