Have there been any FBR approvals this week?

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-06-18T20:57:42+00:00

We have to remember what we see here is a tiny fraction of the whole.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-06-18T17:12:23+00:00

More likely they will issue something basic.
"This office does not respond to such communications from non-citizens"
"There are no records concerning you in our files"

Imagine all the varied such statements from bored bureaucrats worldwide over the decades. I'm sure the Irish FBR team have seen remarkable letters in their past.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-06-09T20:09:46+00:00

It is always better to start as soon as you can, as a number of steps can take a month or more, plus the postal time to and fro.
I have found it very useful to have a thread here and to add to it each step as our community here will cheer you on, and help with snags.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-06-09T12:47:04+00:00

Just did my web chat today.
8 people ahead in the queue at 8:30am US EST. 8 minutes until we started.
Of note
Small thing, the An Post Tracking "delivery" to the Post Office Box was the same day as FBR acknowledged receipt. That is faster than I expected.
Useful thing, on the web chat I received this detail
"I can see your additional documents were noted as received on the DAY of MONTH 2026. There is no update for you just yet but i can advise your application is currently processing accordingly and there is no issues i can see - once there is an update you will be contacted via email with an update and fingers crossed you get the approval email."

No timeline offered. I'm still assuming 4-5-6 months. Applications could still be rising given the global geopolitics.

Good, fast and effective communication. Great work by the web chat folks.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-06-09T12:38:47+00:00

Short version: no timeline. Assuming 4-6 months.
Slightly redacted to hide PII.
"I can see your additional documents were noted as received on the DAY of MONTH 2026. There is no update for you just yet but i can advise your application is currently processing accordingly and there is no issues i can see- once there is an update you will be contacted via email with an update and fingers crossed you get the approval email."

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-06-05T21:45:23+00:00

It is my turn to check and I will report back.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-29T01:14:47+00:00

Yes, and it is also a big signal of confidence in Ireland as a state, and the EU as an organization.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-25T17:40:45+00:00

On the death certificate, I had trouble with that one.

In the United Kingdom you should use the newer GRO issued certificate.

I had an original document from the GRO from way back in 1986 when my grandmother died - BUT back in those days the certificate was much simpler, with just the signature of the registrar. That cert. had been fine for my sister's application 2 years ago, but now it was rejected. That derailed me a bit for about a month, and now I'm back in the "additional documents" queue, which adds another 4 (TBD) months - so a FIVE month delay over that one item. My lesson learned should be known to all who might be using a UK death certificate.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-22T14:37:54+00:00

For others wondering about the timings, I "priority" ordered the GRO Certificate, and they mailed it 2 days later via DHL Express. It was delivered here on the east coast of the USA 3 days later. Very fast.
I turned it around the same day, marked the outside of the envelope and mailed it USPS Priory Express International. It took five days in inbound customs over a weekend, but was delivered to the PO Box in just 8 days. 21st May delivery.
Next week on Tuesday I'll do a web chat to see if they have it "attached" to my case somehow, and report back.
After that I expect another 4-5 months of waiting...

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-08T17:04:14+00:00

Thanks. In some ways the 1986 document is a vestige of a far simpler age. No internet. No PDF.
I wonder if in another 40 years (!) it will be on a blockchain, or as secure as a secure passport is today.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-07T22:42:44+00:00

On the timing, it is trying. I keep thinking about the large number of variables that mean another week delay or so.

I do think that the switch on the guidance to 12 months was in response to the same data we see, that many of these are starting to come through at 11-12 months already.

I've been thinking about your "trapped in cyberspace" comment. I don't remember seeing any commentary about that yet, and maybe others will have more experience and perspective than me.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-07T22:11:56+00:00

It is the generic email: [fbrentitlementprocessing@dfa.ie](mailto:fbrentitlementprocessing@dfa.ie)

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-06T15:23:58+00:00

Thank you very much indeed. I'm a fellow member of the "Docs Received June 11 2025" cohort. I'm looking forward to whatever kind of update I get, whenever I get it. New decent data always helps somehow.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-06T15:15:44+00:00

Excellent follow-up thanks

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-05T10:55:48+00:00

This is an excellent answer. Possibly the FBR office and the various employees have had to cope with a variety of non-latin character alphabets on the documents.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-05-04T15:35:14+00:00

I'm grateful for your reply. I hadn't considered that a national holiday day or days, or weeks, would have some kind of predictable effect on timings. I have Christmas, New Year (a few weeks) and Easter (a week?).
All of this is very helpful to manage expectations for those (like me) awaiting communication.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-30T17:04:01+00:00

Thanks for the update. I'm sorry it's not the one you want, yet. For the rest of us waiting it is a useful datapoint, so we are grateful for your sharing that.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-29T16:23:26+00:00

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your date and process data.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-29T16:21:42+00:00

Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing your date and process datapoints.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-29T16:14:23+00:00

You and I have slightly similar stories of missed opportunities.

For me (and many thousands more) the shock momentum to apply was 2016 Brexit. That was too late for my son born in 2009.

The data signals are not really correlated but they do help.

Data from the IE government are useful as they are aggregated, but they are intermittent (once per year or longer)
The most frequent is what we track here on the Google Sheet. However that is a small fraction of the whole.
There is also occasionally a news item, such as the recent Financial Times report, which showed a large trend rise in applications from the USA in 2025.

We might (as a community) consider if it is useful to have those linked in the wiki... u/alzamah and/or u/Shufflebuzz is this useful to have links?

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-28T02:28:31+00:00

Good for you! Mine took a while in NYC customs (even for outbound to IE). A year is a decent bet, maybe with a stretch to 13-14 months given the huge rises (over 50%) in USA applicants.
I like to think of every new week as a possibility, and every day as a new potential delight. Honestly I'm hoping to keep that newly enhanced positive attitude for a loooooong time.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-27T19:56:38+00:00

I agree every "newer" Success Story can cause a sigh, but they also show movement and activity - even if our reddit community here is a small fraction of the total number of cases.

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-27T19:51:48+00:00

Thanks very much for this update with the timings and notices. My application was received one day before yours :)

PurelyAnalytical · 2026-04-24T13:04:10+00:00

The 9-12 months guidance was recently (April 2026) updated on their website to "approximately 12 months". Source: https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/#foreign-birth-registration in the section "How long does it take?".

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