Hi, is anyone here in the process of applying for irish citizenship, or recently through the process?
My husband applied in Nov '18 and it's a simple enough application - married to me, an Irish citizen, and living & working in Ireland for 20yrs - and he's a UK citizen himself, so the application shouldn't be delayed for any reason.
Today he received a letter from the Dept to say that his application has been 'initially assessed' and has proceeded to the second stage. On the Dept website it says that this initial assessment usually takes 1 week but it has taken 7 months!
I know that they're inundated with applications, but I'm just wondering if anyone here can give me an idea of the timeline, now that his application is at the second stage? The dept helpline wasn't able to give any info aside from the fact that he will receive a letter ' in due course '
Thanks!
My husband applied in Nov '18 and it's a simple enough application - married to me, an Irish citizen, and living & working in Ireland for 20yrs - and he's a UK citizen himself, so the application shouldn't be delayed for any reason.
Today he received a letter from the Dept to say that his application has been 'initially assessed' and has proceeded to the second stage. On the Dept website it says that this initial assessment usually takes 1 week but it has taken 7 months!
I know that they're inundated with applications, but I'm just wondering if anyone here can give me an idea of the timeline, now that his application is at the second stage? The dept helpline wasn't able to give any info aside from the fact that he will receive a letter ' in due course '
Thanks!