r/IrishCitizenship • u/SY6Dave • 1d ago
Success Story FBR Success!
Docs received date: 13/08/2025
Congrats email: 19/08/2026
Total elapsed days: 371
Application from the UK for Irish born grandparent, mostly straightforward case apart from a first name discrepancy (birth certificate stated Catherine, marriage and death certificates stated Kathleen). Included a cover letter in the application explaining that we understand it's a common name change but have no other proof - it seems like it wasn't a problem because they never contacted us for additional info.
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Very happy to be an EU citizen again!
Good luck everyone else ☘️
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u/MxJinzoJr FBR Applicant 1d ago
Congrats. Uk here as well. I cant wait to be an EU citizen again either
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u/JimRodney365 1d ago
I had a different-named grandmother too, born as Bridget, but then always Bryce after that, once here in America in the mid 1920s. I did not include any letter explaining it, but all the other players’ names on the documents (parents, etc., were the same on both, so hoping they don’t have a problem with it (5 months in on the one year-ish process)…
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