another 2009 applicant approved. hubbie applied on the basis of spouse of Irish citizen in Sept 2009 and was just approved. yawwwhhhh!!!!

congrats to other 2009 applicants, and good luck to those still waiting.

Can't believe I finally get to say this, but the hubbie has just received his confirmation of citizenship! It's been a bloody ridiculously long road but finally the end is here. Application date was Sep 2009 as a spouse of an Irish citizen. Thank God we won't have to deal with INIS anymore ... what ...

Ben wrote:My wife and I are going to post off our applications today. Third time lucky.

Best of luck Ben!

wow, great news for you. have to say i am rather annoyed that they are now going straight to approving people who have only just applied without first clearing the backlog of ppl who have been waiting 2 years upwards though! what happened to "processing applications in a chronological order"??!!!

I would say you must read the speech of Minister Alan Shatter and you will find out according to new fashion there are very few or no checks for spouse of Irish citizen, whereas a regular application have a long process. When I was in this process it took almost 18 months to INIS to have my Garda r...

Until the government published the Figures of Naturalization certificate granted since they came to office which include All the nationality E.T.C and many more................................... what are those figures on the aforementioned nation without one sided naturalizations. Angelcountry: So...

Congrats to all the folks who recently got citizenship. Again, begging people to please add/update your details on http://www.editgrid.com/user/scrudu/citizenship_apps as this thread is WAY too long

Just got it !!!!! My details : Applied on the base of Spouse of irish citizen.. 1 Applied in October 2009 2Additional docs were requested on the 5th of March (were sent next day) 3Got a letter today .. Good luck to everyone... wow, great news. exact same timeline as my husband, except he hasn't sen...

hi all, I've been doing some clean up work on the Citizenship spreadsheet (fixing poorly formed dates etc.) and though I'd update with some stats from there. I'd like to ask again for people to remember to add/update their details there so we can see a snapshot of everyones timelines without trawlin...

hi all, I've been doing some clean up work on the Citizenship spreadsheet (fixing poorly formed dates etc.) and though I'd update with some stats from there. I'd like to ask again for people to remember to add/update their details there so we can see a snapshot of everyones timelines without trawlin...

Congrats to all those who recently got their approval letters. Great to see some 2009 applicants getting positive responses. Just a reminder request for people to update their info at http://www.editgrid.com/user/scrudu/citizenship_apps so others can see the current processing time-frames. Thanks a ...

I'm curious about this .. I don't understand what the relevance of these "further doc's" are and how INIS are entitled to ask for them or what bearing they can have on an application. Citizenship is granted/not granted based on a list of requirements (depend varying on grounds of application) and mi...

crown wrote:Hi guys
It was my turn today The letter landed. It has been a great day. I had waited 4 years for this I applied with my wife 2007 July For whatever reasons INIS gave my wife 14 months ago and refused to give me till this morning

Fantastic news Crown! Thrilled for you

Hi Fatty patty & Scrudu, I got my approval letter last Thursday based on 5 yr residency in the State. Me & my family have always had medical cards (not GP visit card) for 9 years cos`our income is low though we never claimed Social Welfare benefits. So, if Medical Card was to be an issue may be i w...

You do raise a very valid point scrudu. But medical cards are issued by HSE it is not linked to DSW (told by an acquaintance in DSW). Its like a child being called to the health centre for screening and other stuff while in school, that is also relying on govt dont you think, but its provided free ...

I didn't see this on the Ireland forum and think it'd be worth putting there as well as on the UK forum as many people CTA residents post their EU questions in the forum of where they are based (UK/IRL). I'm def going to vent my spleen in that response form!!

also i had a medical card for one year i used it may be 4-5 times will it make any affect or be considered as social welfare. as far as medical card is concerned that is not a biggie. Once you are paying tax that is your entitlments based on your means and tax take. Stay away from claiming any bene...

sounds like I've gone a bit overboard...Ahahahahahahaha That's a good approach. I am guessing it will be processed quick. Wait and See Nanette -- Predicator I wish that were the case. When submitting OH's app, we sent in a veritable manual of documentation including police reports from each country...

Thanks all. They're double-yellow parking & bulb-failure (one headlamp not working)! I've now reapplied, & it's being acknowledged. Thanks again. Wow, those are both pretty minor infractions and afaik neither even give you points on your driving licence right? Did you pay the fines? Wow, I got spee...

Hubbie applied as spouse of Irish citizen Nov 2009 and also received a very swift response with Case ID. Since then nothing though .... We called a week ago and were told the file was with the Gardai. I know plenty of others on this forum have been pawned off with that status for months/year so I do...

Update on hubbies app: We phoned DoJ Citizenship helpline which said the application had "been sent on for Gardai checks". Operator couldn't advise how long that would take but said that once it came back from that, they would then do further checks on paperwork. Have no idea about whether it'll be ...

Not sure what exactly your question is .. is it whether you will be granted citizenship? Are you worried about something in particular in relation to your case, e.g. the fact you were unemployed during the 3 years residency? If so, most likely this won't affect your case. The rules that apply to oth...

It's a joke that we don't already have legislation in place to give GNIB the powers to stop such marriages.

However, some of the data in the spreadsheet seems incorrect. e.g. i got my decision in end 2008 and naturalisation cert in early 2009, but the spreadsheet says otherwise, so Im not sure somewhere along the way some of the data has got changed Strongbow: If any of your data is incorrect please upda...

Its quiet strange because spouses of Irish Citizens usually get their answers in 12-18 months. Where did you get this figure? From the figures in http://www.editgrid.com/user/scrudu/citizenship_apps, of spouses of Irish citizens who have received a decision, the average processing time is 22 mths, ...