For those people who have received your Irish passport, did you have to send in your current [other nationality] passport as part of your supporting documentation for your Irish passport? The language on the application seems pretty clear that's required, but I'm reluctant to put my passport in the...
In February I informed the FBR team that my wife was pregnant. I had to send some proof from her midwife. I also advised them at this point that I had moved house and provided my new address. I hadn’t heard anything since, until today where I have received all my documents back by post. I didn’t re...
I'm an Irish citizen (2 Irish parents, I was born in UK, never had UK passport) currently living in Vietnam. I have 2 children, a 5 year old son with Vietnamese and Irish citizenship (FBR 2015) and a 6 month old daughter for whom I'm applying for an FBR. This time round has been more difficult, the...
sarahc25 Hey everyone, just an update i got my certificate today! It said i was entered onto the register in mid December but obviously not sent out until now so there has to be people working behind the scenes somewhere! Im delighted its finally sorted after a year and a half. Now to wait for the ...
Hey everyone, been following this for a while but first post... Im a Sept 2019 applicant. I had an email on 17th Dec to confirm my address and the person told me it was nearly finished and that once posted to email them again and ill be given a tracking number. Obviously lockdown hit again and so i...
Hello, Congratulations. Can you advise of the new NYC passport process you are referring to. Thanks. Hi Shannon! All first time applicants can soon apply with their FBR certificate and other supporting documents online. So no more paper applications, but you will have to mail your original document...
Hey -- So i ordered a birth certificate for my grandfather -- its from ireland, but just a scan of a handwritten document... scrolling through the history here it seems like maybe i need a 'long form' certificate... Is that true, or any tips? The certificate i got and submitted looks like http://ir...
Hello - does anyone have experience in accessing the FBR web chat these past days and weeks? I gave up for a few months but can see some movement of FBR certificates from the updates on this board. Would be good to know if anyone had success in communicating through the web chat, I submitted the FB...
Interesting statement from the Consulate in San Francisco about ending paper applications for first-time passport applicants, and transitioning to the Passport Online system in mid-April: https://www.dfa.ie/irish-consulate/sanfrancisco/ Interesting statement from the Consulate in San Francisco abou...
Posting a disappointing update: -29 weeks pregnant Application submitted: 18 July 2019 Application paperwork received: 30 July 2019 (Crickets...) Notified pregnancy via registered post: September 2020 (More crickets) Renotified pregnancy: December 2020 Had a request for further documentation: proof...
I have submitted FBR application with email receipt of documentation DEC 10, 2020. I understand my cert and paperwork will be mailed to back to my application address. However, we are planning to sell our house this summer in preparation for our move to Ireland. Will FBR send to my documents to ano...
Hi folks. HELP PLEASE. After finally assembling the myriad of birth, marriage and death certificates required to prove decent from an Irish grandmother I went on to the online FBS form. Although I am claiming Irish decent via a grandparent the first question asked is how my parents claimed Irish ci...
Seven and a half long years later my wife finally gets approval. SET (M) Spouse 5 Year Route Date application Submitted Online: 03/08/2020 Payment Debited : 03/08/2020 Docs uploaded and submitted to UKVCAS: 08/09/2020 Submitted Photo via UKVCAS IDV app : 08/09/2020 Decision Email received: 07/01/20...
Seven and a half long years later my wife finally gets approval. SET (M) Spouse 5 Year Route Date application Submitted Online: 03/08/2020 Payment Debited : 03/08/2020 Docs uploaded and submitted to UKVCAS: 08/09/2020 Submitted Photo via UKVCAS IDV app : 08/09/2020 Decision Email received: 07/01/202...
What normally happens if your address has changed since you initially applied. When you receive the address confirmation email, and you provide a new address do they ask you to send proof? Is there anything you can do to change your address now or better waiting on the email? You'll find it pretty ...
Hi All, I'm an Aug 19 applicant so hoping will hear in the next couple of months (when things open again). Can somebody who now has their passport explain about the passport process? Once they send the documents back including the FBR certificate, do you then fill out the online form and post these...
Hi all - I'm somewhat enthused (and dismayed) by the responses on here as I submitted my documents on 19th October and have had radio silence since then and thought they'd lost it in the system. There seems to be a a bit of a random timing to it as I know of someone that submitted dec 19 and has ha...
Hey thicklobster, They did have an address published on the website to write to for expectant parents back in August when I did it. The passport chat were very helpful at that point. Maybe they’ve changed their policy since then. Unfortunately it’s too long ago for me to remember the address to writ...
That day finally arrived. I received the confirm return mail address e-mail yesterday Dec 15 2020. I'm a June 27th 2019 application .Will update when " added to the FBR\ docs mailed back" e-mail arrives. Good luck to all still waiting. A p8nt was drunk 😀 A grateful jgclancy Congrats Clancy! I've be...
I wonder if the majority of the Brexit related flood of apps are already submitted - perhaps with less demand, the wait times will reduce as they catch up? I think now that the Brexit transition period is over I would expect another rush unfortunately. There are hundreds of thousands/millions of el...
I am not going to add my timeline, as I just applied (sigh, let the long journey begin) - but I am curious, there are so many FBR applicants. Is this all in efforts to actually live in Ireland? Or is it mostly due to Brexit? My intention over many years was always to apply as I was very close to my...
Hello, Im hoping someone on here could please give me some advice with my Foreign Births Register application before i submit it. I'm applying for Irish citizenship through FBR as my Grandmother was born in Tipperary but my mother was born in England. I have managed to obtain all the necessary docu...
Hello, First time poster looking for some advice :D I sent off my documents to apply to be added to the foreign births register in November 2019, and received the confirmation of receipt email a few days later. I believe at the moment applications are taking 18+ months. We have just learned that my...
I sent my application away in April of this year, and it was received by dfa only a few days before my child's birth, stating on the application that i was an expectant parent. I cannot remember finding any details when applying at the time that i had to be registered on the FBR for my child to aut...
I guess it will go quiet as the DFA currently aren’t processing applications so no news to report. I feel very lucky that I managed to get my FBR and passport in September.
