Still Concerned!
Hello, friends. Posting again after another two months. My and my two siblings' applications were received May 23rd, 2025.
Our mother was adopted (her birth father was born in Ireland) via a closed adoption.
We certainly sent all necessary documents, including her birth certificate, as well as her original birth certificate, which is in a sealed vault in Florida and can only be accessed by court order or affidavits of the parents. It was a pain to get the document issued via my mother's birth mother in the first place as her biological father is deceased.
We made sure that everything was witnessed and ordered correctly, and triple checked all necessary docs. It's been in the hands of a case worker for nearly three months now according to their phone line, but still radio silence. No request for additional documents or any outreach.
My mother submitted her original birth certificate which she applied to claim her passport as she was born an Irish citizen, and she received it in two weeks. She was at first concerned she would have issues because it says "This Sealed Birth Record is Not Valid for Identification Purposes" and also in big letters in the center of the document, "Sealed Document Not Legal Birth Certificate," but nonetheless it was accepted without issue.
How much longer might we anticipate waiting before hearing something?
Thanks very much. Sláinte.