Been lurking here for a while, guess I should post! I submitted my online application on the 24th May 2022, and got my documents notarised/the whole thing posted on the 25th May 2022.
I'm pretty anxious though, because I wasn't able to provide a notarised copy of my Northern Irish-born maternal grandfather's ID due to estrangement; I've never even met the man, and the last time my mother saw him was when she was approx 16. All searches point to him very much still being alive, as recent as April 2022.
To complicate matters more, I *do* have email contact with my grandfather's brother, and I included a copy of his ID and birth certificate in the application. However, the brother still lives in Northern Ireland, so with me being in England, I couldn't exactly get his ID notarised. The brother also does not have contact with my grandfather, and hasn't for around 10 years now; apparently there have been numerous incidents and falling outs between them.
I emailed the embassy before beginning my application, who forwarded my query to the FBR team; was initially stated that his ID was a requirement, full stop, but I pushed for more and interestingly was told that the FBR team can contact the Passport Office to see if he currently holds an Irish passport, which would mitigate that requirement; whether or not he does is anyone's guess, though. They concluded that they have to consider the identity of each applicant individually and as such cannot discourage me from applying.
So I've submitted it with 4 birth certificates (mine, my mother's, my grandfather's and his brother's), notarised photocopies of mine and my mother's IDs, unnotarised photocopy of my great uncle's ID, copies of my grandparents' divorce documents (including separation agreement and decree nisi), my grandparents' marriage certificate, the emails exchanged previously, an affidavit outlining the whole deal and also a cover letter. As well as the proof of address and photographs.
Only other worries are that my mother's passport expires in February 2023, and that the notary public didn't write the application number on two of the photos (I was stressing about the form stating they had to be stamped, so accidentally missed this part - he sealed, signed and dated them, as the stamp wouldn't fit, so hopefully that should be satisfactory).
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