2017 Citizenship Approvals - TIMELINES ONLY

[crisbella218]

Update to my timeline:

Application Based On: married to Irish citizen from Northern Ireland
Applied On: 3rd October 2016 (new form)
Application received On: 5th October 2016
Acknowledgement and return of passport : 24th October 2016
Second Letter: 25th Feb 2017
Approval letter: 13th March 2017 (stating payment to be made within 10 days to get to 21st April ceremony)

[SouthDubliner1]

Hi All,
Waiting for my approval !! really getting worried by i am hopful to have it in few days

Application Based On: Stamp 4 EU FAM
Applied On: Last week July 16
Acknowledgment: 7/8 Weeks after the application submitted ,September 2016
Second Letter: November 2016
Note: GNIB renewed as Spouse of Irish (my wife became Irish on September) , Update was sent Nov 16.Since second stage, whenever i inquired i was told continued to process
Advanced Stage: No idea since when it was proceeded to advance stage, i came to know on 7th March
Approval: Waiting !!!!

[SouthDubliner1]

Hi All,
Finally, i got the letter which i was waiting for ! Yes It was approval:
Application Based On: Stamp 4 EU FAM
Applied On: Last week July 16
Acknowledgment: 7/8 Weeks after the application submitted ,September 2016
Second Letter: November 2016
Note: GNIB renewed as Spouse of Irish (my wife became Irish on September) , Update was sent Nov 16.Since second stage, whenever i inquired i was told continued to process
Advanced Stage: No idea since when it was proceeded to advance stage, i came to know on 7th March
Approval: 14/03/2017
Invitation Waiting ! - 950 + photos+ GNIB sent today reg post

at the end of the letter there was a following Note:
"if you wish to be considered for inclusion in the upcoming ceremony on 21st April 2017, it is essential that you submit the 950 naturalisation fee and documentation listed 2 to 4 above if applicable, no later then 10 days from the Date of this letter"

[tuathanach]

Hi there everybody, well, my application has been ''crazy''.

Application Type: Irish Associations (Irish Descent), British Citizen
Applied: 8th of September 2016
Acknowledgement/Passport returned: 2 weeks later, roughly, 22nd of September 2016

Second Letter: Never received - I had lots of issues with my application and had to go back and forth supplying documents about 10 times! (complicated application).

Advanced Stage: 13th of March 2017 ! Informed by citizenship e-mail in response to my query

Approval: Awaiting (hoping that it might be soon)

Basically, in a nutshell, the department were asking me for documents which 'could not possibly exist'. I informed them of this but they continued requesting them. I then had to make contact with the Minister's office directly and it moved from Initial Processing to Advanced in a very short period of time (1 month). I was still on ''Initial Processing'' in February.

[Zombrano]

Hi all,
Application Based On: Irish Association (minor Irish child)
Applied On: 6/7/2015
Application received On: 20/07/2015
Acknowledgement : 5/08/2015
Second Letter: 10/09/2015
Awaiting On Approval: Pending

[Cyanne2420]

Application Submit: 6 Feb 2014
Acknowledgement to 2nd stage:12 Mar 2014 (enclosed 3 months proof of address)
Acknowledge by further processing team: 25 Mar 2014
Acknowledge by processing LSR team: 30 Sept 2014 (I've update them on my new employment)

Decision: 30 Sept 2014
(Minister have differed any final decision until August 2016 due to a driving offences on 2010, driving without an insurance disk display, court appearance, no fine but 2 points taken off)

Correspondence: 27 Oct 2015
(Provide 3 months proof of address, proof of employment or any social welfare claims)
Acknowledged by LSR team: 15 Feb 2016

Correspondence: 24 Jun 2016
(Provide 3 months proof of address, proof of employment or any social welfare claims, changes in family circumstances and provide explanations on the driving offences or any other further attention by the Garda)
Acknowledged by LSR team: 30 Jun 2016
Correspondence: 16 Sept 2016 ( Provide copy of current GNIB card)

APPROVAL!!!!! : 18 Jan 2017
Invitation received: 14 Mar 2017
My application is based on Stamp 4 Spouse of Irish citizen, living in Ireland for 12 year with 1 stupid traffic offences that could be avoided if i remember the insurance disk!
a very long and lengthy process, but I'm so happy is finally finished.

[pukon_check]

To indianzeppelin
my timeline almost same as urs..
got approval on 15th feb

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[Ire2017]

Application Based On: 5 years Residency (Stamp 1 & 4)
Applied On: 19th September 2016
Acknowledgement : 7th October 2016
Second Letter: 14th February 2017
Approval: 20th March 2017
Awaiting for invitation letter...

Congratulations to all who got their approvals.
All the best who ever waiting for it.

[max307]

Application Based On: Spouse of Irish Citizen (3 years Stamp 4)
Applied On: October 10, 2016
Application Received On: October 11, 2016
Acknowledgement: October 19, 2016
Original Passport Returned On: October 19, 2016
Second Letter: February 3, 2017
Approval Letter: March 22, 2017
Invitation Letter: Pending

Good Luck to all of you waiting!

[namani]

Application Based On: 5 years residence (stamp 1 and 4, non-EU)
Applied On: 19 Sep 2016 (New form)
Application received On: 20th Sep 2016
Acknowledgement (1st Letter) : 2nd november 2016
Second Letter: 14 Feb 2017
Approval Letter: 16th March 2017
Invitation : Pending

Good Luck for everyone awaiting approvals, Certainly they must have increased the staffs in the office. We can see things are moving pretty quickly..

[pukon_check]

My Time line for Citizenship:

*Based On 5 years Residency ( Married To EU citizen)

*Application received on: 25th/July/2016 (Posted On: 22nd/July/2016).

*Acknowledgement letter received on:14th/September/2016.(Signed on 7th/September/2016.

*Second letter received on: 18th/November/2016.(Signed on 16th/November/2016).

*Updated to them with my new Employment on:23rd/November/2016.
Received Acknowledgment from CITZ on:25th/November/2016.(Signed on:24th/November/2016).

*Asked for GNIB and current visa updates: 11th/January/2017.
Updated to CITZ with GNIB on: 20th/January/2017.

*Approval : Received on: 16th/February/2017.(Signed On 15th/February/2017).
Time Given to post G.N.I.B and the fee of 950 euro within 21 days.

*Sent All above asking doucments on 6th/March/2017 and INIS recived them on 8th/March/2017. (Checked status On anpost.ie)

*Mailed INIS on 8th/March/2017 to know if I will be suscribed for 21st April 2017 ceremony.

*E-mail back from INIS on 9th/March/2017 and confirmed me that I will scheduled to attented for up coming ceremony.

*Invitation Received on: 29th/March/2017.(Signed On 28th/March/2017).

******Ceremony: 21st April 2017. (Arrival Time: 11:50 A.M)*****

[zepman]

Update

Application Based On: Residence (5 years)
Applied On: 14th July 2016
Application received On: 15th July 2016
Acknowledgement: 5th September 2016 (dated 2nd September 2016)
Second Letter: 1st November 2016 (dated 28th October 2016)
Approval: 16th February 2017 (dated 15th February 2017)
Fee and photos sent: 20th February 2017 (received on 21st February 2017)
Invite to the ceremony: 29th March 2017 (dated 28th March 2017)

[max307]

Application Based On: Spouse of Irish Citizen (3 years Stamp 4)
Applied On: October 10, 2016
Application Received On: October 11, 2016
Acknowledgement: October 19, 2016
Original Passport Returned On: October 19, 2016
Second Letter: February 3, 2017
Approval Letter: March 22, 2017
Invitation Letter: March 31, 2017

[praveenc]

Dear All, Here are my timelines, final update.

Application Based On: 5 years residence (stamp 1 and 4, non-EU)
Applied On: 13th July 2016 (old form)
Application received On: 15th July 2016
Acknowledgement (1st Letter) : 2nd September 2016
Second Letter: 1st Nov 2016
Request to send the copy of updated GNIB Card: 6th Feb 2017
Send the scanned copy of renewed GNIB via email : 14th Feb 2017
Approval Letter: 8th March 2017
Send the fee EUR950, GNIB and Photos : 11th March 2017 (delivered on 15th March).
Invitation Letter : 3rd April 2017

Looking forward to the 21st April ceremony.

Good luck to all who are going to attend the ceremony!

[Strider1779]

Application Based On: Stamp 4 EU FAM
Applied On: July 2016
Letter with temp Stamp 4: Accepted for consideration 02/08/2016. Letter granting temp stamp 4 till
01/05/2017
We moved flats more documents for new address sent : end of January 2017
Employer Contacted: 23 March 2017, They contacted my employers for work reference
Second Letter: Waiting

[dhruv87]

Here my timeline for Citizenship approval: Based on three years married to an Irish National

Applications sent : 5th Oct 2016
1st Letter & passport return : 23 Oct 2016
2nd Letter: 22Feb 17 (second stage)
3rd Letter: 27 Feb 2017 ( request for details has been out from the state in 2015 for more than 6 weeks) documents sent very next day.
4th Letter: Approval 12 March 2017
5th Letter: Invitation received for cermony 12 April 2017

Good luck to others. I think applications for married to an Irish National dealt quickly than normal.
Mine was 5 months

[crisbella218]

My invitation letter arrived today so my final timeline is:

Application Based On: married to Irish citizen from Northern Ireland
Applied On: 3rd October 2016 (new form)
Application received On: 5th October 2016
Acknowledgement and return of passport : 24th October 2016
Second Letter: 25th Feb 2017
Approval letter: 13th March 2017 (stating payment to be made within 10 days to get to 21st April ceremony)
Invitation letter: 13th April 2017 (Dated 10th April, Post stamp 11th April)

Look forward to see all those successful on 21st April!

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[shahidmahmood12345]

Application Based On: Married to EU national EuFam
Applied On: 10th June 2016 Old form
Application received On: 20th June 2016
Acknowledgement (1st Letter) : 20 July 2016
Second Letter: January 2017
Spouse documents requested and sent .
No letter since then.
Emailed them and i was told your case is in process.
Contacted local TD and waiting for their response.

[wannabeirish]

Application Based On: Irish Associations
Applied On: 08-May-2017
Application received On:
Acknowledgement :
Second Letter:
Awaiting On Approval:

[CR001]

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3. Most members who contribute to this thread will already have other recent queries or threads on the forum, i.e. 'Stamp 4 / EU1 - Help Please' etc. If you need to ask a member something specific about their application, click on their name, search for their most recent NON timeline post and ask the question there. You are of course free to use the PM function for this too if you choose and if you have access to PM. Abuse of the PM function by any members will result in PM function being disabled for the members.

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[morigami]

Application based on 5 Years Residency (One Year Stamp 1 Working Holiday Authorisation + Four Years Stamp 4 Permission based on de-facto relationship to Irish Citizen. Married November 19, 2016 in Dublin)
Applied with the New Form Application from August 2016. Started preparing in early March and took one month to prepare.

05 April 2017 - Application Sent from a Dublin Post Office via Registered Post
06 April 2017 - Application Received at Tipperary DSU (signed for by Ian Crowe)
TBC - Passport Returned
TBC - Acknowledgement Letter Received
TBC - Approval

[Mikael90]

Application Sent - 26 May 2017
Acknowledgement letter + 2nd stage letter received + Passport returned- 31 May 2017
Approval - TBC

Applied on the basis of 5 years residency.

Hoping it comes through in less than 6 months!

[wannabeirish]

UPDATED: 5 June 2017, received passport and first letter back on 1 June 2017

Application Based On: Irish Associations
Applied On: 08-May-2017
Application received On: 08-May-2017
Acknowledgement : 1 June 2017
Second Letter:
Awaiting On Approval: