Upcoming Ceremony in 2023/4

sairsint wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:18 am

Skybuddy wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:19 am

I personally think it's not a good idea to send them an email at this point because it will not change anything and will only create extra work for them.
And there is no such thing as a "request" to be included in the upcoming ceremony as well.
In all communications, they have stated not to contact them unless it's absolutely necessary.

For example, this is from the announcement of the upcoming ceremony:
https://www.irishimmigration.ie/upcomin ... -ceremony/

"Please do not contact us in this regard as we are not in a position to confirm invitations at this stage."

I understand that waiting can be frustrating, especially when seeing other people's applications progress much faster. However, it seems they've been making some improvements, and they deserve to be cut some slack. We’ll wait and see what happens this year.
Regards,

Not true. My partner’s approval letter in December said the same thing. If you wish to be considered in the next ceremony you must pay the fees and complete the process by X date. Everything was completed in our end by date and they were included in the December ceremony.

My approval letter came shortly after the December ceremony and did not have this same wording, but I am going to the upcoming ceremony on 26 February.

wein wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:51 am

Hi there, is ISD still sending invitations for ceremony on 26th Feb at this stage? I had to reject the CVET invitation for 18 Dec last year. It seems I wont be invited this time. Is there anyone who got their ceremony rescheduled successfully? Thanks.

User20123 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:19 pm

wein wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:51 am

Hi there, is ISD still sending invitations for ceremony on 26th Feb at this stage? I had to reject the CVET invitation for 18 Dec last year. It seems I wont be invited this time. Is there anyone who got their ceremony rescheduled successfully? Thanks.

Did you drop them an email asking the same?

wein wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:18 am

User20123 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:19 pm

wein wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:51 am

Hi there, is ISD still sending invitations for ceremony on 26th Feb at this stage? I had to reject the CVET invitation for 18 Dec last year. It seems I wont be invited this time. Is there anyone who got their ceremony rescheduled successfully? Thanks.

Did you drop them an email asking the same?

Yes. I did but never got any replies from them.

chriswickstead wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:58 pm

Next ceremony as in tomorrow 26th Feb? Or the one after that whenever that is?

User20123 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:23 am

Just wondering did anyone get any customer message from Citizenship as I haven't received anything and they usually send one out in every quarter?

Fred13 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:19 pm

User20123 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:23 am

Just wondering did anyone get any customer message from Citizenship as I haven't received anything and they usually send one out in every quarter?

I havn't got neither and I have not received my approval letter even. Waiting for around 26 months now... I wish they knew how much stress they are imposing to people...

irynawlsn wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:59 am

The advice re a solicitor's letter was really helpful. But should the time of processing, eg, 26 months, be measured from the date they received the application by recorded post, or the date of the acknowledgement letter, which can be as much as 4 months later? In my case they received the application on June 27, 2022, but their letter, enclosing the receipt for the fee, is dated Oct 31 of that year.

User20123 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:07 pm

irynawlsn wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:59 am

The advice re a solicitor's letter was really helpful. But should the time of processing, eg, 26 months, be measured from the date they received the application by recorded post, or the date of the acknowledgement letter, which can be as much as 4 months later? In my case they received the application on June 27, 2022, but their letter, enclosing the receipt for the fee, is dated Oct 31 of that year.

You should ask your solicitor to send a pre-litigation letter. Its high time they get back to you. Hundreds of applicants who applied later in 2022 have even taken the oath and old applicants still stuck in the ridiculous backlog!!

Fred13 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:12 pm

User20123 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:07 pm

irynawlsn wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:59 am

The advice re a solicitor's letter was really helpful. But should the time of processing, eg, 26 months, be measured from the date they received the application by recorded post, or the date of the acknowledgement letter, which can be as much as 4 months later? In my case they received the application on June 27, 2022, but their letter, enclosing the receipt for the fee, is dated Oct 31 of that year.

You should ask your solicitor to send a pre-litigation letter. Its high time they get back to you. Hundreds of applicants who applied later in 2022 have even taken the oath and old applicants still stuck in the ridiculous backlog!!

It also depends on the type of letter the solicitor send to them. If is a query letter, they usually give a very general answer, the same that send to yourself usually. This happened to a friend of mine. More serious letter probably needs more prepration and involves and more complicated that perhaps involves court as far as i heard.

User20123 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:21 pm

Fred13 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:12 pm

User20123 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:07 pm

irynawlsn wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:59 am

The advice re a solicitor's letter was really helpful. But should the time of processing, eg, 26 months, be measured from the date they received the application by recorded post, or the date of the acknowledgement letter, which can be as much as 4 months later? In my case they received the application on June 27, 2022, but their letter, enclosing the receipt for the fee, is dated Oct 31 of that year.

You should ask your solicitor to send a pre-litigation letter. Its high time they get back to you. Hundreds of applicants who applied later in 2022 have even taken the oath and old applicants still stuck in the ridiculous backlog!!

It also depends on the type of letter the solicitor send to them. If is a query letter, they usually give a very general answer, the same that send to yourself usually. This happened to a friend of mine. More serious letter probably needs more prepration and involves and more complicated that perhaps involves court as far as i heard.

Yes, which is why you have to ask the solicitor specifically for a pre-litigation/ litigation letter and they reply to that letter with the exact reason as the letter states to drag the department to court if they don't respond to it with the exact reason and time frame of when the application will be processed. The usual letter won't do nothing to be honest!!

did you get any update on your application?

SeekerIE wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:13 pm

Maybe this will help. I am also suffering from this painful waiting period it's been 26 months, I have not received a decision on my application and then my solicitor advised me to send them a Judicial Review Notice.
We sent a notice to the department on 20th March 2024 and received a reply on 29th March 2024 in which they mentioned that they are preparing my application for submission to the minister and asked us not to bring them in court for Judicial Review and They also committed a timeline of 12 weeks in which they will complete my application process.
Let's see if they will respect their 12-week timeline. I will update here as soon as I hear from them.