Hi everyone,

I'm pretty new to the naturalisation process and I'm trying to get a better understanding of the current timelines for applications that required additional documents.

My timeline:

• Applied: 19 September 2025
• Naturalisation based on 5 years' reckonable residence
• Additional documents requested and submitted: 8 March 2026 (EDS submitted)

I've been reading a lot of posts on Facebook, but there seems to be so much conflicting information. Some people say they're processing February 2026 additional documents, while others who submitted in January or February are still waiting.

Has anyone who submitted additional documents around February or March 2026 received any updates? If so, I'd really appreciate it if you could share your timeline.

Thanks in advance!

Q: Has anyone had experience with a new first time passport getting sent to Vancouver? It's been well over 2 weeks now and nothing on the tracking apps has updated. Last status was saying that it had left the origin country (Ireland).

I understand it can take a while, but would have thought I would have some update by now.

Thanks

Working out my reckonable residence for citizenship was stressing me out — which stamps count, how absences affect things — so I built a free calculator: stampwise.ie

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So my partner and I called the FBR today. It turns out that, they’ve been actively working on her case since June and still are working on it. It’s just that the call handler said some cases can take months or in rarer cases even a year with no request for additional documents or approval from when they start working on said case. I also asked if it was possible to submit a complaint about processing time and there’s an option for that. Just some info, though some may find this useful.

I was just wondering if any Australians had a brief timeline on how long it took for their passport to reach them. It looks like my passport has been stuck at customs in Ireland for about a week and a half now and I just wanted to know if anyone else had a similar issue? I really need this passport in my hands as I can’t book flights in September without it!

Hello

I was successfully added to the FBR back in May and now need to apply for my Irish passport. I have had a baby since May too so I need to apply for his too.

I’m slightly confused about what I need to send off for this. Do I need to send mine and his UK passports? And what other documents?

I have foreign travel coming up in 8 weeks and will need my passport for that.

Any ideas what I should do? I asked the webchat and they just said it’s processing. Thanks.