FBR Process Complete! Applied online: 2 Feb 2020 Docs Received: 11 Feb 2020 Address Check: 22 June 2022 Congratulations Email: 22 June 2022 FBR Certification Received (USA): 18 July 2022 The passport instructions say to include my original foreign passport with the required mail-in documents for th...

Curious, did you receive an official congratulations email? I received an email from an FBR employee thanking me for verifying my new address and telling me that my application is now approved. and my cert would be printed and mail. She also said I would receive an email shortly with tracking for t...

Hi all, forum lurker here! My documents were received in July 2020. I wanted to ask for those who've received certificates in the UK, are they sent by royal mail? I am renting my home out this year and have a redirect in place but if Royal Mail is not the carrier then thinking I would need to provi...

***Update*** Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: 31/05/2022 Status changed to printing: 29/06/2022 S...

He advised I take my late July trip on my U.K. passport and have everything ready so that the second I’m back I submit my application, and that yes my original U.K. passport must be part of that, not a notarised copy. You might be better on the First Time passport chat as I have seen many other peo...

I was told via live chat today that first time applications from the UK are running 4-6 weeks behind their estimated issue date. Is this because passport applications from the UK are handled by Balbriggan as opposed to Dublin? When I posted my documents to Balbriggan at the end of May, both An Post...

***Update*** Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: 31/05/2022 Status changed to printing: 29/06/2022 S...

***Update*** Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: 31/05/2022 Status changed to printing: 29/06/2022 S...

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0630/1307763-passports/ This news story says 2 year wait for a passport for FBR people(!). The passport web site says 25 working days for this category for online first time applications. Anyone have recent actual experience? Hope that's not true, I'm a March 20...

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0630/1307763-passports/ This news story says 2 year wait for a passport for FBR people(!). The passport web site says 25 working days for this category for online first time applications. Anyone have recent actual experience? Hope that's not true, I'm a March 20...

yomariano05 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:53 pm

What day did you send it? just to know how long did it take the whole process. Thanks

11/04/2022 was when I submitted online, but documents didn't arrive in Ireland until 26/04/2022 because I caught COVID at an inopportune time!

***Update*** Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: 31/05/2022 Status changed to printing: 29/06/2022 S...

Thanks for the reply! Could I just ask where that information is from? On my application form it says the following: 1) Citizenship and identity documents: passport or national ID card. If resident outside of the state, certified copies of ID are accepted. But then on the citizenship category docum...

My estimated issue date was yesterday and I'm still on processing. I spoke to webchat and they've not been able to give me any further information. To update on this, my status changed to printing today. As I'm abroad, I don't have a TD, so on the 18th June (a week after my estimated issues date) I...

***Update*** Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: 31/05/2022 Status changed to printing: 29/06/2022 St...

My estimated issue date was yesterday and I'm still on processing. I spoke to webchat and they've not been able to give me any further information.

Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: Status changed to printing: Status changed to dispatched: Status...

Spoke to the webchat today (application recieved 11th April, documents received 26th April and stuck on Verifying Documents since 4th May, with an estimated due date 9th June). I asked about document return and they've now requested the return of my documents and confirmed it's still estimated at th...

Online application: 11th April 2022 Documents posted: 22nd April 2022 Documents delivered: 26th April 2022 Documents received: 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 4th May 2022 Status changed to processing: Status changed to printing: Status changed to dispatched: Status ...

I paid online on 30/04 and posted the documents on 03/05 and confirmed received on 04/05. The tracker still shows documents not received. How long does it take to get this updated? I called the customer service bloody useless. They cannot confirm anything and ask me to wait. I paid online 11/04, po...

Applied on the 11th, but wasn't able to get certified copies of the documents sent off until the 22nd, I've had delivery confirmation that they arrived on Monday 25th, but the tracker is still showing: Alert We have received your application. You must submit your supporting documents to proceed with...

Hi, newbie to this thread - but this seems to be the best info out there for application wait times! So thank you for all your posts, which I’ve read with fascination this morning. I myself applied only last summer (Aug ‘21). At the time, the foreign births info I saw online (I thought) said that o...

The reason an FBR application is sped-up is so that the next generation will not miss the opportunity to become Irish. If you are already Irish by naturalisation your next generation will not miss the oppertunity to become Irish so the process wont be sped-up for unborn children. They unfortunately...

Hi All, I am new to the forum. We are expecting the little one in couple of months. Need help on couple of questions: 1. the DoFA website says: "If the expectant parent is not on the Foreign Births Registrar when the child is born, the child will not be entitled to Irish citizenship." How can I reg...

Will my marital status changing affect the process? I am unsure if I should send the documents in now as an unmarried applicant, wait until I am married, or if I need to restart the whole online application after I am married and file with the marriage documents. Any advice would be greatly appreci...