Statistics on Citizenship Applications

[scrudu]

I thought I'd post some statistics based on the information that people have kindly provided at http://www.editgrid.com/user/scrudu/citizenship_apps . Please keep contributing so we can see what's happening to applications at the DoJ in Tipperary?

Average Processing Times of "Decided" Applications (i.e. not including pending app's)

1. Apps lodged in 2005 = 44 mths (8 applications)
2. Apps lodged in 2006 = 38 mths (43 applications)
3. Apps lodged in 2007 = 26 mths (19 applications)
4. Apps lodged in 2008 = 13 mths (18 applications)
5. Apps lodged in 2009 = 10 mths (6 applications)
6. Apps lodged in 2010 = 5 mths (2 applications)

Average Current Waiting Times of Pending Applications
Note: Hard to know how accurate these figures are given that people may have forgotten to update their info on the spreadsheet

1. Apps lodged in 2005 = 56 mths (1 application)
2. Apps lodged in 2006 = 48 mths (19 applications)
3. Apps lodged in 2007 = 34 mths (11 applications)
4. Apps lodged in 2008 = 24 mths (26 applications)
5. Apps lodged in 2009 = 13 mths (25 applications)
6. Apps lodged in 2010 = 2 mths ( 5 applications)

Average Waiting / Processing Times of All Applications (Processed & Pending)
Note: Hard to know how accurate these figures are given
a) this includes applications that are still pending, so who knows what the final figure will be for waiting time
b) that people may have forgotten to update their info on the spreadsheet

1. Apps lodged in 2005 = 46 mths (9 applications)
2. Apps lodged in 2006 = 41 mths (61 applications)
3. Apps lodged in 2007 = 29 mths (30 applications)
4. Apps lodged in 2008 = 22 mths (44 applications)
5. Apps lodged in 2009 = 13 mths (31 applications)
6. Apps lodged in 2010 = 3 mths (7 applications)

Main Countries in Spreadsheet:

1. India: 49 ( Processed, Pending)
2. S. Africa: 33 (20 Processed, 13 Pending)
3. Russia: 20 (11 Processed, 9 Pending)
4. Pakistan: 14 (5 Processed, 9 Pending)
5. Ukraine: 9 (5 Processed, 9 Pending)
6. Belarus: 6 (4 Processed, 2 Pending)
7. USA: 4 (2 Processed, 2 Pending)
8. Nigeria: 3 (2 Processed, 1 Pending)

Grounds for Citizenship: Total App's = 182

1. 5 Years Residence: 151 (Processed: 81, Pending: 70)
2. Spouse of Irish Citizen: 15 (Processed: 7, Pending: 8)
3. IBC: 5 (Processed: 1, Pending: 4)
4. Irish Associations: 3 (Processed: 1, Pending: 2)
5. Minor/Based on Parents Naturalisation: 4 (Processed: 4)
6. Refugee: 2 (Processed: 1, Pending: 1)
7. Spouse of EU Citizen: 1 (Processed: 1)
8. Unknown: 1 (Pending: 1)

[Ben]

That's interesting - two applications were lodged this year and were decided in five months. Do we know if these decided applications were approved or refused?

[scrudu]

Both given citizenship. So far only 1 application has been refused in the whole number of applications. Basis for 2 applications for 2010:
Spouse of Irish Citizen
Based on Parents Naturalization

[Ben]

Ok so.. do we now take it that any new application lodged takes just 5 months to process?

[scrudu]

haha ... I don't think so

From the above figures we can definitely see the processing times are dropping, but it wouldn't be true to say processing times are so short. From the large numbers of unprocessed applications, you can see that many (most) applications are taking WAY longer than that (average for 2009 was 10 mths for those processed, but of those still waiting from 2009, the average waiting time is 13 mths). Go figure!?!

[Ben]

you can see that many (most) applications are taking WAY longer than that (average for 2009 was 10 mths for those processed, but of those still waiting from 2009, the average waiting time is 13 mths). Go figure!?!

From 2009, yes.

But is it true to say that, according to the data you have, seven applications were lodged in 2010 - two of which were decided (approved) in five months - the other five are not yet decided and have been pending for, on average, two months?

[doesnotcompute]

Both given citizenship. So far only 1 application has been refused in the whole number of applications. Basis for 2 applications for 2010:
Spouse of Irish Citizen
Based on Parents Naturalization

I've read on these forums that applications based on parent's naturalisation, or based on being the spouse of an Irish citizen are subject to less rigorous checking with external agencies, and therefore, are turned around a lot quicker than before. Perhpas this could account for such quick turnaround of these 2 applications?

[scrudu]

From 2009, yes.

But is it true to say that, according to the data you have, seven applications were lodged in 2010 - two of which were decided (approved) in five months - the other five are not yet decided and have been pending for, on average, two months?

I don't know. They obviously don't process applications chronologically so if we ignore all applications prior to 2010 then it could be possible. But given that there are heaps of other applications, and some from just at the end of 2009 that have not been processed, I don't see why newer applications would be treated differently to old ones.

As doesnotcompute points out, the 2 types of applications that have been processed so far for 2010 are the ones that are usually processed most quickly. If we ignore the 70 entries for applications from 2005 & 2006 (i.e. before the move to Tipperary), the figures are as follows

Average Processing time based on application type:

1. 5 Years Residence:
   • Processed: 23 mths (31 applications)
     Pending: 22 mths (52 applications)
2. Spouse of Irish Citizen:
   • Processed: 15 mths (7 applications)
     Pending: 19 mths (8 applications)
3. IBC:
   • Processed: 13 mths (1 applications)
     Pending: 11 mths (4 applications)
4. Minor/Based on Parents Naturalisation:
   • Processed: 7 mths (4 applications)
     Pending: mths (0 applications)

[IQU]

That really great if application are decided quickly.i think its best time to apply i think gnib trained their staff better.good luck every body

[Blarney]

Spouse of Irish citizen applied March 2008 - so that is undergoing processing of a time far above the average quoted here for that category.