Hello to everyone, I'm just starting my FBR process and collecting documents. On the Irish government website the instructions on the photograph requirement is a bit lacking. I see most people in this thread have already begun the process so I'm posting to ask specifics about the photographs. First...
I'm in a similar position of not being able to provide my grandparent's photo ID. My maternal grandfather is still alive but completely uncontactable; my grandparents divorced when my mother was a teenager, and that was the last time she ever saw him - I've never met him. I emailed the Irish embass...
I had a question I hadn’t thought of until now. When I land in a country with my Irish passport does that country only see my Irish details so it will look like it’s my first flight? We had very similar timelines in the end - Congratulations! Who knows on your second point - I don't think it's beyo...
Final post :D I have completed my FBR journey today - passport card and book received - 31m and 15d (2y 7m 15d) after applying for FBR Hopefully this helps anyone still waiting for FBR, to get some idea of when it will be over - times clearly are going down rather than up - so hopefully 31m is a dis...
Applied Online: 15.8.2022 Docs Posted: 15.8.2022 Docs Delivered in Ireland: 26.8.2022 (includes 10/11 day delay for docs to leave UK) Status changed to processing (verifying documents): 25.8.2022 Status changed to processing (Your application is being processed): 2.9.2022 Witness Contacted: 22.9.20...
I remember some early mid 2019 folks being part of a group of applications that were lost somehow. A few folks posted on here about it, being asked to resubmit documents. I'm wondering if this is related to that because they started on Sept/Oct 2019 when they first reopened in Nov of 2021.Closing i...
I wonder if anyone has advice - I am I believe entitled to Irish Citizenship through my Irish born Grandfather. However my father ( his son) died in 1983 and his death certificate ( British citizen died in South Africa) was lost long ago and the South African authorities have no records ( 1983 Joha...
Passport in the post to me 1 month, 1 week and 4 days post application, with a 10 day hold up in the UK. Not too shabby at all after a 29 month wait for citizenship! Passport Received today - didn't know this, but once the Passport & Card have been dispatched the tracker shows tracking info for bot...
This is just a to heads-up for those applying for passports from the UK. Royal Mail took two weeks to deliver the documents from England to Dublin (they sent them via France!) and packages from Dublin take "a week too ten days to clear customs" in the UK according to Royal Mail. Had the same issue ...
Couple of interesting points from my application that may help others... Once posted in GB - it took over a week (10 days) to leave the UK - this must be a Brexit issue as it was nowhere near this long before - I have seen others say the same on here and the FBR chat. I also had to submit a customs ...
Could anyone who already has their passport or applied please give their dates? I'm curious if the 20 Business days turnaround is actually to be believed, because after the FBR turnaround time it without a doubt seems too good to be true. :? This is an interesting one, mainly because no one was exp...
Hi All, I have to send FBR application for my daughter. FBR form I printed says send it to Embassy of Ireland in UAE. I read somewhere all the applications now are required to be sent to Ireland directly. I am based in Qatar. Can you please clarify? any help. Thanks There was a time (and do bear in...
January 2022 is this year so it should be fine. I sent the following: a revenue letter from 2019, a cervical check letter from March 2022 and the naturalization letter that came with the certificate. The revenue letter is old but it can be used as proof of name, while the other 2 as proof of addres...
For a first time application, I understand (among other things) we need to submit; Proof of address such as Government correspondence such as a letter from the Department of Social Protection or the Revenue Commissioners. If you do not have these, original utility bills, or bank statements can be co...
I’m so excited to share that I’ve been approved for entry onto the FBR! It’s been a long wait, I originally bookmarked this forum on page 86! It’s the longest I have ever waited for an email, at 2 years 5 months and 1 days (or 29m 1d) - in the end, checking this forum and waiting became something of...
Close to month 30!!! 😭 The last week has been really tough. I think it’s because it could be so close. No news yet though. Stay strong Feb2020 crew! 👊 Do you have any feeling that your application might be more complicated than normal? I ask because there was someone on here a few weeks back who wa...
Ok, fair enough. I take that as informing people that Brexit wouldn’t/shouldn’t impact peoples status/requirement to need an Irish passport from The fallout of Brexit and I agree that when a hard Brexit was announced it would have dramatically increased the number of applications but I also stand b...
You said the Irish Gov was discouraging people applying. I said the Irish Government were encouraging people not to apply until the contents (and new citizen rights) of the brexit deal were fully known They were encouraging people not to rush at the time, and advised potential applicants that nothi...
Two very different things. Brexit has nothing to do with FBR. If Brexit has nothing to do with FBR then someone should definitely tell Simon Coveney, he mentions it as the most important factor, causing the backlog in every update (next to covid) Due to the complex nature of the Foreign Birth Regis...
I'd agree, can't be a coincidence that Brexit went into effect Jan 31,2020 and January and February have seemed to take a very long time. Seemed like they were working on December and January for months and months months. I also seem to remember that at the time (back end of 2019) - the Irish Gover...
As a Feb/March 2020 applicant, can confirm brexit was the main factor. While friends joke with me its about getting a passport to jump a few queues - and I will laugh along with them - for me it has been quite a personal decision to modify my nationality and thus identity. I can't be the only one w...
Yes, I will share what little I know. I mailed the docs on 02/10/2020 using USPS Express International. I never received a confirmation from the FBR that they were received but it was confirmed through the USPS tracking and return receipt dated 02/17/2020. I heard nothing until the email asking for...
- because passport renewals must have peaked by now as holidays are in full swing...