Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite an application for citizenship through the foreign births register (details supplied). [47686/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications are currently being processed within the normal turnaround time of 8 months from receipt of supporting documents. Applications which require further supporting documents will take longer to process.

Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving official documentation relating to three generations and issued by several jurisdictions. Such documents take considerable time to validate.

With regard to the specific FBR application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service requested further supporting documents from the applicant on 2 May 2023. Further documents were subsequently received on 23 August 2023 and have been processed. However, the application remains incomplete. A member of the FBR team has contacted the applicant in this regard. The application cannot proceed until the required supporting documents have been received by the Passport Service.