Posted by Mike
on May 16, 2012, 5:05 am, in reply to "Re: Applying for Citizenship by Descent: must I submit application to a US consulate?"
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I spent 2+ years getting my citizenship. I tried to send it to Boston, but they forwarded it to the SF office and from there it went down hill. Seems that if you live west of the Rockies, SF is the place to go.
After two + years of NOTHING I sent a registered letter and cc'd a copy to Dublin. A month later I have my citizenship papers. My Passport took 3 months. Good luck. My experience was not the best but I know they are understaffed and with all the budget cuts it may take a while, but it is worth it to me, no matter the time it took.
Now, we shall see if my newest offer on a bungalow on 3 ac. is accepted.
--Previous Message--
: Thank you, Pam. Glad you had such a great
: experience! Most encouraging. The consulates
: seem to divy up regions, and they say that
: folks from my neck of the woods must apply
: via NYC, even though Beantown is closer.
:
: I hate to get off on the wrong foot and try
: going through Boston against their policy,
: but the long delays I've heard about in the
: busy NYC office worry me. The longer
: something takes to happen, the less likely
: it is to happen at all, in my experience...
:
: Anyone had any recent experience with
: applying via the NYC consulate? Perhaps my
: concerns are unwarranted. Wouldn't be the
: first time. :D
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: --Previous Message--
: Good tip! Thanks,
:
: Scott
:
: --Previous Message--
: I live in Maine & applied through the
: Irish Consulate in Boston. Once they
: received all my paper work, I received my
: citizenship document in less than 3 months.
: I then submitted my passport application
: & received my passport in about 8 weeks.
: The folks in Boston were most helpful &
: efficient. So you might want to try there.
: This was all in the last 10 months or so.
:
: Best of luck.
:
: Pam
:
: --Previous Message--
: Ah, I see. If they get shunted back to
: Dublin
: for action, then the delays may be due in
: part to the packaging and unpackaging
: rigamorole as well.
:
: Hmmm. I suppose that once the
: FRB/Citizenship bits were completed, I could
: waltz into same office in Dublin where the
: native born Irish apply for their passports.
: That might save time, and would even provide
: a handy excuse to visit. :D (Or can that bit
: be done from abroad I wonder...)
:
: As for which US consulate to inflict myself
: upon, I am now tempted to mail the FBR
: packet off to Boston out of sheer ignorance,
: which I happen to have a rare gift for
: simulating with uncanny accuracy. Perhaps it
: would get shunted back to Dublin faster.
: Hmmm... Has anyone ever tried that?
:
: Thank you for the speedy reply, Scott!
:
: --Previous Message--
: No, you can't apply through Dublin. So that
: one's out. Some people have said wonderful
: things about applying through the Mexican
: consulate! but that was years ago and the
: policy might have changed. You might check
: with them.
:
: No matter where you apply, the application
: will ultimately spend some time in Ireland
: where they're short handed and getting ever
: more so as the hiring freeze begins to bite.
: So, your time problem is not likely to be
: the consulate, but the mother ship itself.
:
: Scott
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hello all, and thank you Scott for a
: wonderfully informative site! I have sifted
: through it and haven't found an answer to my
: particular question. If I missed it, I'm
: sorry to trouble you.
:
: I nearly have all the required bits of paper
: collected to apply for being entered in the
: FBR, in hopes of obtaining citizenship by
: descent and ultimately a passport.
:
: It seems I am doomed to apply through the
: busy NYC consulate, but I was wondering if
: anyone has tried submitting their
: application directly to Dublin? Is it
: faster, or even possible?
:
: Alternatively, has anyone succeeded in
: submitting their application via a consulate
: outside their designated region of the US? I
: hear Boston is nice this time of year.
:
: Thanks for any wisdom or wild guesses.
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