2018 Citizenship Application TIMELINES ONLY

[SouthernCross]

Application Based On: Marriage to dual Irish / Australian citizen - Australian citizen 3 years residing in Ireland
Applied On: 27 July 2018
Application received On: 31 July 2018
Acknowledgement : 31 July 2018
Second Letter: Pending
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

UPDATE: Received Second Letter on 17 June 2019 (1 year since first applying).

[kiki18]

Application Based On: 5+ years of residency ( EU citizen already)
Applied On:25/07/2018
Application received On: 26/07/2018 AnPost tracking
Acknowledgement :07/08/2018 Passport returned and reference number given +receipt
Second Letter: 16/6/2019
Awaiting On Approval:Pending
Date of Ceremony:Pending

[Carensza]

Based on : 12 years marriage to an Irish citizen + 23 years residency in N.I.
Applied on: 17.05.2018
Acknowledgement: 21.05.2018 Royal Mail tracking international
Second Letter: waiting
Approval: waiting
ceremony date : waiting

Received a letter dated 18 June asking me for Subject Access Form (DAT1) from PSNI, applied for it the day after I received letter (PSNI no longer charge) I received my Criminal Record Check from PSNI yesterday (26 July) and I'm sending it to Tipperary today.

Received a letter dated 09/06/19, almost a year after my last correspondence, asking for 2 more forms of ID/address for 2015 that weren't uni letters...sent off my bank records and a doctor's note this week, tracked and signed and arrived on the 18/06.

[markem]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/3/2018
Application received On: 14/3/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/3/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 29/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number)
Correspondence: 30/5/2018 Returning bank draft as not properly completed by bank officials
Update requested by email: 28/3/2019
Response: 10/5/2019 ... "application being processed in the normal way"

FOI request: 11/5/2019
FOI response: 21/6/2019
Emails on 21/6/2019 - I immediately noticed an error in processing, so I emailed INIS directly, and emailed a TD, who emailed INIS and the Minister. I also replied by email to the FOI team who also emailed INIS.
Then... after over a year of no progress, I got an email from INIS "the application has now been initially assessed and has proceeded to the second stage of processing". Interestingly, the email from INIS says the letter was issued on 20/1, or one day before they sent the FOI response.
Second stage: 24/6/2019

[ozozo]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency (myself and my wife)
Applied On: 25/10/18
Application received On: 26/10/18
Acknowledgement : 28/10/18 (more documents (RTB letters, letter from doctor) requested) Documents were sent on 13/11/18 and received on 14/11/18.
Second Letter: Pending
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Second Letter: My wife (stamp 3) received her second stage letter on 25/06/19, I am still waiting for mine.

[Carensza]

Based on : 12 years marriage to an Irish citizen + 23 years residency in N.I.
Applied on: 17.05.2018
Acknowledgement: 21.05.2018 Royal Mail tracking international
Second Letter: waiting
Approval: waiting
ceremony date : waiting

Received a letter dated 18 June asking me for Subject Access Form (DAT1) from PSNI, applied for it the day after I received letter (PSNI no longer charge) I received my Criminal Record Check from PSNI yesterday (26 July) and I'm sending it to Tipperary today.

Received a letter dated 09/06/19, almost a year after my last correspondence, asking for 2 more forms of ID/address for 2015 that weren't uni letters...sent off my bank records and a doctor's note this week, tracked and signed and arrived on the 18/06.

I received second stage letter yesterday so new info:

Based on 13 years marriage and nearly 25 years residency (26/07) NI
Applied on: 17/05/18
Acknowledgement: 21/05/18
Second Stage Letter: 11/07/19
Approval: waiting
Ceremony date: waiting

[markem]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/3/2018
Application received On: 14/3/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/3/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 29/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number)
Second stage: 24/6/2019

12/7/2019 received letter requesting original passport to be provided (again) within 28 days

[gsvzla]

Application Based On: Civil partnership to Irish citizen
Applied On: 11 September 2018
Acknowledgement : 09 January 2019
Passport returned and asked for additional documents
-Copy of partner's Irish passport
- Household bills for each year claimed
- Bank statements for 3 months of each year claimed
- Notice of self assessment by Revenue
Sent those documents on January 15th 2019
Received on January 17th 2019
Second Letter: July 17th 2019
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[luckyvasul]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 14/10/2018
Application received On: 17/10/2018
Acknowledgement: 12/11/2018 (fee receipt, reference number, passport returned) Asked explanation, for mis-match of signature in passport to application form, sent explanation on 20/11/2018
Second stage: Pending

[Pharo]

Application based on : 5 years residency ( Non EU ) stamp 4
Applied on : 31 July 2018
Acknowledgment : 03 August 2018
Second letter: 23/07/2019
A waiting on Approval: pending
Date of ceremony : pending

Update,
I received letter on 18/06/2019 from the DOJ requesting proof of residency of the years 2013 and 2014 ,

Finally received my second stage today

[Rony Clare]

What will happen about "continues residency" issue....I was waiting to be approved this September. But think current issue with continues residency I'm concern with my final outcome
Spouse of Irish citizen (Non_EU)
Application submitted- 23/07/2018
Second letter received-03/02/2019
Approval - Pending

[Casa]

@Ert236 Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed.

[Carensza]

Based on : 12 years marriage to an Irish citizen + 23 years residency in N.I.
Applied on: 17.05.2018
Acknowledgement: 21.05.2018 Royal Mail tracking international
Second Letter: waiting
Approval: waiting
ceremony date : waiting

Received a letter dated 18 June asking me for Subject Access Form (DAT1) from PSNI, applied for it the day after I received letter (PSNI no longer charge) I received my Criminal Record Check from PSNI yesterday (26 July) and I'm sending it to Tipperary today.

Received a letter dated 09/06/19, almost a year after my last correspondence, asking for 2 more forms of ID/address for 2015 that weren't uni letters...sent off my bank records and a doctor's note this week, tracked and signed and arrived on the 18/06.

I received second stage letter yesterday so new info:

Based on 13 years marriage and nearly 25 years residency (26/07) NI
Applied on: 17/05/18
Acknowledgement: 21/05/18
Second Stage Letter: 11/07/19
Approval: waiting
Ceremony date: waiting

Received a letter dated today 24/07/19 requesting another proof of residency for the last three months prior to application, I'll be gathering that up and posting tomorrow. The last request for more information was for 2015, three years prior to my application which is based on marriage to an Irish citizen; and this is for 3 months directly before my submission, feels like they're making an effort to confirm residency between my husband and myself, here's hoping anyway

[OliveK]

My family started naturalisation process for all 4 members in 2018:

Member 1:
Application Based on: 5+ years of residency (EU citizen)
Applied on: 19.03.2018
Application received on: 20.03.2018
Acknowledgement + Second stage letter: 27.03.2018
Approval: 13.09.2018
Bank Draft Sent on: 19.09.2018
Date of Ceremony: 26.11.2018

Member 2:
Application Based on: 5+ years of residency (EU citizen)
Applied on: 25.10.2018
Application received on: 26.10.2018 
Acknowledgement + Second stage letter: dated-26.10.2018 received-01.11.2018
Approval: 28.05.2019
Bank Draft Sent on: 04.06.2019
Date of Ceremony: 28.06.2019

Member 3:
Application Based on: minor U16 & 3+ years of residency (parent naturalised Irish citizen)
Applied on: 26.11.2018
Application received on: 27.11.2018
Acknowledgement + Second stage letter: 04.02.2019
Approval:10.06.2019
Bank Draft Sent on: 17.06.2019
Date of Ceremony: N/A (minor)
Cert Received on: 24.07.2019

Member 4:
Application Based on: minor O16 & 3+ years of residency (parent naturalised Irish citizen)
Applied on: 26.11.2018
Application received on: 27.11.2018
Current passport returned: 06.02.2019 (after phone requests)
Acknowledgement + Second stage letter: 23.07.2019
Approval:
Bank Draft Sent on:
Date of Ceremony:

[nojoyfrominis]

Final timeline
Application Based On: 5 yr residency Uk citizen
Applied On: April 26
Application received On: April 30
Acknowledgement : Not yet. Passport returned but no app no. issued due to high volume of apps
Second Letter:
Awaiting On Approval: 27 May 2019
Date of Ceremony: 28th June letter
Invitation received 13 June

Passport applied: 3 July
Passport received: 29 July.

[gsvzla]

Application Based On: Civil partnership to Irish citizen
Applied On: 11 September 2018
Acknowledgement : 09 January 2019
Passport returned and asked for additional documents
-Copy of partner's Irish passport
- Household bills for each year claimed
- Bank statements for 3 months of each year claimed
- Notice of self assessment by Revenue
Sent those documents on January 15th 2019
Received on January 17th 2019
Second Letter: July 17th 2019 (I changed my address and got a second letter again with the envelope dated July 27th, the letter itself was not dated).
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[markem]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/3/2018
Application received On: 14/3/2018
Acknowledgement: 29/3/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 29/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number)
Second stage: 24/6/2019
Letter requesting original passport 12/7/2019

Passport sent: 29/7/2019
Passport received back: 1/8/2019

[yala93]

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Application Based On: Non-EU 5+ residence
Applied On: 03/09/2018
Application received On: 05/09/2018
Acknowledgement : dated 06/09/2018 and asked more docs
Asked more docs again in March 2019
Second Letter: 03/06/2019

[Zima]

Application Based On: Spouse of Irish National (5 years)
Applied On: 10th April 2018
Application received On 12th April 2018
Acknowledgement: 28th April 2018 with original passport returned with no reference number yet. 'Due to high volumes of applications, your application has not yet been fully assessed. This being the case you might be requested to submit further docs. Your application number will be issued in due course."

Second Letter: 14th June 2016 with Application number provided and also stated that I passed the initial stage and already in the 2nd stage.

Third letter: Received on 6th June 2019 [/glow][/glow] requesting 1 proof of address

Awaiting On Approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[CloudFish]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency Non EU
Applied On: 13/4/2018
Application received On: 14/4/2018
Acknowledgement: 11/5/2018 (passport returned)
First letter: 11/5/2018 (fee receipt, and reference number, stating your application is initially assessed and moved to 2nd stage )
Second stage: ??
Email sent on 11/7/2019 for latest status
Email Response received on 14/08/2019 " Your application is currently at an advanced stage of processing". While it is not possible to give an exact timeframe, this office will be in touch
with you as soon as a decision has been reached "

Moderator edit : questions removed from the timeline only thread

[dk2019]

Application Based On: 5+ years of residence (Non-EU)
Applied On: 03/09/2018
Application received On: 04/09/2018
Acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 (passport received, receipt and asked for additional docs)
Additional documents received: 11/09/2018
Second Letter: 14/02/2019 Application moved to the Second Stage of Processing and requesting additional doc again
Additional documents received: 02/03/2019
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed.

[Saroo]

Posting on behalf of my sister's application for naturisalation.applied on 23rd may 2018 aknowldwgent letter 26th June 2018 return of passport receipt of payment with reference number stage 2 letter 08 August 2018 asking for written explanation for absence from Ireland for over 7 months plus proof of address of the year 2011 and 2013 documents sent back 18th August 2018.since then there is no correspondence from the department its been over 15 months since the application was lodged sent letters through solicitors few times to ask for update same answer every time your clients application is being processed in view to establish whether they meet statuary conditions of granting naturalisation.

[Saroo]

Got letter today after one year requesting to provide history of all payments received by department of social protection.and To confirm current financial means.

[ozozo]

Application Based On: 5+ years residency (myself and my wife)
Applied On: 25/10/18
Application received On: 26/10/18
Acknowledgement : 28/10/18 (more documents (RTB letters, letter from doctor) requested) Documents were sent on 13/11/18 and received on 14/11/18.
Second Letter: Pending
Awaiting On Approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Second Letter: My wife (stamp 3) received her second stage letter on 25/06/19, I am still waiting for mine.

Second letter: I received my second stage letter today (Day 320!). At least process is still moving