austr4lia

Hi friends,

 

Does anyone know how long it takes to be invited for a ceremony in Canberra ?

Finally i have been invited to a Citizenship ceremony on 21 May 2015 in Canberra.

Hi friends,

Does anyone know how long it takes to be invited for a ceremony in Canberra ?

Hi PKB

We applied on line and supporting documents handed in at the Melbourne office on 20 November 2014, I rang the Citizenship office today just to check that they had received all the documents needed which they confirmed they had received them. She suggested that if we haven't heard from anyone in a months time then to call again.

We are hoping to go back to the UK for a holiday in June/July so we're keeping our fingers crossed that it comes soon. (we are not required to take the citizenship test).

 

UPDATE.

Received letter saying that we had been approved for Citizenship 21 Jan 2015

Received letter with date of ceremony 23 Jan 2015

Ceremony date 19th Feb 2015 at Kingston City Hall (Melbourne).

 

Mike

Wow! That is super fast. Below is my timeline.

Applied on 8 December 2014(Paper)

Test date received - 16 December 2014

Citizenship Test - 12 January 2014

Citizenship application approved - 22 January 2015

Council - Canterbury

Oath ceremony ????

Please read my sad story :cry:

Came to Australia on a student visa on Feb 2006

Got Temporary residency on 16 June 2010(VC 485)

Applied for Permanent Residency on 1 December 2010(VB 885)

Travel overseas between 16 October 2011 and 27 November 2011

Temporary Visa (VC 485) expired on 11 December 2011. This was my biggest mistake as i didn't apply for a Bridging visa.

Applied for and got Bridging visa A on 05 June 2012. Now this is the time my residence period reset as my earlier time period in Australia was overwritten by being unlawful from 11 December 2011 to 05 June 2012. So all my 6 Years of residence in Australia account for nothing :mad:.

Now, I got Permanent Residency on 3 July 2013 and till today i was thinking that next year i will be an Australian Citizen. I just happen to call Immigration today and got the shock when they told me that i will be eligible for Citizenship on 5 June 2016 :arghh: . Now my query is regarding the 4 years of lawful residence. My wife is overseas and i would like to join her for around 6-7 months, just wondering if i can include the same time in my Residency requirement of 4 years. I plan to leave Australia to see my wife somewhere around December 2014 and will come back to Australia in july 2015. Is this absence from Australia going to hinder my Citizenship plans in any way?. I filled these dates in the Residency calculator and the results are positive. Inputs from the esteemed members will be highly appreciated.