Written answers

Thursday, 22 June 2017

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Citizenship Applications

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of documentation including birth certificates for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29312/17]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The checking and adjudication of applications for citizenship through Foreign Birth Registration is a complex process, and it is important that the Department and our Embassies take all due care in relation to the verification of identity, eligibility and supporting documentation in each and every case. Consequently, we advise applicants that the process is likely to take around 20 weeks.

The applications for citizenship to which the Deputy refers were received at Embassy New Delhi on 13 February, 2017. I can advise that our Embassy in New Delhi has been in regular contact with the parents of the applicants concerned. I am pleased to confirm that the applications have now been processed and decisions will be communicated to the family by the Embassy in the coming days.

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