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Took a friend nearly 3 weeks to get a test and ceremony was a couple of months after approval

That actually depresses me to be honest. I'm in Melbourne too (Monash) Here's my timeline and I still have no date even though the council has finally updated their website and have a ceremony listed for March 6th now. Applied 17th October 2014 Interview 20th November Approval 19th December And when I called on Friday I still don't have a ceremony booked. Congratulations to you guys though, nearly there! Thanks for the suggestion shaunfreo I will try doing that.

Thanks for the suggestion. The department themselves weren't helpful when I asked them. They said do the ceremony when you come back but given the circumstances I can't predict that. I'll try the council but don't think they'll do much as well because when I asked them when the next ceremony is, they said to just call immigration as they're not authorised to give that information.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had experience with getting an urgent citizenship ceremony. I am interested in applying for one but not sure if I have sufficient grounds for it. My father passed away late last year and my mother is on her own now. She's struggling on her own with such a big change obviously and I want to go to help her out for a few months. My citizenship application was approved just before Christmas and I don't have a date for a ceremony yet. Anyone who's familiar with urgent ceremony know if this will be a valid reason for them to expedite the process?

Yes, had to try several times to get in touch with the case officer and the IT support, turns out it was an issue with my HAP ID and they had to issue me a new one!

Have booked an appointment and trying to log on to emedical to fill my medical history. However, for the last few days I keep on getting the message, the service is currently unavailable. Is anyone else having that issue? Or know what's the alternative? Thanks!