On passport - I don't think you can get expedited processing in the public Passport office if that's your first time passport.

Guards also wanted to see my naturalization certificate (and the other documents) before signing the form.

No, not by email/phone as I believe there is no point. They are responsive on Twitter but they don't promise anything. I physically walked into the public office near Merrion square 2 or 3 times (as its only few mins walk from where I work) and they were helpful. It might also be worth to consider a...

Its 20 working days. I've applied for the passport right after the ceremony on the 4th March, and got mine on the 4th of April (was travelling on 8th). But I was pestering them a lot in the passport office and via Twitter to get it done on time, if I didn't, I'm positive I would've missed the flight...

KingdomMan, congratulations on your approval, very happy for you!

Obie, are you sure? I know for transiting via the UK that's the case (i.e. live in Ireland, transit via the UK), and only in limited circumstances too.

Never heard you can transit from UK through Ireland by land without a visa.

She will probably need a short stay multi visa:
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/sh ... %20months)

Yes she does need visa as she will actually be entering Ireland, the link mentioned only applies to airside transits (i.e. you arrive at Dublin airport and transit further without actually entering Ireland). On the way out, even though technically not legal, she is unlikely to have any issues as the...

You can email them at citizenshipinfo@justice.ie.

Please share any update you might have with us, as that'd be very helpful.

Thanks!

I think Pixie12 is right about the March ceremony. I stumbled into this: http://www.1848tricolour.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1848_Tricolour-Celebrations_Draft-Programme-2016.pdf That is a confirmation. I hope I am invited for that ceremony. Great info! Thanks! Waterford it is then. Looking at t...

That would be very disappointing if they only invite the local applicants to be honest, as there are a lot of people here waiting for their ceremony - it also seems odd to have a whole ceremony and a minister over for only 200 applicants. But thanks for the info! As to your query, you should get an ...

@pixie12, can you advise where did you get information about the next ceremony from? This is very important.

Thank you!

I have received my approval today as well!

The full timeline is as follows:

Applied: 31st July 2015
Acknowledgment: 11th August 2015
Second stage: 16th September 2015
Approval: 14th January 2016

Best of luck too all the rest waiting, and fingers crossed for a ceremony soon!

A friend of mine has received his approval yesterday, his timeline:

Application: 8th July 15,
Second stage: 8th Sept 15,
Approval: 14 Jan 16, dated 12 Jan 16.

I'm still waiting for mine.

I wouldn't be too concerned about the delay, my application timeline is similar to Danny, and I have few other friends with a very similar application timeline waiting for approvals (I didn't get mine either yet). Seems like we just missed the previous approvals wave in October and then it was a lon...

Congrats Danny and very encouraging news that new set of approvals are rolling in...!

Fingers crossed for the rest!

Thanks for info zsk_747! Its a bummer about no ceremony in February but it was kind of expected. Let's hope it will be in early to mid-March. On a positive note though, looks like the new wave of approvals is in the pipeline. Probably already back from the minister - in reply to my email late Decemb...

Thanks, KingdomMan!

I am very curious as to the date of the next ceremony. Would it be fair to say that it looks unlikely there will be one until at least beginning of March, since they usually give couple of months notice about the date, and there are no news yet?

Last week, I've received the following reply to my email: Hi xxx, Your application is currently at an advanced stage of processing. While it is not possible to give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch with you as soon as a decision has been reached. Provided everything is in order with ...

Guys, I see few mentions of January/February ceremony. Were there any news from INIS that there will be a ceremony in January/February? I understand usually there is one (like this year), but then in that case there wasn't a big ceremony in December the year before. My feeling was that since we have...

@embrace-8, not really from what I know. At the time you apply you need to have been legally resident in the state for the past year AND also for another 4 years out of last 8 years. For most people that means you can apply once you are 5 years in Ireland, unless you were absent for some time. So yo...

Is that my wrong impression or does this wave of approvals seems to be rather "short" compared to the previous ones before the big ceremonies?

Thanks for your prompt reply KingdomMan!

Signed up on the forum to share my timeline, Applied (5 years residence): 31/07/2015 1st Acknowledgment: 9/08/2015 2nd Stage: 16/09/2015 (dated, not sure when received as was away) Approval: Pending Emailed the office today and was told that my application still hasn't been submitted to the Minister...