An application for a Certificate of Naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in March 2008.
Officials in that Section inform me that having checked the application submitted by the person in question the Statutory Declaration was not completed correctly and it was returned to the applicant on 20 March, 2008. A reminder letter was issued on 7 May, 2008 and a 21 day letter issued on 16 June, 2008 informing the applicant that if no response was received within 21 days his file would be put away. To date no response has been received.
I am informed that there is a note a discrepancy between the address provided by the Deputy and the address my Department holds on file, please note that it is the responsibility of the applicant to keep my Department informed of any change in address.