Has anyone applied for an Irish passport this year?

[HesterLee]

I'm asking about actual turnaround times please.
My application was received on 5th Feb so 63 days ago. The fee has been taken from my account. On the website it says current turnaround time is a minimum of 55 days but that has recently gone up from 50 days.
I can't get onto the live chat as they are so busy.

I appreciate just how many people are applying and I just have to wait (although I really need my UK passport back by the beginning of May).

But if anyone has applied this year, how long did it actually take to get your original passport back? I just need a rough idea of how long it actually is taking at the moment.

Thanks for any info.

Applicants must submit their existing passport...if it has more than 12 months validity...will accept certified photocopies...with less than 12 months...or if the passport is expired

His current UK passport expires in July - hence photocopy?

Attached is the notice I received with my application form. No 3 says about sending existing passport.

His current UK passport expires in July - hence photocopy? That would explain it.
Doesn't explain why it was processed so quickly though!

I posted 3 first child passport applications off to Cork (from UK) on 16th Jan. They appeared on the tracker about 2 weeks later with an estimated completion date of 5th April. In reality, two of the passports arrived on 1st March. The third one arrived bang on the estimated completion date! I have no idea why there was a months difference as all the applications were identical. I guess it's just luck of the draw - maybe the person allocated to process passport no3 was on annual
leave for a few weeks!

I think 3 refers to any existing Irish passport.

Hmmm - but it's what was sent to me when I requested a first time Irish passport application.

hi hesterlee

I recently applied for my 2 daughters and mine. We sent the applications on the 11th february and they took a while to appear on the tracking system. One application didn't appear on the system so we had a bit of a nightmare trying to find out why it had got separated from the others given the same info was needed to process. It was eventually found but as it was logged so late - it had a seperate issue date (long passed!)

We got 2 back last week and still waiting on the third. I spoke with someone yesterday about this one and they said the processing time could now be up to 100 working days and to ignore any issue date on the wesbite! He said that they are flooded with applications - nearly all from the UK. Sadly the 3rd passport will now take ages which screws up our holiday plans as unlikely to get it on time.

good luck

bellinisurge that seems more logical!

@HesterLee , it's just a standard bumf. There will be plenty of UK based Irish people renewing their passport.

DD2 is pregnant, due mid-June; she was hoping to get her citizenship application in before the baby arrives (so that the baby can claim citizenship from her) but first needs the documentation DH sent with his.

I’m wondering now if a) it’ll get back here in time & b) even if it does, what chance of her application being processed in time?

petiteonion yes I think given the number of applications they have received it must be impossible to give a realistic issue date.
It's probably worth doing the live web chat to see if they can send back your daughters before the Irish one is processed.

bellinisurge I'm sure you are right.
I admit I spent far too long looking at everything to do with the application to make sure I didn't miss anything that would cause them to reject my application.
They probably looked at everything I sent and thought wtf!!

I have done both my little boys' Irish passports in the last 6 months and they each took about 4 weeks.

@GiantKitten , if your dd is an Irish citizen by virtue of having an Irish born parent, she should get her new baby on the Foreign Birth Register. Once the baby is on that they are entitled to a passport.
However, if your dd is entitled to go on the Foreign Birth Register by virtue of an Irish born grandparent (but not a parent) her child will not be entitled to Irish citizenship unless that child is born in Ireland (or NI).

@GiantKitten I don't think it works like that - you don't need to do anything before the baby is born. If your baby is born to a parent entitled to an Irish passport but not born in Ireland (e.g. person born in England to a parent born in Ireland) you just need to do the Foreign Birth registration for the child, then the passport application.

DD2 is pregnant, due mid-June; she was hoping to get her citizenship application in before the baby arrives (so that the baby can claim citizenship from her) but first needs the documentation DH sent with his.

Did she tell FBR office this when she applied? They will expedite applications where an unborn child is involved. Oh, sorry, just reread and realised she's not yet applied. Can she not get more documents? They're only processing FBR applications from last summer atm so I doubt she'll be on time.

Yes, ignore my last post. The unborn baby has an Irish grandparent so will be fine.

My dh applied for one. Think
He sent the stuff in in Feb. Money taken out of account in March and apparently it's arriving by end of April.
Did get worried about it as dds uk passport took about 4 days to renew, but apparently it's all in hand!

The citizenship rules are very confusing, but we thought the baby would be entitled, despite being born in UK, as long as DD2’s application was in before the birth?

The Irish-born person is the baby’s great-grandparent (on both sides, they discovered recently)
DH is a citizen automatically because of his mother.
DD2 can get citizenship through DH.
& we thought the baby could then get citizenship through DD2.
Is that wrong?

(I’m deeply frustrated because my grandmother was Irish, but her parents left Cork before she was born so I’m out of the loop altogether )

DH’s mother is A
DH is C
DD2 is D
Baby will be E

So we’d better look at getting copies of the long form certificates ASAP?
And speaking to somebody official about expediting DD2’s application?

@HesterLee - Having an Irish passport (my Mum is Irish) means I keep that reassurance and help if needed.

If you're referring to the EHIC, then having an Irish passport won't entitle you to one I'm afraid. You generally need to be resident in the country to get it.

www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/ehicw/your-guide-to-european-health-insurance-card-ehic-.html

Isthisafreename I was thinking of EHIC! That's a bit of a blow but no I'm living in England not Ireland.
Thanks for the info.

@GiantKitten if D and E apply that seems to work.
My dd will be D (pending application; her cousin already has it) but I always thought DD's children if she has any (she's only 12), couldn't. They would be E.
Interesting to know. Thank you.

The citizenship rules are confusing and I don't know how being born in NI works for grandchildren. I would have thought NI = Irish for citizenship but I'd give them a call. But, if it's not enough and your dd needs to apply to be on the FBR first, I don't think she'll be in time for her baby.

More than 400,000 apply to stay in the U.K. after Brexit. According to the i paper, so the ship won't be sinking any time soon.