Foreign Birth Registration

[Pumps100]

Postman delivered my FBR certificate and documents this morning 17th September 2019.

For completeness I will record the timeline.

25.8.18 - Submitted application to London Embassy

29.8.18 - Dfa Received email

10.9.19 - Dfa Confirmation if address email (377 days)

17.9.19 - FBR & Docs returned (384 days). Date of FBR admission 10.9.19.

Summary

From date of application received to receipt of FBR 384 days or 1 year 19 days.

Regards

Ian

[smc0502430]

Postman delivered my FBR certificate and documents this morning 17th September 2019.

For completeness I will record the timeline.

25.8.18 - Submitted application to London Embassy

29.8.18 - Dfa Received email

10.9.19 - Dfa Confirmation if address email (377 days)

17.9.19 - FBR & Docs returned (384 days). Date of FBR admission 10.9.19.

Summary

From date of application received to receipt of FBR 384 days or 1 year 19 days.

Regards

Ian

Hi Ian, so they only returned your docs after acceptance of FBR?

[Pumps100]

Sorry but I don't know what you mean by 'acceptance'.

You get your original documents returned when/with the FBR certificate e.g. at the end of the process.

Ian

[obrienlj]

Has anyone very recently applied for FBR? I applied 3 weeks ago directly to Ireland, it was marked as delivered by mail tracking almost 3 weeks ago but they have still to acknowledge receipt.

Looking through peoples posts here recently it seems to be about a week but I am on weeks.... I am aware I am at the back of a huge queue but from what I can tell there is no way to chase to make sure that the application wasnt misplaced

Mine was received 9 August 2019, I was notified it had been received by dfat, the same day the postal service showed it as received.

[Sulla]

Was there really an FBR employee on the board ranting at members? I totally missed it. Why do I always miss the exciting stuff?

Can anyone tell me the gist of what what said - obviously without the profanity or whatever else it was that got his/her post moderated?

I actually think it would be great if we really had someone from the dept on this board. Then we might be able to get a better handle on what is going on and more insight into the process itself.

[Sulla]

New list with recent updates. Quite a few pieces of good news recently from members.Of all the people here, I hope Jacqui hears something soon most. The pace of the FBR section has been glacial in her case.

May 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Jacqui309 – received May 15th / Pending
Emma86 – received May 30th (Added to FBR November 20th 2018)

June 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Ben321 – received mid-June / Pending (coming soon)
Cindy – received June 14th / Pending
156Nathan – received June 16th (Added to FBR November 14th 2018)

July 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Brawn – received July 2nd (Added to FBR March 13th 2019)
Jpauls – received July 12th (Added to FBR November 13th 2018)
Nick1066 _ received July 18th online date (Added to FBR November 14th 2018)
BostonCeltics – received July 20th (Added to FBR November 15th 2018)
Stephen F – received July 20th 2018 (Added to FBR unknown / Certificate received January 10th 2019)
Samantha – received July 22nd / (Added to FBR July 2nd 2019) Thai Case
James_mcfc – received July 25th (Added to the FBR November 27th 2018)
Rbs3 – received July 27th (Added to FBR March 26th 2019)
Rdslight – received July 31st (Added to FBR – May 23rd / Certificate received June 3rd 2019)
Richard – received July 31st (added to FBR March 10th 2019)

August 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Oction – received August 1st (Added to FBR July 11th 2019)
Sean – received August 2nd (Added to FBR December 19th 2018)
Spav – received August 3rd (Added to FBR December 11th 2018)
Faith2611 – received August 3rd / (Awaiting Printing)
Amcbamcb – received August 8th (Added to FBR May 17th 2019)
Hol292 – received August 10th (Added to FBR July 5th 2019)
Rick81 – received August 10th / Pending
Sulla – received August 14th (Added to FBR November 28th 2018) Chinese Case
LeifRNR – received August 14th Added to FBR July 17th 2019)
Laurie – received August 15th / (Added to FBR August 1st 2019)
NYNJ – Received August 16th 2018 / (Added to FBR August 15th 2019)
Valiant – Received August 16th 2018 / Pending
Michael – received August 21st / (Added to FBR June 7th 2019)
Donna – received August 21st / (Added to FBR June 7th 2019)
Upliam _ received August 22nd / Awaiting printing & Delivery)
USczKat – received August 23rd / Awaiting printing & Delivery)
SonicBoom – received August 28th / Pending (coming soon)
GSP666 - received August 28th / (Awaiting printing & Delivery)
Pumps100 – received August 29th / (Added to FBR September 10th2019)
MaddeningBike – received August 31st / (Added to FBR August 30th 2019)
Nydccub – received August 31st / Pending

September 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Court2 - received September 1st / Pending
Oshma – received September 4th / Pending
Clongwill – received September 6th / Pending
Aussie_MJ – received September 10th / pending
Fillio39 – received September 11th / Pending
Chloe19 – received September 13th / Pending
Mark1Nesbitt – received September 13th / Pending
Costus – received September 14th / Pending (awaiting printing)
Spike – received September 20th / (Added to FBR September 11th 2019)
Wims - received September 24th / Pending
Mozza75 – received September 25th / Pending
Kkjak - received September 27th / Pending
Sqimandy - received September 27th / Pending
LesMalouinettes- received September 27th / Pending
Aion - received September 27th / Pending
MaryO – received September (unspecified date) / Pending

October 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Shaunier – received October 4th / Pending
Theonlyh- received October 9th / Pending
Marwin – received October 15th / (Added to FBR June 18th 2019) German Case
Macdo_Macdo - received October 16th / Pending
Bellcurvechaos – received October 22nd / Pending
Miles892 - received October 22nd / Pending

November 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Luke125Swalker- received November 9th / (Added to FBR May 25th 2019 (South African Case)
Cooter - received November 14th / Pending
Eowyn- received November 20th / Pending
MasterCaution – received November 28th / Pending. German case

December 2018 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2018.
Quondam – received December 18th / Added to FBR July 4th 2019) New Zealand Case

January 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
Bridgette – received January 9th / pending
Emyln – received January 15th / Pending
SamJakeChloe – received January 21st / (Added to FBR End April 2019) Malaysian Case
DanaMarie – received January 29th / Pending
Mikekally – received January 30th / Pending

February 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
Lee – received February 6th / Pending
Jaxx -received February 11th / (Added to the FBR July 22nd 2019) Finnish Case
MikeyLondon – received February 12th / Pending
Accountname - received February 26th / Pending

March 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
Tom_bcfc -received March 12th / Pending
Mori68 - received March 12th / Pending
Cheeseontoast - received March 12th / Pending
Mayorob - received March 20th / Pending
Rob9 – received March 21st / Pending
Kernzy - received March 26th / Pending
Chrisinpm- received March 28th / Pending

April 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
KAR110 - received April 9th / Pending
Faull_Guy – received April 16th / Pending
Fvigaud – received April 26th 2019 / Pending

June 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
Dth- received Mid/Late June (unspecified) / Certificate printed and ready for collection August 12th 2019 – Hong Kong Case expedited due to pregnancy
Powerbook1 – received June 26th / (Added to FBR July 25th 2019) Hong Kong Case
JgClancy – received June 27th / Pending
DouggieB – received June 27th / Pending

July 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
BigDaddy100 - received July 1st / Pending
CATG – received July 8th / Pending
Flyingmum – received July 19th / Pending

August 2019 applicants and date FBR applications received / added. All received dates 2019.
Luna2019 – received August 6th / Pending
Obrienlj – received August 9th / Pending
ReturningIrish – received August 14th / Pending

[obrienlj]

Was there really an FBR employee on the board ranting at members? I totally missed it. Why do I always miss the exciting stuff?

Can anyone tell me the gist of what what said - obviously without the profanity or whatever else it was that got his/her post moderated?

I actually think it would be great if we really had someone from the dept on this board. Then we might be able to get a better handle on what is going on and more insight into the process itself.

I’ve been observing this board quite frequently recently and did not see their post, mods must have censored it quite quickly. I agree, someone from the FBR on here would make this forum much more informative.

[powerbook1]

Wow I almost can't believe I'm writing this

I called Dublin again this morning to see if my documents had been attached, and was told my application had already been approved! That means my entire application process took just over a month

The adviser said some embassies / consulates can make their own decisions on FBR applications, without sending all the paperwork to Dublin, which happened in my case. I can only assume because I applied at a small consulate, my application was probably the only one they had to deal with, and hence I got approved so quickly

It seems that the document checking process that I referred to in my previous message was actually the full application check, rather than a pre-screening prior to sending to Dublin

The adviser did mention though that it could be a while before I get my certificate, because my passport photos and address proofs need to be sent to Dublin (so these can be added to the certificate). He estimated it could be 1.5 months either way, depending on diplomatic mail schedules.

My timeline is thus so far:
11 Jun - Application Submitted Online
26 Jun - Documents Submitted
23 Jul - Documents added to application
25 Jul - Name entered into FBR

Quick update from me

Certificate was printed two days ago (28 Aug) and is waiting to be shipped out to China

Hopefully all going well will have it in my hands by end of Sep

Got an email from the consulate and collected my certificate yesterday afternoon!!!

So the final timeline ended up as:
11 Jun - Application Submitted Online
26 Jun - Documents Submitted
23 Jul - Documents added to application
25 Jul - Name entered into FBR
28 Aug - Certificate printed
17 Sep - Certificate collected from consulate

A little over three months from start to finish - which looking at Sulla's list is the fastest non-expedited FBR application I can see. Guy in the consulate was even surprised everything had come back so quickly

Thanks everyone for all the advice and updates, and now onto the passport application

[rolevelyn]

I’ve been observing this board quite frequently recently and did not see their post, mods must have censored it quite quickly. I agree, someone from the FBR on here would make this forum much more informative.

Yes, an employee might provide useful insight into their operations. But I wonder if the referenced poster really was an FBR employee. I can believe that employees might take offence at what is said about them here. But that's assuming they bother to read this forum. I wonder why any of them would do that. Scrolling through all of this is time consuming and often boring for those who have an interest in their own applications. But for anyone else? Also, I would think their first attempt to defend the agency would be something less than a "rant".

It would not surprise me if it were just a troll post.

[Jacqui309]

Sulla thank you for your kind words about my application. I just can’t understand why it is taking so long as it is now over 15 months with no information on progress. I have tried phoning and emailing but get no response. I know this won’t speed up the application but I just worry it has gone astray and I wait forever. My mother wants her documents back and I have to tell her I have no idea when this will be. From your list my application is clearly way older than others and whilst I did have to send further info that was last year.

I just hope I hear soon

[smc0502430]

Has anyone very recently applied for FBR? I applied 3 weeks ago directly to Ireland, it was marked as delivered by mail tracking almost 3 weeks ago but they have still to acknowledge receipt.

Looking through peoples posts here recently it seems to be about a week but I am on weeks.... I am aware I am at the back of a huge queue but from what I can tell there is no way to chase to make sure that the application wasnt misplaced

UPDATE: They must have some more new staff (good news) as I have contacted FBR and whoever started my processing forgot to send me the email with confirmation.....now the long wait begins

[FlyingMum]

There does seem to be an inconsistency in acknowledgement receipt emails too.

I received mine within 3 days of posting the hard copy documentation (from U.K. to Dublin) I see that others don’t get one for several months or even at all! I’ll admit it was a relief to be assured that everything had definitely got onto someone’s desk and not lying forgotten in a postal sack somewhere!

[smc0502430]

This was my biggest concern, especially the amount of originals you need to include.

Now the 6-12 month wait begins

[Pumps100]

Postman delivered my FBR certificate and documents this morning 17th September 2019.

For completeness I will record the timeline.

25.8.18 - Submitted application to London Embassy

29.8.18 - Dfa Received email

10.9.19 - Dfa Confirmation if address email (377 days)

17.9.19 - FBR & Docs returned (384 days). Date of FBR admission 10.9.19.

Summary

From date of application received to receipt of FBR 384 days or 1 year 19 days.

Regards

Ian

Now moving on to the passport.

Visited Solicitors office this morning got my signature witnessed, photos and photocopy of passport page 'certified'. Used original proofs of address.

Then posted to Cork this afternoon 18.9.19.

Will update when passport in my hands.

Ian

[jgclancy]

Postman delivered my FBR certificate and documents this morning 17th September 2019.

For completeness I will record the timeline.

25.8.18 - Submitted application to London Embassy

29.8.18 - Dfa Received email

10.9.19 - Dfa Confirmation if address email (377 days)

17.9.19 - FBR & Docs returned (384 days). Date of FBR admission 10.9.19.

Summary

From date of application received to receipt of FBR 384 days or 1 year 19 days.

Regards

Ian

Now moving on to the passport.

Visited Solicitors office this morning got my signature witnessed, photos and photocopy of passport page 'certified'. Used original proofs of address.

Then posted to Cork this afternoon 18.9.19.

Will update when passport in my hands.

Ian

congrats and hope it's quick enough for you

[tomriddle2u]

Shouldn't be too long the turnaround time for first time adult applying for a passport is according to the website min 30 working days.

https://www.dfa.ie/passports/turnaround-times/

[ross12222999]

Hi all,

Just got my email asking to confirm address! Full timeline so far:

• Application sent 8 Oct 2018

• Email saying application received 8 Mar 2019

• Email asking for address clarification 9 Sep 2019

As an added complication, I've moving house in 3 weeks, so I've told them they better hurry up!

Ross

Hi Ross,

That is quite a quick turnaround time from the UK if counted from the date of confirmation email. I think it is probably better to go with the date of physical receipt of the application at the London embassy in this case. can you remember when your application was received there?

Hi Sulla,

I never received confirmation of receipt from the London Embassy to the best of my recollection. but I sent it via recorded post so I know they got it the day after I sent it off, i.e. 9th October 2019.

Ross

[Sulla]

Hi Sulla,

I never received confirmation of receipt from the London Embassy to the best of my recollection. but I sent it via recorded post so I know they got it the day after I sent it off, i.e. 9th October 2019.

Ross

Hi Ross,

Thanks for getting back to me. I have added you in as an October 2018 applicant. I hope your FBR certificate gets to you soon.

[emlyn]

I never received confirmation of receipt from the London Embassy to the best of my recollection. but I sent it via recorded post so I know they got it the day after I sent it off, i.e. 9th October 2019.

I have added you in as an October 2018 applicant.

Is the general consensus that the 6-12 months starts when an Embassy receives an application or when Balbriggan receives it? (though I think newer/current applications go direct to Dublin/Balbriggan?)

My application was received at the London Embassy on Tue 15th January 2019 (recorded mail) but I had the confirmation email from Balbriggan on Mon 25th February 2019.

It doesn't make a great deal of difference to me, as that's just over a month apart. However, some other applicants on here have seen a gap of 3-4 months between London/Embassy recorded mail receipt and Balbriggan confirmation email.

Patiently waiting here and hoping for my FBR certificate before March 2020. Will have to wait and see whether the timeframes improve (e.g. due to efficiencies, etc.) or worsen (e.g. due to increasing volume of applications).

All the best to everyone else going through the process.

[Sulla]

I never received confirmation of receipt from the London Embassy to the best of my recollection. but I sent it via recorded post so I know they got it the day after I sent it off, i.e. 9th October 2019.

I have added you in as an October 2018 applicant.

Is the general consensus that the 6-12 months starts when an Embassy receives an application or when Balbriggan receives it? (though I think newer/current applications go direct to Dublin/Balbriggan?)

My application was received at the London Embassy on Tue 15th January 2019 (recorded mail) but I had the confirmation email from Balbriggan on Mon 25th February 2019.

It doesn't make a great deal of difference to me, as that's just over a month apart. However, some other applicants on here have seen a gap of 3-4 months between London/Embassy recorded mail receipt and Balbriggan confirmation email.

Patiently waiting here and hoping for my FBR certificate before March 2020. Will have to wait and see whether the timeframes improve (e.g. due to efficiencies, etc.) or worsen (e.g. due to increasing volume of applications).

All the best to everyone else going through the process.

Legally, the start date begins when the recorded mail containing the physical application and the supporting documentation (complete) arrives at the designated address. This is supported by a written statement from the head of the FBR section.

With that said, there are plenty of instances of FBR employees attempting to say that it is the date of the confirmation email that the application timeline runs from.

You can take your pick from those options. Personally, I strongly support the use of the date of physical receipt and (when available) use it for listing application timelines.

[Wims]

Shouldn't be too long the turnaround time for first time adult applying for a passport is according to the website min 30 working days.

https://www.dfa.ie/passports/turnaround-times/

just to set expectations, my wife applied for hers earlier in the year from the UK and it took best part of 4 months.

[Billy Hicks]

Sent off documents in September 2018 (not sure of the exact date but about this time a year ago). Application received on January 14th 2019, so looks like I have a few more months to wait.

My slight worry is that my British passport (scanned in for application) has since expired and been renewed, so I hope that doesn't affect the application too much.

[tomriddle2u]

Shouldn't be too long the turnaround time for first time adult applying for a passport is according to the website min 30 working days.

https://www.dfa.ie/passports/turnaround-times/

just to set expectations, my wife applied for hers earlier in the year from the UK and it took best part of 4 months.

Friends first time application received 15/08/19 estimated issue 06/11/2019. Passport dispatched 17/09/19 applying from Scotland.

[LesMalouinettes]

Hey all, just received "the" email asking to confirm my address. Finally, some light at the end of the tunnel!

[kkjak]

When did you apply? Kindly share your timeline
Many thanks