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Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:50 am

Hello,
Has anybody applied for Irish Citizenship after the reopening of the lockdown. I applied on 17th of July and I only saw on the INIS website that “passports received after 27th of March have not yet been verified “ :(. This announcement was made on July 1st but unfortunately by the time I saw it , I had already send my application in.
Its 4 weeks since I sent my application in, and I understand it says to allow 6 weeks for return of passport, but thats not the problem. The main problem is that on their website it asks applicants to not sumbit anything now until further announcement and I have already submitted my application and all documents needed.

I have emailed the citizenship office many times but not one response have I gotten. I understand they might be very busy at this point.

Can someone advise me on what to do?

Thank you

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Patchwork » Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:37 pm

Just sit tight and wait - they have re-started processing of new applications now so will get to yours eventually, although it might take longer than usual.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Gocho77 » Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:37 pm

Greetings

There are working on the application, you should receive it soon.

You can see the status of other application in this topic: "2020 Citizenship Applications Timelines Only" in this forum and you can put your own timeline as well for other to know more or less how fast or slow is moving

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:51 pm

Thank you so much all,
Yes hopefully will get a response soon.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Hussein Kubadi » Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:20 am

Hi dear. I hope you will receive soon:- but I think it will take long to time to get. There is about 25 thousand people are waiting for decisions. One of those 25 thousand is me. I was appleid more than two years ago and I’m still waiting?? I was hoping to get Decision this year but cos of Covid 19 everything destroyed. I don’t know when and how long it’ll take to reopen and start sending approval letter but I’m sure it wouldn’t be happen this year anyway cos this year almost finished.
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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Hussein Kubadi » Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:20 am

Hi dear. I hope you will receive soon:- but I think it will take long to time to get. There is about 25 thousand people are waiting for decisions. One of those 25 thousand is me. I was appleid more than two years ago and I’m still waiting?? I was hoping to get Decision this year but cos of Covid 19 everything destroyed. I don’t know when and how long it’ll take to reopen and start sending approval letter but I’m sure it wouldn’t be happen this year anyway cos this almost finished.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:21 am

Update: 18/08/2020
I got a phone call today from the citizenship office asking me to confirm my address so they can send me my passport back. My mother got a phone call too! So to whoever is in my situation, sit tight and wait and they will eventually come to you. I thought it was going to take forever, but you just never know!!
Also I cannot imagine the amount of applications and passports they have to verify!

All the best, guys! I will keep you updated on the whole process.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:55 pm

I sent my citizenship application on Aug 20th 2020. Can any one guide me when should I expect my passport to come back.
I need to visit my father in dubai asap, as he is alone there.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by littlerr » Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:39 am

The official advice has been the same. You should not submit your application if you need it in the near future. There is no timeline on when the passport can be returned.

The latest advice on ISD says the following:
https://www.irishimmigration.ie/emergen ... ts-update/

As per earlier communications, applicants are asked not to submit passports/application forms, this still remains the case.

The vast bulk of Citizenship staff are remote working, the verification of passports cannot be performed remotely due to data protection concerns.

However should you require your passport for emergency reasons such as medical reasons, you should email us setting out the reasons and provide colour scanned copies of the supporting documentation such as a letter from your medical consultant. This service is solely for the purposes of emergency travel.

August 28th, 2020

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:55 am

Then should I email them with some document as a prove of urgency.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:24 am

Yes you should, they might actually return yours quick then.
Email them explaining your situation.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Patchwork » Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:17 am

Hmm, I got an email at the end of July asking to confirm the address to send my passport back to (I don't remember missing a call but I may have done?). I replied, but have had no further contact and no passports. I emailed again at the end of last week but imagine it'll be a while before I get a reply.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:31 am

You might have missed a call and also they might have kept yours since they didn’t get an immediate confirmation about your address
I would say they will get back to you soon.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:01 pm

amir4545 wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:55 pm
I sent my citizenship application on Aug 20th 2020. Can any one guide me when should I expect my passport to come back.
I need to visit my father in dubai asap, as he is alone there.
I still did not receive my passport, its been more than a month now 🤔

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:01 pm

amir4545 wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:55 pm
I sent my citizenship application on Aug 20th 2020. Can any one guide me when should I expect my passport to come back.
I need to visit my father in dubai asap, as he is alone there.
I still did not receive my passport, its been more than a month now 🤔

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:33 pm

If its urgent to get your passport back asap maybe you can write them a letter (im not sure which address you can send it to, maybe the one you sent the application to). Make sure you put your name phone number, address, even passport number or nationality and whatever you think is best. I dont think they are answering emails because of the high amounts of inquiries.
Other than that, look out for a phone call named “caller ID”/“unkown” , because its most likely the office wanting to confirm your address so they can send your passport back. And that is when you will know when your passport is coming for sure. All the best.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Ellie123 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:36 pm

It took me 1 month so I am sure it will come very soon.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:37 pm

Thanks ellie, ya hopefully fingers crossed.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by Patchwork » Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:12 am

Definitely worth emailing them - when I contacted them at the beginning of this month asking about mine I was told they'd sent it at the beginning of August and it was tracked as delivered! Now in the process of attempting to establish whether they sent it to the wrong address or An Post delivered it to the wrong address... :shock:

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:23 pm

I got a call today for confirmation of address
Thanks guys for helping me .

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:20 am

amir4545 wrote:
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:23 pm
I got a call today for confirmation of address
Thanks guys for helping me .
I got a call on Friday(25/09/2020) for address confirmation. Today is Tuesday(29/09/2020), I did not receive passport yet. Is it ok or they may have post it to wrong address. How to track it ?

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by littlerr » Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:45 pm

amir4545 wrote:
Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:20 am
amir4545 wrote:
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:23 pm
I got a call today for confirmation of address
Thanks guys for helping me .
I got a call on Friday(25/09/2020) for address confirmation. Today is Tuesday(29/09/2020), I did not receive passport yet. Is it ok or they may have post it to wrong address. How to track it ?
It’s not like that they call you in the post office and ship your passport right away...

If you are lucky, they may ship it on the next work day, which is Monday. If you are unlucky, you may need to wait a few more days before they send out the batch. It then takes about 1-3 days depending on where you live.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amolbawate » Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:02 am

amir4545 wrote:
Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:20 am
amir4545 wrote:
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:23 pm
I got a call today for confirmation of address
Thanks guys for helping me .
I got a call on Friday(25/09/2020) for address confirmation. Today is Tuesday(29/09/2020), I did not receive passport yet. Is it ok or they may have post it to wrong address. How to track it ?
Hi amir4545,

Did you email them requesting your passport back for emergency travel before they called you or you received the call even before sending email ?

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by amir4545 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:49 am

amolbawate wrote:
Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:02 am
amir4545 wrote:
Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:20 am
amir4545 wrote:
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:23 pm
I got a call today for confirmation of address
Thanks guys for helping me .
I got a call on Friday(25/09/2020) for address confirmation. Today is Tuesday(29/09/2020), I did not receive passport yet. Is it ok or they may have post it to wrong address. How to track it ?
Hi amir4545,

Did you email them requesting your passport back for emergency travel before they called you or you received the call even before sending email ?
Thanks all, I got the passport today(took around 4 working days after call). Which is fine.
Yes i sent them email about 2 weeks before to tell them about urgency, but I did not get any reply on that email. I think it was overlooked. and passport came as per normal time duration.

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Re: Irish Citizenship applications and return of current Passport

Post by ammi54 » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:24 pm

hi there,

I have a question if any one can answer me, i applied citizenship about six months back. they asked me few more residence evidences.

They asked me "A Doctor letter showing the date you first registered with the practice and also your dates of attendance for each year"

but the GP i joint in 2015 was closed in 2018. then i joint another GP in 2019 till now.
so i have taken letter from current GP for 2019 and 2020 , but I dont have record of GP from 2015 to 2018. and he is not even responding any phone call or email.

Can some one advise me , what should i do.

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