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wen123 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:32 amOne day past the estimated date and application is still under processing.
Has anyone had any luck? I honestly can't believe this lengthy process after having gone almost 3 years of citizenship application.
It boggles the mind. I have never seen such levels of inefficiency.
I'll say the first time I applied for a passport in the US the estimate was 12-16 weeks. I could have paid something like double or triple the cost to have it expedited, which would have dropped that estimate down to 4-6 weeks.mudkicker wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:50 pmI'm also super worried about the delay, my estimated issue date is tomorrow but I cannot accommodate a week of delay... I agree that it's mind-blowing how they cannot process even with such long processing times they announce...
Fingers crossed, we'll get there, I'm sure.
You will be notified (and you'll get a tracking number once sent).
To update, received a request for further information yesterday evening (19 March). Has anyone had experience with this where they have had to wait several weeks for the new information to arrive? The email says the resubmission link will be active for 14 days, however there is next to no chance of me obtaining an original copy of an adoption court order from the English courts in that time period and then send to Dublin.Randomname898 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:14 amI’m over the week mark:
Estimated issue date: 07 March 2024
Application received: 08 January 2024
Verifying documents: 08 February 2024 (documents posted a week prior to this from overseas)
Processing application: 23 February 2024
When I spoke to the adviser on the Webchat on Monday, they said no one had started looking at my application yet. Witness hasn’t been contacted.
5 weeks 3 days for me between posting the supporting documents and my passport arriving - felt like 10 times longer though!
Interestingly I never had any emails with tracking numbers (passport and card were applied for)
My passport has been printed yesterday and dispatched. It is due for delivery today. It's being delivered on 21-Mar as supposed to 13-Mar. Not bad though.GTO wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:14 amI had applied on 12-Feb with an estimated issue date of 13-March. Visited passport office on 15-March, and was told that it was in progress and the witness (Gardai) was not contacted yet. They said they can drop a note in my application stating that i need it urgently, however i am not sure if some one will be reading it.
Status is processing application today i.e. on 19-March.
Received my passport yesterday. It took a total of 22 months from naturalization application to receiving passport, not far off from the 23 months that the department had advised back then.
Congrats! Would you mind if I ask, did you send your birth cert as a certified copy or the original?archermoo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:23 amApplied: 19/02/24
Processing (checking document): 21/02/24
Processing: 07/03/24
Printing: 26/03/24
I got an email last night asking for clarification on something regarding my birth cert. I replied to it right away, and this morning my passport is being printed.
Just for the record, I sent in a certified copy of my citizenship certificate (stamped and signed by a solicitor), and just a regular photocopy of the front and back of my public service card. I didn't send in my US passport. I did send in my birth cert, plus proof of name and proof of address. For one of those I used the cover letter that came with my naturalisation certificate, since it said that they prefer documents mailed from the government.
So with any luck I should get my passport before Easter.
I sent my original copy of my birth cert in. If your original is not in English I believe you need to send both it and a registered translation. But I'll admit I'm just going off of memory of something I wasn't really paying that much attention to as mine is in English. It might be worth checking with them via either calling or doing a web chat.grma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:35 pmCongrats! Would you mind if I ask, did you send your birth cert as a certified copy or the original?archermoo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:23 amApplied: 19/02/24
Processing (checking document): 21/02/24
Processing: 07/03/24
Printing: 26/03/24
I got an email last night asking for clarification on something regarding my birth cert. I replied to it right away, and this morning my passport is being printed.
Just for the record, I sent in a certified copy of my citizenship certificate (stamped and signed by a solicitor), and just a regular photocopy of the front and back of my public service card. I didn't send in my US passport. I did send in my birth cert, plus proof of name and proof of address. For one of those I used the cover letter that came with my naturalisation certificate, since it said that they prefer documents mailed from the government.
So with any luck I should get my passport before Easter.
I'm thinking of sending the translated copy I used in the naturalisation application ,but I'm not sure if it will work. It's shocking they need to ask for this and not just the naturalisation cert...
I sent both the original and translation as well - guy on the webchat said they need the original.
To be fair, with online process I don't think a physical cert is sent to ISD nowadays, and sinde they can't even verify a copy of naturalization cert, there's not much information sharing between ISD and DFA.
Valid, though I was more meaning that you can't have a naturalisation certificate unless the government has checked out your birth cert, so asking for both is a bit silly. Like asking for both your passport and a birth cert.
This is a thread for Irish passport applications, where you can send a PSC instead of original passport.
