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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by danielmensah » Mon May 27, 2019 5:43 pm

mufc69 wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 5:05 pm
kseni wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 2:51 pm
Got an approval this morning, sent out my docs already, fingers crossed for the ceremony In june
Congratulations!! when did you apply? my wife applied almost 2 years ago and we are still waiting? the whole process has been a total disgrace.
In fact it is. I also applied since almost 2 years ago. No good news yet.
This is very frustrating!!!!

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Mon May 27, 2019 5:50 pm

I’ve applied in jan 2017, so it’s 2,5 years for me , believe me I was super annoyed and angry and depressed due to this delay as well

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by hakeem » Mon May 27, 2019 7:44 pm

kseni wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 2:51 pm
Got an approval this morning
Congrats Kseni..I didnt expect approvals these days..I hope all get their approvals.

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by hakeem » Mon May 27, 2019 8:05 pm

When is your approval dated Kseni?

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Mon May 27, 2019 10:27 pm

May 21

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by danielmensah » Tue May 28, 2019 10:10 am

kseni wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 10:27 pm
May 21
Congrats!!!! Good to hear. :lol: Hope we get our approval too soon.
I applied since Dec. 2017.

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Tue May 28, 2019 1:43 pm

I’m curious to see if these May approvals which come right after the ceremony are connected with the elections and change in the government in summer. Maybe the Minister tries to close the longest applications?

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by littlerr » Tue May 28, 2019 2:21 pm

kseni wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 1:43 pm
I’m curious to see if these May approvals which come right after the ceremony are connected with the elections and change in the government in summer. Maybe the Minister tries to close the longest applications?
Approval letters are normally sent 5-6 weeks before the ceremony. Then the ceremony invitation comes 2-3 weeks after that.
This means if you pay the fee and send the photos as requested, there's a high possibility that you will be included in the June ceremony. Shouldn't have anything to do with the elections (because otherwise they would send out approvals before the election day to give them a bit of advantage in local and European elections).

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by M7edShin » Tue May 28, 2019 2:36 pm

danielmensah wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 10:10 am
kseni wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 10:27 pm
May 21
Congrats!!!! Good to hear. :lol: Hope we get our approval too soon.
I applied since Dec. 2017.
Same boat guys applied Nov 2017 but as "Kseni" mentioned the waiting was 2.5 (Also others waited similar period) so I kinda giving myself same period :( I am not happy but I am assuming that is the average now (2.5 years waiting) so I will see approval around March 2020 :(

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Tue May 28, 2019 9:41 pm

so you don't think these approvals go for September but rather for June? I mean they didn't announce the June one even. I'd defo need June for travel purposes, hope they let me know about it asap.
littlerr wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 2:21 pm
kseni wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 1:43 pm
I’m curious to see if these May approvals which come right after the ceremony are connected with the elections and change in the government in summer. Maybe the Minister tries to close the longest applications?
Approval letters are normally sent 5-6 weeks before the ceremony. Then the ceremony invitation comes 2-3 weeks after that.
This means if you pay the fee and send the photos as requested, there's a high possibility that you will be included in the June ceremony. Shouldn't have anything to do with the elections (because otherwise they would send out approvals before the election day to give them a bit of advantage in local and European elections).

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by littlerr » Tue May 28, 2019 10:33 pm

kseni wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 9:41 pm
so you don't think these approvals go for September but rather for June? I mean they didn't announce the June one even. I'd defo need June for travel purposes, hope they let me know about it asap.
I know there’s a June ceremony because a senior INIS officer asked me to choose between the April ceremony and this one (my girlfriend had some accessibility issues back then and we didn’t know whether we could make the April ceremony). They also mentioned the June ceremony is to cater for some abnormal applicants (e.g. those with accessibility issues and those who have waited for too long).

As you have waited for a very long time, I guess it’s quite likely you will be included in this one. Good luck!

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Wed May 29, 2019 7:46 am

Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Quant1 » Wed May 29, 2019 12:45 pm

kseni wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 7:46 am
Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June
HI Kseni

I had applied in jan 2017 as well , but no news . Did they ask you any more documents after submitting your application.

thanks

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Wed May 29, 2019 3:26 pm

Hey, no, everything was in order from the beginning, nothing extra was requested
Quant1 wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 12:45 pm
kseni wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 7:46 am
Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June
HI Kseni

I had applied in jan 2017 as well , but no news . Did they ask you any more documents after submitting your application.

thanks

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Quant1 » Wed May 29, 2019 3:37 pm

kseni wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 3:26 pm
Hey, no, everything was in order from the beginning, nothing extra was requested
Quant1 wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 12:45 pm
kseni wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 7:46 am
Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June
HI Kseni

I had applied in jan 2017 as well , but no news . Did they ask you any more documents after submitting your application.

thanks
Many thanks Kseni and Congratulations , hope you get an Invitation soon.

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by kseni » Wed May 29, 2019 3:51 pm

Thank you. I can feel for you, believe me. I’ve called them every week, wrote two TDS, requested foi file, talked to the solicitor. They just do it slow for some applications without any obvious system. People who came with me to the country have already became citizens two years ago. We just have Irish luck :roll:

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Quant1 » Wed May 29, 2019 5:20 pm

kseni wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 3:51 pm
Thank you. I can feel for you, believe me. I’ve called them every week, wrote two TDS, requested foi file, talked to the solicitor. They just do it slow for some applications without any obvious system. People who came with me to the country have already became citizens two years ago. We just have Irish luck :roll:
I have consulted a solicitor yesterday , let's see how it goes . The system is a bit unfair but we can just wait and see.

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Lily3 » Thu May 30, 2019 1:57 pm

kseni wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 3:51 pm
Thank you. I can feel for you, believe me. I’ve called them every week, wrote two TDS, requested foi file, talked to the solicitor. They just do it slow for some applications without any obvious system. People who came with me to the country have already became citizens two years ago. We just have Irish luck :roll:
I am also waiting. I applied in April 2017

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by mufc69 » Fri May 31, 2019 9:32 am

Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Lily3 » Fri May 31, 2019 9:46 am

mufc69 wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 9:32 am
Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.
Congratulations to you. Would you please let me know the date on the letter please?

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by mufc69 » Fri May 31, 2019 11:16 am

Lily3 wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 9:46 am
mufc69 wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 9:32 am
Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.
Congratulations to you. Would you please let me know the date on the letter please?
Hello and thank you, can’t say on here exactly when but it was sometime this week.

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by danielmensah » Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:23 pm

mufc69 wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 11:16 am
Lily3 wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 9:46 am
mufc69 wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 9:32 am
Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.

Congratulations to you. Would you please let me know the date on the letter please?
Hello and thank you, can’t say on here exactly when but it was sometime this week.
Thanks for the update. I applied December 2017. So I strongly believe I should be getting mine too soon hopefully. This process is very frustrating. :D

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Asongu » Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:42 am

I applied in May 2017 and till date no decision! I got a letter dated the 14th of May 2019! Stating my application is at an advanced stage of processing and I will hear from them in due course! After series of letters posted to INIS.

This is certainly not fair the waiting time alone is frustrating and is alright giving me anxiety!

Can anyone tell me when a decision can be made when your application is at an advanced stage? Pls

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by markem » Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:53 am

Asongu wrote:
Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:42 am
I applied in May 2017 and till date no decision!
...
Can anyone tell me when a decision can be made when your application is at an advanced stage?
Unfortunately not. "Advanced stage" doesn't mean a decision will be made in any specific time frame.

There were 2,240 people who applied in 2017 still waiting as at May 2019 (out of 11,800 total applications) - so at least you are not alone. In the data I've collected from this forum, around 7% of applications get approved after waiting more than 2 years. I only know of 2 applications that were approved after waiting over 3 years.

Most approvals are sent out around 4-6 weeks before a citizenship ceremony. This year, there are big ceremonies in September and December. So, if you are going to be approved, it's most likely that you'd receive approval in late August or early November.
Timeline threads here:
2020 /
2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016

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Re: Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

Post by Asongu » Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:31 pm

Thanks 🙏 Makem I really do appreciate!
I just received a reply to my email now telling me the same thing!

Your application is currently at an advanced stage of processing! While it’s not possible to give a specific time frame for a decision, this office will be in touch with you once a decision has been reached!

Citizenship Helpdesk
Team 3!

What’s the meaning of all this after more than two years of waiting! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️!

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