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Woohoo! After 28 months and 6 days, I have finally had a confirmation of address email. Reading other posts on here I know it will be a while until my docs & certificate arrive, but I am SO excited! Thanks for everyone's support and good luck to everyone else who is patiently waiting. I may wait a while until I go through the passport process, just to let it sink in!
Congrats! I'm 8 days behind you, so hopefully hear something in the coming few weeks! You're almost done!teacaddy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:16 pm
Absolutely fantastic - Congratulations and Enjoyteacaddy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:16 pm
Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your new citizenship!Otto Sump wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:56 amOk, I'm finally finished!
Online application: 19th December 2019
Documents received: 27th Jan 2020
Address check: 11th May 2022
Congrats: 10th June 2022
Certificate received: 16th June 2022
Overall: 29.9 months process, although this seems a little long, it was complicated as Irish granma was widowed and re-married, so I needed more death and marriage certificates than usual.
Good luck to you all, and thanks for everyones information, temperament and enthusiasm - this is a great forum!
Received my FBR Certificate today so can finally apply for my passport! Below is my timeline:
An update on the 1st June said 5,000 approvals, so 500 approvals in 18 days - hard to know if this is good or not without more data - but a good indication that they are working through them stillThere are currently 38,000 Foreign Birth Registration applications on hand with the Passport Service. To date this year, almost 5,500 Foreign Birth Registration applications have been processed.
Proof that passport staff and FBR staff are moved around and have been taken off FBR recently for passport processingIn 2021, a number of FBR staff were reassigned to passport duties as demand for passport applications increased. In 2022, staff continued to be reassigned to passport duties in response to the unprecedented increase in demand seen by the Passport Service in recent months.
They are expecting demand for passports to reduce - interesting, but unexpected as we are heading into summer (if we are not here already...)It is anticipated that some of these resources will be allocated to the provision of FBR Services as the current high level of passport demand reduces.
Interesting to see a decrease between 21 and 22 when it peaked - onto passports? Who knows - significantly down since 2019Passport Service staff assigned to processing Foreign Birth Registration applications
Year No. of FBR staff
2019 73
2020 39
2021 66
2022 48
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Congratulations! It's so encouraging to see that you got your certificate quickly too - I was prepared for it to take a(nother) month or more before it arrived; now I have hope that it will be sooner than that. Good luck with your passport application.Alk1978 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:22 pmOh wow. It’s really actually for really real done. I have my certificate. Here are my dates below. Note that I never got a knock for the certificate. They just put the envelope in my mailbox in my flats (which frankly was preferable to getting a Royal Mail ‘we missed you’ card).
I’m really really Irish. Crazy.
Date of application: 19/01/2020
Date of docs received: 30/01/2020
“About to be approved”/Address conf: 13/05/2022
You’re approved email: 14/06/2022
Certificate received: 18/06/2022
OK, next step is the passport application. Think I’ll give myself a weekend and then get that moving.
THANK YOU to everyone on these boards. I think I’d have lost my mind over the past 6 months of this process had I not had somewhere to share my experience and hear about other’s. I think I’d have presumed it was never going to happen otherwise.
If they did 5500 in the middle of June this year, it means they average 1000 applications a month. That said, if there are 38000 applications on the backlog, it means those who are applying now, should wait three years and two months before getting approved, if they keep up this pace.duffy1867 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:13 pmInteresting updates on Kildare Street published this weekend...
An update on the 1st June said 5,000 approvals, so 500 approvals in 18 days - hard to know if this is good or not without more data - but a good indication that they are working through them stillThere are currently 38,000 Foreign Birth Registration applications on hand with the Passport Service. To date this year, almost 5,500 Foreign Birth Registration applications have been processed.
Proof that passport staff and FBR staff are moved around and have been taken off FBR recently for passport processingIn 2021, a number of FBR staff were reassigned to passport duties as demand for passport applications increased. In 2022, staff continued to be reassigned to passport duties in response to the unprecedented increase in demand seen by the Passport Service in recent months.
They are expecting demand for passports to reduce - interesting, but unexpected as we are heading into summer (if we are not here already...)It is anticipated that some of these resources will be allocated to the provision of FBR Services as the current high level of passport demand reduces.
& the big one, published numbers for FBR staff...
Interesting to see a decrease between 21 and 22 when it peaked - onto passports? Who knows - significantly down since 2019Passport Service staff assigned to processing Foreign Birth Registration applications
Year No. of FBR staff
2019 73
2020 39
2021 66
2022 48
All this said, I do genuinely think that Feb 20 will be the longest waiters on average (29 + months on average), I do think that processing time will significantly come down later this year, perhaps back to 18 months initially and then eventually back to 6-9 months. I personally think it will stay at at least 6 months for a long time, considering Brexit and the days of getting it done in 4 weeks are gone (Until the UK goes back into the EU at least
Finally - it's great and exciting to see people very close to my dates getting approved (i.e. Alk1978)- congratulations all
Yes, I agree. It would be excellent to have this data and I guess the problem has been that the numbers over the last few years have not been consistent from month to month. i.e. It's fair to say that applications peaked between November 2019 and March 2020 due to the conclusion of Brexit.
there's only been a handful so far that I've seen on here. I'm Feb 14 and was hoping to have my cert by summer. Now I'm hoping to have it by September ... but not confident.
I really find it hard to believe that instead of "deploying additional resources to hand the FBR backlog, as they promised when the service restarted in Nov. They have basically actually decreased the staff by 25% despite an almost 40 thousand application backlog at the moment.duffy1867 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:13 pmInteresting updates on Kildare Street published this weekend...
An update on the 1st June said 5,000 approvals, so 500 approvals in 18 days - hard to know if this is good or not without more data - but a good indication that they are working through them stillThere are currently 38,000 Foreign Birth Registration applications on hand with the Passport Service. To date this year, almost 5,500 Foreign Birth Registration applications have been processed.
Proof that passport staff and FBR staff are moved around and have been taken off FBR recently for passport processingIn 2021, a number of FBR staff were reassigned to passport duties as demand for passport applications increased. In 2022, staff continued to be reassigned to passport duties in response to the unprecedented increase in demand seen by the Passport Service in recent months.
They are expecting demand for passports to reduce - interesting, but unexpected as we are heading into summer (if we are not here already...)It is anticipated that some of these resources will be allocated to the provision of FBR Services as the current high level of passport demand reduces.
& the big one, published numbers for FBR staff...
Interesting to see a decrease between 21 and 22 when it peaked - onto passports? Who knows - significantly down since 2019Passport Service staff assigned to processing Foreign Birth Registration applications
Year No. of FBR staff
2019 73
2020 39
2021 66
2022 48
All this said, I do genuinely think that Feb 20 will be the longest waiters on average (29 + months on average), I do think that processing time will significantly come down later this year, perhaps back to 18 months initially and then eventually back to 6-9 months. I personally think it will stay at at least 6 months for a long time, considering Brexit and the days of getting it done in 4 weeks are gone (Until the UK goes back into the EU at least
Finally - it's great and exciting to see people very close to my dates getting approved (i.e. Alk1978)- congratulations all
According to my calculations and a lot is based on guesses and estimates, you are looking at the second week of July for your approval. Probably around July 9th.Dalton_Trumbo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:58 amI really find it hard to believe that instead of "deploying additional resources to hand the FBR backlog, as they promised when the service restarted in Nov. They have basically actually decreased the staff by 25% despite an almost 40 thousand application backlog at the moment.duffy1867 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:13 pmInteresting updates on Kildare Street published this weekend...
An update on the 1st June said 5,000 approvals, so 500 approvals in 18 days - hard to know if this is good or not without more data - but a good indication that they are working through them stillThere are currently 38,000 Foreign Birth Registration applications on hand with the Passport Service. To date this year, almost 5,500 Foreign Birth Registration applications have been processed.
Proof that passport staff and FBR staff are moved around and have been taken off FBR recently for passport processingIn 2021, a number of FBR staff were reassigned to passport duties as demand for passport applications increased. In 2022, staff continued to be reassigned to passport duties in response to the unprecedented increase in demand seen by the Passport Service in recent months.
They are expecting demand for passports to reduce - interesting, but unexpected as we are heading into summer (if we are not here already...)It is anticipated that some of these resources will be allocated to the provision of FBR Services as the current high level of passport demand reduces.
& the big one, published numbers for FBR staff...
Interesting to see a decrease between 21 and 22 when it peaked - onto passports? Who knows - significantly down since 2019Passport Service staff assigned to processing Foreign Birth Registration applications
Year No. of FBR staff
2019 73
2020 39
2021 66
2022 48
All this said, I do genuinely think that Feb 20 will be the longest waiters on average (29 + months on average), I do think that processing time will significantly come down later this year, perhaps back to 18 months initially and then eventually back to 6-9 months. I personally think it will stay at at least 6 months for a long time, considering Brexit and the days of getting it done in 4 weeks are gone (Until the UK goes back into the EU at least
Finally - it's great and exciting to see people very close to my dates getting approved (i.e. Alk1978)- congratulations all
I understand the need to deal with passports with priority, but is it that hard to simply hire resources instead of moving people around. At 28+ months waiting, I'll admit my patience and sympathy is wearing thin. oh well. nothing we can do but wait.
congrats to the Jan folks on finishing up!
They have confirmed on 15th June that my application was received, which means they must have opened the envelope and must have seen my note about being an expectant parent, as this was at the front of my application and very clearly displayed.Mr_Knight wrote: ↑Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:11 pmPersonally I would not delay contacting them via email/phone, FBR/Passport service to either that will respond explaining the situation. Without the note on front of envelope it will just be stuck in the pile.Jamesvii wrote: ↑Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:40 am9 days! I'm an expectant parent and just sent my application on Thursday (9th June). My baby is due on the 19th November.
Unfortunately I didn't read this forum beforehand and, although I left a very clear note at the front of my application, I didn't leave a note on the envelope!
Is it likely mine will just get stuck in a pile of unopened envelopes now? I think I'll send an email in a couple of weeks to explain my situation further and pray for a resolution before November.
