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On 08/09/2021 at 12:59, Gracee said:

So it has been 8 months now since I received my citizenship approval back in January 2021 and I have not received a ceremony invite yet. I live in Brisbane (North). Is it ok to ring Brisbane City Council? And is anyone here living in Brisbane and also waiting for your ceremony invite?

Hi,

I was approved in early December last year and had my citizenship ceremony two weeks ago, in Brisbane.

hopefully your invitation will come any day now.

On 16/08/2021 at 09:38, Success21 said:

Hi

Anyone here who got approval in February or March 2021 and still waiting for ceremony with Brisbane City Council?

Hi

I applied for citizenship 1 May 2020, had test/interview 13th November in Brisbane, approval 11th December and earlier this week I got invited for the ceremony on Monday the 30th in Brisbane city.

I received invitation from the council on email and letter in the post.

am looking forward to becoming a citizen and getting a Aussie passport

I am waiting for the Brisbane council too, like you, my application was approved in November last year. I have emailed and called several times and it is pretty much a waste of time. I have never received a reply to any of my emails. 

I hope you will get your invitation soon, I will let you know when I get one.

On 10/04/2021 at 10:54, Slav said:

Yeah, I'm waiting.

I had test in December and been approved in January.

I had test/interview in mid-November 2020, approved mid December 20 after submitted more information. I am still waiting for the ceremony invitation to Brisbane. I saw there is a ceremony on my birthday in May so am hoping for that day, that would be pretty awesome.  

On 09/03/2021 at 14:33, Sordello said:

I was trying to be delicate in my last post, but I suppose I might as well be a little more forthcoming. My wife is dying, and I really didn’t want to have a citizenship ceremony during my mourning. 

Dear Sordello

I am really sorry to hear that, my condolences to you and your family. 

43 minutes ago, Melbournian said:

"might get offered a job overseas in a couple of months"

If you tell them this, do you think they will make you citizens on priority ?

No, I am not asking for any special considerations, am just asking. It is still allowed to ask questions and be naive I would like to think

On 07/03/2021 at 13:46, Sordello said:

I requested an urgent ceremony by email. They called me from a private number about an hour later asking if I could attend a virtual ceremony the next day.

Can I ask why you requested an urgent ceremony if you don't mind?

I had my application approved in middle of December last year , am in Brisbane and there is a good chance my partner might get offered a job overseas in a couple of months, and then we will both leave Australia for a while. I really want my ceremony to have taken place before that and am just wondering if it is worth asking for that when we don't have a proper offer yet.

Hi all

It is great to read more are receiving ceremony invitations.

My test/interview got approved 13 December in Brisbane city, am waiting for the ceremony invitation now

We recently moved to the Gold Coast but I haven’t changed my address as we still have access to our house in Brisbane and I can imagine Brisbane might be faster than the Gold Coast but I could be wrong. Time will tell.

Many thanks for your reply.

I can imagine a lot of us approved will have the ceremony on Australia Day in January. Fingers crossed for you as well.

13th November in Brisbane and then I had to submit further information which was finalised 11 December. From 12 December it says my application for citizenship has been approved on my immi account.

I ask about the ceremony date letter as I am travelling around the state a bit the coming months and don’t want to miss the date..

Hi

My citizenship has been approved

does anyone know if I will receive my citizenship ceremony date letter on email or postal letter?

many thanks.

3 hours ago, Kris9 said:

Currently March/April '20 applications are getting processed.

I applied 1st May in Brisbane and received invitation early this week. Interview and test date is 13th November. 

2 hours ago, Kris9 said:

Feb end & March, 2020 applications are getting Test/Interviews now... Soon, you should be hoping

Speaking of the sunshine, I received my citizenship appointment letter today, I will have the interview and test on the 13th November in Brisbane city :-)

Hey

It is great to see movement from a few people.

I applied 1 May 2020, Brisbane based and still waiting to hear about interview/test date.

Hi

I hope you all are keeping well.

I finally applied for my citizenship, fingers crossed! 

I noticed on the home affairs website, it says they are looking into having the citizenship ceremony online due to covid-19. I'm wondering if anybody know anything about having Interview/test online for citizenship application as an option?  

Many thanks.

Hi

I'm wondering if anybody have had success applying for citizenship from overseas? I can apply 1 May but my Australian partner have a job offer to start February/March overseas and I would like to go with him and then apply but I do wondering if it will be a NO just because I'm overseas. We have his family here, two homes we own and I got my own limited company which I will continue to have from overseas as I work online. I do voluntary work here as well. We do plan to live here again in a couple of years and will be here for a month or every year.

I got PR with skilled migration and I have been with my partner for almost 12 years. I do know a couple of months apart will be okay if needed. But if we can avoid it, I would prefer that. 

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Many thanks.

Hi 

I had a look on the immi website and does state a  partners work overseas can be added as a reason. I will give them a call and see what they say

Many thanks for the info. I got five RRV early this year. I was traveling due to my Australian citizen partners work so am hoping I can add that as reason when his company give us a letter stating that. 

Im on a skilled migration PR visa.

Many thanks for the info. I got five RRV early this year. I was traveling due to my Australian citizen partners work so am hoping I can add that as reason when his company give us a letter stating that. 

Im on a skilled migration PR visa.

Hi everyone

Forgive me if this have been answered before.

I moved to Australia 1 May 2016 and was planning on applying for citizenship 1 May next year. 

The last couple of years I have been traveling overseas a lot but this year, my forth year here Im under the 90 days outside of Oz.

While I was traveling I was working online for Australian companies and paying tax here.

I did the resident calculator yesterday and it says I can apply until February 2022, which doesn't make sense to me at all.

Do you know if I can call someone who can tell me the precise date? Or look somewhere else?

I was not traveling that much but more than six months last year.

Many thanks.

Many thanks for your comments. It means I can apply May next year

Many thanks. I think I will do it myself too.

My main question is when to apply, do I have to wait until I have lived here four years or can I apply after 3 years giving the waiting time.

I hope all are keeping well.

I’m wondering if anyone  can recommend any immigration lawyer? I have some questions about when to apply for Australian citizenship? I still have a year or so to go with PR, I think but as I’m a planner I would like to know for more certainty. Plus I believe there is a long waiting period after submitting the application.

many thanks.

Hi @paulhand

Many thanks for your help. I will apply soon again and see how it goes.