4,5 years..
I've written loads of letters to my local FF Td and to the minister as well...
may be that helped

Approval received today...Big surprise applied in Feb 2008. married to an Irish citizen. no additional documents requested.. I phoned the distric court in Cork and they told me I can come any Monday morning..no appointment required. I'm off to celebrate...IN THE IRISH SUNSHINE Can't believe I'm a re...

There are also new leaflets available!!

The INIS website has been updated 1) Applications for naturalisation received in mid 2007 are currently being processed 2) NATURALISATION APPLICATION FORMS HAVE CHANGED SINCE JANUARY 2009. FROM 1 MARCH 2009 YOU MUST USE THE NEW VERSION OF THE FORM TO MAKE YOUR APPLICATION. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ON T...

I'm in a very similar situation here and it's causing me a lot of hassle to travel to the UK and Europe at the moment. I even had to turn down a promotion recently, which would have meant that I would have to travel worldwide..I would have spent most time queuing at embassies if I did accept. As you...

EireIreland: you're totally right.. And..People who are just getting the passport in order to leave the country should be ashamed of theirselves. I hope they will be persued by the DOJ for doing that..But that probably won't happen..Unfortunately not.. It's somehow frustrting to have to wait for nat...

Haha..He's probably the guy who many of you mentioned already..the one who is always very rude when he picks up the phone at INIS.. Or he's just someone who needs to get a life..Why would you bother logging into a forum if you're not even concerned by the subject...It's like any of us logging on a f...

Strange thing happened...
INIS website was updated today..They removed the text about the Christmas holidays but they also removed ALL pdf attachements (Form8, 9, etc) which were available on this site. Iw onder if this was a mistake or if there are changes being made to the process...

Any guesses?

hi Mendo,

Did they change anything? this message has been there for a while now..

This sounsd quite unfair!!

Citizenship Applications. 280. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 4 November 2008, when an application will be processed for persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [...

This is somehow very strange: - 72000 Irish passport were issues last year wolrdwide - Backlog at INIS is 16500 and the processing time for these applications will be ~ 2 years. That makes approx 9000 applications a year Are they trying to tell us that over 60000 applications have been processed abr...

It's still an application from 2007. And I suppose this is good news for all spouses of EU /Irish citizens.

Updates: I heard of a person today (Russian) who applied on the basis of 5 years residency, married to a EU national living in Ireland but not Irish. She applied in Mai 2007 (Yes 2007) and she got her approval yesterday. She didn't try to expedite her apllication at all..so she was very surprised wh...

It's a lottery and some people are luckier than others

This explains a lot of things..
At least they're now admitting that they're not processing the applications chronlogically. Mid 2007 sounds very good (I'm assuming of course that the information is true )

Guys, don't forget to mention this to you Td, prefereably someone from labour or Fine Gael. He will definitely raise this issue in the Dail and will also get an answer from the MOJ
good luck to all of you..You shoud move down to Cork..It's much nicer down here anyway

this is alos new..

http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP ... pplication

New stuff added..nothing important really Permission to remain in the State as confirmed by the Gárda National Immigration Bureau is a matter of vital importance to all applicants for Citizenship. Applicants must ensure that their registration with the Gárda National Immigration Bureau, 13/14 Burg...

Since when do things in the DOJ make sense :) Not sure about the benefits..They won't give the citizenship if they have any doubt that you'de be claiming benefits soon.. Don't forget that they will also charge you for the new passports... I think they're underpressure to bring in a certain amount of...

10.000 Application @ EUR 950,- That's nearly 10 Million that the dep of justice are going to try to make asap. we will see a huge improvement in the next few months, cus there's a huge gap that the government want to fill.. This is not about offering us a better service..It's all about the money. Bu...

I've stopped believing this based on all different messages on this forum. Some in Dec 2006 have been naturalised others in Dec 2005 are still waiting and the website says July 2006 is being processed. They're after the money..Not sure how many applications are still pending, but if you multiply th...

Applications for naturalisation received in July 2006 are currently being processed.
We're flying guys..We'll be all naturalised before we know it

Congratulations!

Applied Feb 2008 so I should be far away from being naturalised...
I'm going to try to use contacts though to speed this up and get naturalised next year..I know it's not fair but let's see what happens. I'll keep you all uptodate.

You can still bribe your local TD..He will get you naturalised very quickly if you gave him some donations ...
They're all giving out about foreign corrupt politicians, but they're worse in this country..