Citizenship Timeline Tracker 2014

[janet0001]

@ Anne,the last approval was in late April,I believe u'll be in next batch for July,are u an eu national?

[annemarie]

@Janet: thank you! I'll wait then. no, i'm not a EU national.

[doesnotcompute]

@ Anne,the last approval was in late April,I believe u'll be in next batch for July,are u an eu national?

So you reckon they approve applications in batches every 3 months? so if someone applies in late June, and doesn't get approved in July, they might have to wait until Oct to get approved?

[janet0001]

Approvals went out middle to end if October 2013,Another one was in January,the last was in April...u do the math!

[doesnotcompute]

Approvals went out middle to end if October 2013,Another one was in January,the last was in April...u do the math!

Yes, I did the math.... what I'm wondering is, if someone sent in their application too early for their application to have reached the 2nd stage letter by the end of July, they would have missed the July round of approvals, so they would not get approved until october?

[janet0001]

It all depend if all checks has been carried out and no further documentation or clarification is required.Most straight forward cases get approval within 3 months now and those from Northern Ireland get their's in under 2 months.Still depends when ur application enter 2nd stage of processing.It would also help if ur first and last name is unique,it may not need to dig further during ur background check.During my research,I found out that the department is quiet as to when background check is done on applicants,is it after being initially processed, or after the initial assessment.Most immigration lawyers I've come across states that 2nd stage of processing is when ur file is compiled and in line to be sent to the minister in batch.They might take weeks or months for that batch to complete.No one knows.The previous minister,"Alan Sharter" States that the only information necessary for the applicant is to know whether their application has been inniatially processed,bcos all processed commence further processing in chronological order.

[bebo1901]

Mr Alan Shatter shortened the Naturalisation process to 6 months to a decision, not 3 months. it seems that the new minister changed the system to how it was.
In April many cases has been approved in 3 months, that's clearly a matter of luck, it is unfair and not nice that some cases benefit from "luck" and others not, but it normally doesn't take 3 months at all.....

[immi.q]

What does 2nd stage of process include and what happen after 2nd stage?sorry i am just asking as i am very new to this process.Thanks

[Buzz2014]

It means, hang in there and wait a couple of months!!!

[immi.q]

What does 2nd stage of process include and what happen after 2nd stage?sorry i am just asking as i am very new to this process.Thanks.Any body please explain

[bebo1901]

When u get a letter stating your application has moved successfully to second stage processing, this means, the basic checks have been made successfully and now it's in second stage, which is doing some background checks about you, and it takes months to be finalised.

[immi.q]

Thanks Bebo1901

[deltaman]

Application Basis: 5 year residency (stamp 4)
Application Date: 12 December 2013
1st Acknowledgment Date: 10 January 2014
2nd Acknowledgment Date: 05 February 2014 (Moved to second stage of processing)
Letter of approval Date:
Documents submitted Date:
Invitation letter Date:
Ceremony Date:

I sent a letter to justice dept about the status and they replied "still in the processing". Dont know why it is delayed for me. No traffic offence, no convictions, single employer.

[bebo1901]

wow! you should have been with the lucky guys who got their approval in april! dont worry it was just a matter of luck. best of luck to us with this new minister

[laspo24]

On the reverse page it clearly states that you should send it to the undersign i.e the initial processing team,name under the signature.Once u send it,u'll get second stage letter within 2 weeks. If u send original,they'll keep it, u can get it certified,never send a copy without being certified.

Sent you private message.

[daarrkkyy]

Application Basis: 5 year residency (stamp 4 E.U Fam)
Application Date: 28 March 2014
1st Acknowledgment Date: 10 April 2014
2nd Acknowledgment Date: May 7 2014
Letter of approval Date:
Documents submitted Date:
Invitation letter Date:
Ceremony Date:

[rachellynn1972]

Application Basis: Spouse of an Irish Citizen
Application Date: 08 March 2014
1st Acknowledgment Date: 18th March 2014 (application not full examined yet though.)
More Document Request: 08 May 2014
2nd Acknowledgment Date: 29 May 2014 (pass to next stage)
Letter of approval Date: dated 04 july 2014
Documents submitted Date:
Invitation letter Date:
Ceremony Date:

received my approval letter today dated 04 july 2014 askibg me to pay 950euro and submit the necessary document and picture. After then I will receive my appointment date for the ceremony. This is a birthday present as my birthday is nedt week.

[shaz112211]

Best of Luck everyone , i have one question my brother applied naturalisation

1ST ACKNOLEDGEMENT : 10 MARCH 2014
2nd Stage : 9th April 2014
Approval : Waiting

so hopefully ppl start getting approval letter , so fingers crossed...

Ihave a question my brother applied through Solicitor .... So approval Letter will be directly posted to His home Address or the Solicitor will Recieve the the Letter ...

Plz if anyone could answer the question , Thanks a Mill

[bebo1901]

the approval will go to the same address the first and second stage letters went to

[shaz112211]

it means my solicitor will get the Letter , im curious bec my visa expriring on 22nd July ... if i get approval on time , i dont have to wait GNIB Que for another extension Lol .... Cheer's

[bebo1901]

Applied: Feb 25th 2014
first ack: Feb 25th
Second stage: Apr 4th
Approval: pending Please God

[bebo1901]

it means my solicitor will get the Letter , im curious bec my visa expriring on 22nd July ... if i get approval on time , i dont have to wait GNIB Que for another extension Lol .... Cheer's

Email or send a letter to the dept asking them to send all correspondences to your address. that's what my father did.

[rachellynn1972]

it means my solicitor will get the Letter , im curious bec my visa expriring on 22nd July ... if i get approval on time , i dont have to wait GNIB Que for another extension Lol .... Cheer's

Try and contact your solicitor, I can't believe it was approved the same date a ceremony was going on, I am so happy.

[rachellynn1972]

Has anyone else got approval seems I am the only one here posted, I will be more happy to see people posting their approval.

[janet0001]

That makes 2 of u now. The other guys says his uncle too got approved. Perhaps people aren't updating or may be it's coming out slowly...