Citizenship applications from 2017 pending approval

[danielmensah]

Got an approval this morning, sent out my docs already, fingers crossed for the ceremony In june

Congratulations!! when did you apply? my wife applied almost 2 years ago and we are still waiting? the whole process has been a total disgrace.

In fact it is. I also applied since almost 2 years ago. No good news yet.
This is very frustrating!!!!

[kseni]

I’ve applied in jan 2017, so it’s 2,5 years for me , believe me I was super annoyed and angry and depressed due to this delay as well

[hakeem]

Got an approval this morning

Congrats Kseni..I didnt expect approvals these days..I hope all get their approvals.

[hakeem]

When is your approval dated Kseni?

[kseni]

May 21

[danielmensah]

May 21

Congrats!!!! Good to hear. Hope we get our approval too soon.
I applied since Dec. 2017.

[kseni]

I’m curious to see if these May approvals which come right after the ceremony are connected with the elections and change in the government in summer. Maybe the Minister tries to close the longest applications?

[littlerr]

I’m curious to see if these May approvals which come right after the ceremony are connected with the elections and change in the government in summer. Maybe the Minister tries to close the longest applications?

Approval letters are normally sent 5-6 weeks before the ceremony. Then the ceremony invitation comes 2-3 weeks after that.
This means if you pay the fee and send the photos as requested, there's a high possibility that you will be included in the June ceremony. Shouldn't have anything to do with the elections (because otherwise they would send out approvals before the election day to give them a bit of advantage in local and European elections).

[M7edShin]

May 21

Congrats!!!! Good to hear. Hope we get our approval too soon.
I applied since Dec. 2017.

Same boat guys applied Nov 2017 but as "Kseni" mentioned the waiting was 2.5 (Also others waited similar period) so I kinda giving myself same period I am not happy but I am assuming that is the average now (2.5 years waiting) so I will see approval around March 2020

[kseni]

so you don't think these approvals go for September but rather for June? I mean they didn't announce the June one even. I'd defo need June for travel purposes, hope they let me know about it asap.

I’m curious to see if these May approvals which come right after the ceremony are connected with the elections and change in the government in summer. Maybe the Minister tries to close the longest applications?

Approval letters are normally sent 5-6 weeks before the ceremony. Then the ceremony invitation comes 2-3 weeks after that.
This means if you pay the fee and send the photos as requested, there's a high possibility that you will be included in the June ceremony. Shouldn't have anything to do with the elections (because otherwise they would send out approvals before the election day to give them a bit of advantage in local and European elections).

[littlerr]

so you don't think these approvals go for September but rather for June? I mean they didn't announce the June one even. I'd defo need June for travel purposes, hope they let me know about it asap.

I know there’s a June ceremony because a senior INIS officer asked me to choose between the April ceremony and this one (my girlfriend had some accessibility issues back then and we didn’t know whether we could make the April ceremony). They also mentioned the June ceremony is to cater for some abnormal applicants (e.g. those with accessibility issues and those who have waited for too long).

As you have waited for a very long time, I guess it’s quite likely you will be included in this one. Good luck!

[kseni]

Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June

[Quant1]

Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June

HI Kseni

I had applied in jan 2017 as well , but no news . Did they ask you any more documents after submitting your application.

thanks

[kseni]

Hey, no, everything was in order from the beginning, nothing extra was requested

Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June

HI Kseni

I had applied in jan 2017 as well , but no news . Did they ask you any more documents after submitting your application.

thanks

[Quant1]

Hey, no, everything was in order from the beginning, nothing extra was requested

Thank you! Will keep my hopes high for June

HI Kseni

I had applied in jan 2017 as well , but no news . Did they ask you any more documents after submitting your application.

thanks

Many thanks Kseni and Congratulations , hope you get an Invitation soon.

[kseni]

Thank you. I can feel for you, believe me. I’ve called them every week, wrote two TDS, requested foi file, talked to the solicitor. They just do it slow for some applications without any obvious system. People who came with me to the country have already became citizens two years ago. We just have Irish luck

[Quant1]

Thank you. I can feel for you, believe me. I’ve called them every week, wrote two TDS, requested foi file, talked to the solicitor. They just do it slow for some applications without any obvious system. People who came with me to the country have already became citizens two years ago. We just have Irish luck

I have consulted a solicitor yesterday , let's see how it goes . The system is a bit unfair but we can just wait and see.

[Lily3]

Thank you. I can feel for you, believe me. I’ve called them every week, wrote two TDS, requested foi file, talked to the solicitor. They just do it slow for some applications without any obvious system. People who came with me to the country have already became citizens two years ago. We just have Irish luck

I am also waiting. I applied in April 2017

[mufc69]

Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.

[Lily3]

Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.

Congratulations to you. Would you please let me know the date on the letter please?

[mufc69]

Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.

Congratulations to you. Would you please let me know the date on the letter please?

Hello and thank you, can’t say on here exactly when but it was sometime this week.

[danielmensah]

Hello everyone, my wife applied for Irish naturalisation in June 2017 , as the spouse of an Irish (from Northern Ireland) and after almost 2 years we got her citizenship approval letter this morning. What a long drawn out journey, hopefully everyone gets sorted with their own applications soon, good luck.

Congratulations to you. Would you please let me know the date on the letter please?

Hello and thank you, can’t say on here exactly when but it was sometime this week.

Thanks for the update. I applied December 2017. So I strongly believe I should be getting mine too soon hopefully. This process is very frustrating.

[Asongu]

I applied in May 2017 and till date no decision! I got a letter dated the 14th of May 2019! Stating my application is at an advanced stage of processing and I will hear from them in due course! After series of letters posted to INIS.

This is certainly not fair the waiting time alone is frustrating and is alright giving me anxiety!

Can anyone tell me when a decision can be made when your application is at an advanced stage? Pls

[markem]

I applied in May 2017 and till date no decision!
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Can anyone tell me when a decision can be made when your application is at an advanced stage?

Unfortunately not. "Advanced stage" doesn't mean a decision will be made in any specific time frame.

There were 2,240 people who applied in 2017 still waiting as at May 2019 (out of 11,800 total applications) - so at least you are not alone. In the data I've collected from this forum, around 7% of applications get approved after waiting more than 2 years. I only know of 2 applications that were approved after waiting over 3 years.

Most approvals are sent out around 4-6 weeks before a citizenship ceremony. This year, there are big ceremonies in September and December. So, if you are going to be approved, it's most likely that you'd receive approval in late August or early November.

[Asongu]

Thanks Makem I really do appreciate!
I just received a reply to my email now telling me the same thing!

Your application is currently at an advanced stage of processing! While it’s not possible to give a specific time frame for a decision, this office will be in touch with you once a decision has been reached!

Citizenship Helpdesk
Team 3!

What’s the meaning of all this after more than two years of waiting! !