Posted by Scott on May 17, 2012, 9:12 am, in reply to "Re: Applying for Citizenship by Descent: must I submit application to a US consulate?"
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Some people get lucky, but the general advice is to allow LOTS of time for the process to complete.
Scott
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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.
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: 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
:
: --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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