coker

23 hours ago, Ali W said:

We applied 27 April 2017 my husband has his test date tomorrow I have not heard anything although we applied at the same time !

We applied Aug 19. My wife got test email and completed the test last week. I am yet to receive the test email.

21 hours ago, wombatinabox said:

Great news, can confirm my mate who applied on 23rd April has now received a test date in early November. 

This now confirms applications post April 20 are finally being picked up. 

Those of you applied close to April 20 should expect to hear from Immi about your test very very soon.

 

Did your friend apply online or paper?

Need to get Identity Declaration form filled for my 6 week old baby.

There is a section where the person making the declaration has to write how many years he/she has known the applicant. What should be put down here? Is if ok to write 0 years?

19 minutes ago, coker said:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/18/migrants-no-longer-limbo-citizenship-changes-killed-senate

"A spokesperson for Mr Dutton has confirmed to SBS News that migrants who have already put in applications for citizenship, and those who still plan to, will be assessed under current requirements rather than the tougher measures announced by the government earlier this year."

 

Now the waiting begins. Hope the department allocates extra resources to clear the backlog and also organize extra citizenship ceremonies as they have done in the past.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/18/migrants-no-longer-limbo-citizenship-changes-killed-senate

"A spokesperson for Mr Dutton has confirmed to SBS News that migrants who have already put in applications for citizenship, and those who still plan to, will be assessed under current requirements rather than the tougher measures announced by the government earlier this year."

11 minutes ago, jodipodi said:

Ok im still not sure I understand.We have been here in australia residing on a PR since May this year. 

When will we be eligible to apply for citizenship?....

 

Per current law you need to be here a total of 4 years with the last 1 year as PR...

Things can change depending on whatever legislation will pass.

This is still confusing:

Schedule 1, item 136, page 48 (lines 5 to 7), omit “applications made under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 on or after 20 April 2017”, substitute “pledges of allegiance made under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 on or after the commencement of this item”

They are saying pledges of allegiance made after the commencement of this item.

Does this mean if your citizenship ceremony is after July 2018, you will still fall under the new rules? Very confusing!

5 hours ago, Roberta2 said:

Are you sure that the application fee would be lost?

I'm not sure either way. I was responding to the poster's concern that he might lose the application fee if he applied now. If someone knows for sure either way, it makes the poster's decision easier.

1 hour ago, bwatt99 said:

What you talking about why should it?either my wife is able to apply for citizenship or she is not. She was able to 1 june but due to changes from 20th april means now july 2018.

She was 6 eeeks away from applying but cause the backdated it from 20th april she cant.

She will have 4 yrs pr july 2018 is this is still a requirement.

But she should not be knocked back once again just cause she did not apply two months ago that would not be right.

The obvious wanted most to hold off new laws are in places but i believe many just applied anyway.

Some are like 3 or 4 yrs away from being able to apply if the go with new rules.

I would find it very unfair just cause they applied before parliament sit they are ok when wife was able to apply 2 months ago or only has till july 2018 if pr time is an issue.

I understand your predicament but nobody really can give you the answer you're looking for.

Either you apply now and risk losing the application fee OR don't apply and risk missing out applying under the old rules.

That's the decision you have to make. Nobody really knows if the new rules will pass or be thrown out or there will be some compromise in the middle.

2 hours ago, bwatt99 said:

Im curious when you say eligible for citizenship is this under the old rules or new rules if passed?

Im starting to wonder if my wife is the only one holding back on citizenship to see if new laws kick in or not.

We will be eligible under the new rules. We arrived here on PR so the new residency requirements don't affect us. We will have to give the English test if the new rules pass.

We will be eligible to apply for citizenship this month. Our child is due to be born in September after our application has been submitted. From what I read, I will have to submit Form 1022 – Notification of changes in circumstances to update details of my new-born.

My question is can I scan form 1022 and upload it online after I submit my application? Do I need to submit any documents of my child like birth certificate etc? The child will not be included in the parent's application since he/she will be a citizen at birth.

This line hidden away in the amendment:

"The bill extends the maximum period of time where the minister can delay an applicant making the pledge of allegiance from 12 months to two years to better align with time frames of some complex investigations."

Looks like increased waiting time for ceremonies.