I think that Brawn may also have written about the sent to supervisor stage, but the gap for him may have been a bit longer. I can't recall exactly. Maybe he will clarify if he sees this. That’s right I had confirmation provided to me that mine had been sent for final approval at the beginning of N ...

That's great news for you and for everyone else in the U.K. in a position to avail themselves of the Passport Express service. Thank you for clearing up the earlier confusion on this point. The answer now seems quite clear: Passport Express can be used by applicants in the U.K. who want to get ...

I'm 100% sure as of the last few months, even if submitting at London counter or via passport express in Glasgow or Liverpool offices would be a min of 65 working days Are you 100% sure based on your own, or other people’s experience of being a first time applicant using passport express? I am s ...

I'm 100% sure as of the last few months, even if submitting at London counter or via passport express in Glasgow or Liverpool offices would be a min of 65 working days Are you 100% sure based on your own, or other people’s experience of being a first time applicant using passport express? I am s ...

This is great news guys and gals Glad to see some more people are getting theirs through from the June / July period last year! As I mentioned, I went to Liverpool’s passport express last wednesday to hand in my passport application. It has now appeared in the DFA Passport tracker with an estimated i ...

What exactly did your DFA confirmation of approval say? Hey Court Here’s what the email confirmation said: Congratulations you are now an Irish Citizen. Your recent application for Foreign Birth Registration has been successful and your certificate is currently awaiting printing. Your original d ...

Thanks all!

spiderplants the date on the certificate is the 13th March 2019

Hopefully this means that things are starting to speed up for everyone

So my FBR application process has come to an end. Today I went to the post office to pick up the post I had missed yesterday while I was at work and it was indeed my FBR! Mine was not laminated like Sulla’s was, but they did take one of my passport photos and it is semi-laminated onto the top left c ...

That’s the hope, Sulla!

Tomorrow will be 3 weeks (but not 3 weeks in working days) since I received my confirmation email that I was entered into the register. Let’s see if the postman has a present for me!

Happy to see that there is some more good news appearing on this board

Hi Michael, happy to re-post my timeline so far: Application recieved in Dublin: 2nd July 2018 Congratulations email recieved: 13th March 2019 Delivery of FBR certificate: pending Glad to see we have a new thread. Not sure why the other one was locked but it did seem to be going a little “off the r ...

Sulla Thanks for the congratulations! One can only hope that now they have the new FBR templates sorted, yours will be printed and winging its way to you soon. Nic123 Thanks! And hold in there. Fingers crossed it’s not too long for you now! Court2 No I didn’t get any email informing me that the app ...

So today is a good day. Received email confirmation that I am now an Irish Citizen. My timelines are as follows: Application sent: 30 Jun 2018 Acknowledgement of receipt at London Embassy: 2nd July 2018 Sent for approval: 9th December 2018 Email confirmation of Irish citizenship: 13th March 2019 So ...

Hi all. Question re FBR delivery. Does anyone know what postal service is used to deliver the package of original certificates and newly printed FBR back to you? Is it Royal Mail / an post or another courier like fedex?
Cheers!

A glimmer of hope maybe? I spoke to DFA last week and they said that there is now a note on my application saying it should be signed off by end of March. That will be 8 months in total from sending application to (at least email) approval. Not counting my chickens yet though considering how long it ...

If that’s true, it would seem the only people who might need to wait ten months would be those submitting incomplete documentation. Not quite Tom, I am pushing the 8 month barrier now, and my documentation was complete. No request for any supporting documents. I am in the “Final Approval” queue now ...

How are you still waiting since July?!?! Goodness only knows but I can only assume it is a perfect storm of increased applications, Brexit (boo, hiss) and an office relocation / change of procedures at the DFA. Hopefully I’ll hear something before the 8 month mark, but I’m not getting my hopes up! G ...

I’ve given up entirely now on receiving anything anytime soon. I called last week and the chap on the phone was very pleasant and informative but did mention that they have been inundated with applications. That said, he was surprised I was still waiting after having applied in July 2018. As I m ...

So it seems things are in a massive slowdown at the moment. No surprise really with the current state of Brexit. I applied in July 2018, my application was forwarded for approval with the minister in November 2018, and after calling the DFA today they advised that they have a huge backlog and that I ...

Hi all, I've been watching from the shadows. Come to join the fight. application number xxx445 confirmed received by london 6th July 2018. Welcome to our collective Ricky You and I are in almost an identical boat here. Applied from the UK, mine was confirmed received in London on the 2nd July 2018 ...

Michael123 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:54 pm

Brawn, any news?

Hot off the press!

There is no update

I am now at 193 days or 6.25 months. The wait continues!

Hi brusseleir Have a look here under the "Witnessing your application" section - https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/germany/our-services/citizenship/born-outside-ireland/foreign-births-registration-guide/ Its the link to the FBR process from the German Embassy. Doesn't look like you need to go there ...

Michael123 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:19 pm

Brawn,

Any news? Updates?

Hey michael

Nothing yet. I’m at my 6 monthiversary today my application was confirmed as received on the 2nd July.

My application was forwarded for approval on the 9th November so I imagine any day now I should hear something.

Good luck!

Hey shoileygal

You don’t need to continue with the FBR process if you already have an Irish passport as you are already an Irish citizen. If I were you I’d contact the DFA and explain your situation to see if you can get your money back!

I hear you michael! In about 4 days I’ll be at the 6 month mark too. New Years present maybe?

Spav did you get an email confirming entry or was it just the certificate in the mail?

Congratulations spav! What a great festive gift

Out of interest, what were your timelines again? And did you apply from the UK or elsewhere in the world?