2016 Citizenship Approvals

[zuhus]

I applied 06th June 2016 (5 years EU stamp 4 basis). I got combined 1st and 2nd stage letter last Friday 01st of July 2016- well the letter stated that my application has been initially assessed and has proceeded to the second stage of processing (they sent me the receipt too) and that they will forward to the minister for a decision once they compile all the required documents.
I do have a traffic conviction by the way (went to court and all) but I stated it upfront on the application and also wrote a remorseful letter. I'm just glad at least for now they haven't deferred my application or told me to apply at a later date etc.
Now the waiting game begins!!!

[llvlludi]

Hi llvlludi
I think we r in the same boat""\_____{}______/""

I applied 1 week of March 2016
I got first letter after 25 days with acknowledgement receipt,

2nd letter received 18april required my spouse
last 5 years all docs.
Mary c shorthand (initial processing team)


3rd letter received 20 May and saying they
received my spouse documents .
Mary c shorthand (Initial processing team)

After that i did not got any letter from them.

And last week I send them email for update my applications
I got this response after 3days from department:-

Hi *******

Your application is currently being processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.


Regards,

Elaine Nash
Citizenship Division

Hi Shikari,

Yes we are in similar situation, they asked me same documents for my suppose. My wife was self employed last 5 years, so i sent them all the required documents and tax clearance letter.

On other hand, I am still waiting for my stamp from Eu Treaty Right, its almost 10 months now. It's really annoying long time, i am totally stuck in Ireland cant go anywhere with my children.

Today i sent them an email and requested status update for my stamp and explained that i have a plan to visit Disney land with my children in this summer holidays. Lets see what they are going to response.

[llvlludi]

i got email response today

Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

It does not look likely that you will be invited to attend the ceremony on
19/9/2016.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

[Rayyan1986]

i got email response today

Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

It does not look likely that you will be invited to attend the ceremony on
19/9/2016.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

Thas same answer i m getting since last 2 month
My time line is applied in december 5th 2016 second stage letter on 11 january still for approval
Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

[p0nc1k]

Hi everyone,

Tried e-mailing and calling (no reply) the Citizenship Division, but the only reply I got is to my e-mail saying they acknowledge my request and forwarded my question to relevant department. No reply since.

The approval letter I received last week has my maiden name, I have already informed in due course before my approval that my new passport has both my maiden and married name together. I'm trying to find out if it this will be a problem as the letter says the citizenship certificate would be for my maiden name.

Any thoughts? Should I go ahead and send my documents? My new GNIB card renewed early June also has both my maiden and married names. I had sent a copy to citizenship e-mail and its receipt was acknowledged.

Do you think the additional last name would cause a problem? I tried calling them but nobody picks up the line.

Thank you!

[jumanufer]

i got email response today

Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

It does not look likely that you will be invited to attend the ceremony on
19/9/2016.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

Thas same answer i m getting since last 2 month
My time line is applied in december 5th 2016 second stage letter on 11 january still for approval
Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

Was your application based on association?

[llvlludi]

i got email response today

Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

It does not look likely that you will be invited to attend the ceremony on
19/9/2016.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

Thas same answer i m getting since last 2 month
My time line is applied in december 5th 2016 second stage letter on 11 january still for approval
Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

Was your application based on association?

It is based on 5 years residency, spouse of an Eu national.

[pixie12]

I emailed them today if they have received the fee i sent. And this was the reply.


Hi XXXXX,

Your documents have been received and you will be scheduled to attend a
Citizenship Ceremony due to take place on 19/9/2016 in Dublin. Further
details on this Ceremony can be found on our website
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/inis/pages/citizenship .This office will be in
touch with you in this regard in due course.

* i know we wont be receiving any receipt. So just want to be on the safe side.

[one2three]

Hi llvlludi
I think we r in the same boat""\_____{}______/""

I applied 1 week of March 2016
I got first letter after 25 days with acknowledgement receipt,

2nd letter received 18april required my spouse
last 5 years all docs.
Mary c shorthand (initial processing team)


3rd letter received 20 May and saying they
received my spouse documents .
Mary c shorthand (Initial processing team)






Hi,

this is strange and frustrating that you have been waiting for su treaty rights decision for over 10 months now.... was your wife self employed for complete 5 years or was there any gap... i seen on this forum someone got EU PR approval after 3 months...

and i am sure naturalization applications of EU spouse's are directly related to their PR status now.... i have seen some cases where people had PR and applied Citizenship they were approved within few months and people without PR/pending PR have been waiting for long.




After that i did not got any letter from them.

And last week I send them email for update my applications
I got this response after 3days from department:-

Hi *******

Your application is currently being processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.


Regards,

Elaine Nash
Citizenship Division

Hi Shikari,

Yes we are in similar situation, they asked me same documents for my suppose. My wife was self employed last 5 years, so i sent them all the required documents and tax clearance letter.

On other hand, I am still waiting for my stamp from Eu Treaty Right, its almost 10 months now. It's really annoying long time, i am totally stuck in Ireland cant go anywhere with my children.

Today i sent them an email and requested status update for my stamp and explained that i have a plan to visit Disney land with my children in this summer holidays. Lets see what they are going to response.

[one2three]

Hi llvlludi
I think we r in the same boat""\_____{}______/""

I applied 1 week of March 2016
I got first letter after 25 days with acknowledgement receipt,

2nd letter received 18april required my spouse
last 5 years all docs.
Mary c shorthand (initial processing team)


3rd letter received 20 May and saying they
received my spouse documents .
Mary c shorthand (Initial processing team)






Hi,

this is strange and frustrating that you have been waiting for su treaty rights decision for over 10 months now.... was your wife self employed for complete 5 years or was there any gap... i seen on this forum someone got EU PR approval after 3 months...

and i am sure naturalization applications of EU spouse's are directly related to their PR status now.... i have seen some cases where people had PR and applied Citizenship they were approved within few months and people without PR/pending PR have been waiting for long.




After that i did not got any letter from them.

And last week I send them email for update my applications
I got this response after 3days from department:-

Hi *******

Your application is currently being processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.


Regards,

Elaine Nash
Citizenship Division

Hi Shikari,

Yes we are in similar situation, they asked me same documents for my suppose. My wife was self employed last 5 years, so i sent them all the required documents and tax clearance letter.

On other hand, I am still waiting for my stamp from Eu Treaty Right, its almost 10 months now. It's really annoying long time, i am totally stuck in Ireland cant go anywhere with my children.

Today i sent them an email and requested status update for my stamp and explained that i have a plan to visit Disney land with my children in this summer holidays. Lets see what they are going to response.

[one2three]

i got email response today

Your application continues to be processed. While it is not possible to
give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch as soon as a decision
has been reached.

It does not look likely that you will be invited to attend the ceremony on
19/9/2016.

Regards

Niall O'Callaghan
Citizenship Division

Hi,

this is strange and frustrating that you have been waiting for su treaty rights decision for over 10 months now.... was your wife self employed for complete 5 years or was there any gap... i seen on this forum someone got EU PR approval after 3 months...

and i am sure naturalization applications of EU spouse's are directly related to their PR status now.... i have seen some cases where people had PR and applied Citizenship they were approved within few months and people without PR/pending PR have been waiting for long.

[llvlludi]

Hi,

this is strange and frustrating that you have been waiting for su treaty rights decision for over 10 months now.... was your wife self employed for complete 5 years or was there any gap... i seen on this forum someone got EU PR approval after 3 months...

and i am sure naturalization applications of EU spouse's are directly related to their PR status now.... i have seen some cases where people had PR and applied Citizenship they were approved within few months and people without PR/pending PR have been waiting for long.

Yes, Eu Treaty Right Section taking too long for decisions. Everytime i email them, they have same answer that there is delay because of backlog. I guess, maybe it is because since last year there is a flood of people coming from England and thousands of them have applied stamps under Eu Treaty Right.

My wife was continuously self employed for last 5 years and now she is working part time at the moment. We are living together since we are married and have 3 children. Still i dont know why it taking them so long to decide my case. I hope, i will hear from them in next week or so...

I think you are right, they have linked citizenship with PR. Anyways, I will not be selected for this ceremony and hopefully i will hear something from Eu Treaty Right before next ceremony.

[llvlludi]

Just a quick update, I got respond by Eu Treaty Right Unit by email, Regarding my PR.

I refer to your email - your application is in the queue and will be
examined within the next few weeks


Best regards,

Margaret M. Sloan
EU Treaty Rights Unit
Residence Division
Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service
13-14 Burgh Quay
Dublin 2

[broli]

Let's us know the good news on that one illvlludi

one2three fo your case what was EU citizen doing self employ during the 5 years as well ?

[crisbella218]

I applied in May on 3 years marriage living in Northern Ireland.

So I got a refusal letter today. I had taken 6 months out to China to give birth to our son and also I was on a post-study visa from 2011-2013 when I got married in March 2013 and upgraded to spouse visa.

The wording in my letter is strange says:

For the purposed of calculating this residency, no period may be taken into account where a non-national was required to have permission to remain from the UKBA if resident in Northern Ireland but did not have that permission.

But i did have permission to live in Northern Ireland! Or else the British wouldn't let me live here or even get into the country! Really frustrating....

[michaelshodipo66]

Can anyone tell me the time frame for application by Irish associates. I will greatly appreciate if anyone who have gone through this process can tell us.

[mick2109]

dear kingdom plz let me knw wats going on my application
apply date 16 sep
FIRST LETTER 25 SEP
DOCUMENT REQUESTED 17 NOV
AGAIN DOCUMENT REQUESTED 7 DEC
2ND STAGE LETTER 15 JAN
THEN AFTER THAT I DINT HEAR ANYTHING I EMAILED ALL THE TIME THEY JUST REPLY ME UR APPLICATION CONTINUED TO PROCESSED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE U EXACT TIME WE CONTACT U ONCE DECISION REACHED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT MORE I APPLIED MARRIAGE BASE WITH IRISH CITIZEN

[Zini]

dear kingdom plz let me knw wats going on my application
apply date 16 sep
FIRST LETTER 25 SEP
DOCUMENT REQUESTED 17 NOV
AGAIN DOCUMENT REQUESTED 7 DEC
2ND STAGE LETTER 15 JAN
THEN AFTER THAT I DINT HEAR ANYTHING I EMAILED ALL THE TIME THEY JUST REPLY ME UR APPLICATION CONTINUED TO PROCESSED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE U EXACT TIME WE CONTACT U ONCE DECISION REACHED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT MORE I APPLIED MARRIAGE BASE WITH IRISH CITIZEN

Every time they ask you for a document, your application is moved back, if u have no crime , I would say everything is OK, the people who process the application are just slow and couldn't be bothered..........

[mick2109]

dear kingdom plz let me knw wats going on my application
apply date 16 sep
FIRST LETTER 25 SEP
DOCUMENT REQUESTED 17 NOV
AGAIN DOCUMENT REQUESTED 7 DEC
2ND STAGE LETTER 15 JAN
THEN AFTER THAT I DINT HEAR ANYTHING I EMAILED ALL THE TIME THEY JUST REPLY ME UR APPLICATION CONTINUED TO PROCESSED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE U EXACT TIME WE CONTACT U ONCE DECISION REACHED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT MORE I APPLIED MARRIAGE BASE WITH IRISH CITIZEN

Every time they ask you for a document, your application is moved back, if u have no crime , I would say everything is OK, the people who process the application are just slow and couldn't be bothered..........

dear kingdom plz let me knw wats going on my application
apply date 16 sep
FIRST LETTER 25 SEP
DOCUMENT REQUESTED 17 NOV
AGAIN DOCUMENT REQUESTED 7 DEC
2ND STAGE LETTER 15 JAN
THEN AFTER THAT I DINT HEAR ANYTHING I EMAILED ALL THE TIME THEY JUST REPLY ME UR APPLICATION CONTINUED TO PROCESSED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE U EXACT TIME WE CONTACT U ONCE DECISION REACHED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT MORE I APPLIED MARRIAGE BASE WITH IRISH CITIZEN

Every time they ask you for a document, your application is moved back, if u have no crime , I would say everything is OK, the people who process the application are just slow and couldn't be bothered..........

You too HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016
i had traffic offence in 2010 which paid and clear and one more crime but i didnt go court but quiostined by garda and i won that case

[jumanufer]

dear kingdom plz let me knw wats going on my application
apply date 16 sep
FIRST LETTER 25 SEP
DOCUMENT REQUESTED 17 NOV
AGAIN DOCUMENT REQUESTED 7 DEC
2ND STAGE LETTER 15 JAN
THEN AFTER THAT I DINT HEAR ANYTHING I EMAILED ALL THE TIME THEY JUST REPLY ME UR APPLICATION CONTINUED TO PROCESSED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE U EXACT TIME WE CONTACT U ONCE DECISION REACHED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT MORE I APPLIED MARRIAGE BASE WITH IRISH CITIZEN

Every time they ask you for a document, your application is moved back, if u have no crime , I would say everything is OK, the people who process the application are just slow and couldn't be bothered..........

dear kingdom plz let me knw wats going on my application
apply date 16 sep
FIRST LETTER 25 SEP
DOCUMENT REQUESTED 17 NOV
AGAIN DOCUMENT REQUESTED 7 DEC
2ND STAGE LETTER 15 JAN
THEN AFTER THAT I DINT HEAR ANYTHING I EMAILED ALL THE TIME THEY JUST REPLY ME UR APPLICATION CONTINUED TO PROCESSED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE U EXACT TIME WE CONTACT U ONCE DECISION REACHED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT MORE I APPLIED MARRIAGE BASE WITH IRISH CITIZEN

Every time they ask you for a document, your application is moved back, if u have no crime , I would say everything is OK, the people who process the application are just slow and couldn't be bothered..........

You too HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016
i had traffic offence in 2010 which paid and clear and one more crime but i didnt go court but quiostined by garda and i won that case

You should be ok then
I also had traffic offence (speeding ) but paid right away and got my approval

[dhruv87]

@IIvIIudi good to hear frnd about the email u received from EU about ur decision. .and i hope nd best wishes tht u be have it with in next few days..it should be same for me too i guess ...as i applied too nearly 9months before...
Hope will hear frm u good news soon frnd...

[Cz2015]

Hi all
Has anyone tried calling the citizenship helpline lately? And did thy answer?
Thanks

[dublin7777]

No answer they are still busy with paperwork.

[Rayyan1986]

No answer they are still busy with paperwork.

Any news any new approvals they r not even responding the emails not answering calls

[D13]

does anybody know, what should I do in the following case:
an approval letter is received, GNIB is sent with bank draft for €950
the GNIB is due to expire before 19th September

Do I need to go to INIS and get a new stamp in passport?