Route
Foreign Birth Registration
Submission channel
FBR team
Started
Mar 2024
Timeline
Dates added
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Route, channel, dates, costs, family size, and optional notes. Private fields stay private.
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See how long Irish citizenship actually takes.
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Community records
1
Tracked routes
4
Four Irish routes, shaped for comparison.
Each route asks for different evidence. The tracker keeps the timeline structure comparable without flattening the route details.
Parent or grandparent chain
Foreign Birth Registration
9
mo
Track document requests, witness forms, postage, FBR receipt, decision, certificate, and first passport steps.
Civil recordsWitness formPostage
Complexity
OpenAlready Irish, applying first time
First Irish Passport
2
mo
Compare Passport Online submission, identity witness, supporting document checks, printing, and delivery.
Passport OnlineWitnessDelivery
Complexity
OpenResidence-based citizenship
Standard Naturalisation
19
mo
Follow residence evidence, online filing, acknowledgements, e-vetting, decision, ceremony, and certificate milestones.
Residence proofE-vettingCeremony
Complexity
OpenPartner route through ISD
Spouse or Civil Partner
17+
mo
Compare relationship evidence, residence proof, application checks, grant timing, ceremony, and certificate steps.
Relationship proofResidenceCertificate
Complexity
OpenRoute-specific fields stay route-specific.
FBR, passport, and naturalisation timelines each keep their own milestones while sharing one comparison surface.
Your timeline becomes someone else's planning context.
The tracker turns individual application details into comparable civic data without exposing private contact information.
Reviewed
Route fields
Public projection
Private details
Ready for public data
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How review worksFiltered view
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Passportfaster route
Naturalisationmore stages
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Public records show route, channel, dates, and outcome context. Private contact details are never part of this view.
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Trust comes from keeping each source in its lane.
Official pages explain eligibility. Public applicant records show the lived sequence. Irish Tracker keeps those ideas beside each other without pretending one replaces the other.
Official guidance
Rules, eligibility, and document requirements stay separate from community reporting.
Applicant timelines
Approved public records show route, channel, status, and dates people chose to share.
Private boundary
Names, contact details, notes, and moderation fields are not part of the public view.
Official source
Eligibility and document rules
RouteNaturalisation
RequirementResidence and evidence
Community timeline
Public applicant record, anonymised
Applied
Jan
Review
Aug
Decision
Nov
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Route
Stage
Status
Trusted Resources
Trusted spaces where applicants share real timelines.
Explore resources applicants use to understand documents, route strategy, and filing progress.
IC
Ireland.ie Citizenship
Department of Foreign Affairs
Official Department of Foreign Affairs citizenship hub for birth, descent, and registration guidance.
Use this as the official starting point for citizenship by birth, citizenship by descent, and Foreign Birth Registration information.
Why useful: Best anchor for route eligibility and official terminology before adding a community timeline to the tracker.
Official siteMaintained resourceGlobalEnglish
CitizenshipFBROfficial GuidanceDocuments
Access: External Site
Approval note: Official public resource.
Last verified: 2026-06-18
1 community records
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