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On 19/09/2022 at 09:09, Bradley1986 said:

This last wait from approval to ceremony feels like the longest and the worst.

• Applied 23/02/21
• Test 13/05/22
• Approval 09/06/22

Waiting ceremony Stonnington Council VIC

I finally got the ceremony invite , this is my timeline:

Application Date - 29 Jan 2021 

Test Invite Received: 31 March 2022

Test Date - 9 April  2022 rescheduled to 5th April 2022

Approval Date-5th April 2022

Ceremony invite received- 20th September 2022

Ceremony Date  12th October 2022 

@Stonnington Council, VIC

Based on your approval date, I believe your invite should come soon too.

On 02/08/2022 at 11:19, Bradley1986 said:

Stonnington have listed two more for this year -

• Tuesday 20 September 2022
• Wednesday 12 October 2022
• Wednesday 16 November 2022

I am hoping I can get into one this year to keep me within the 2 year wait period.

As at 27 May 2022, it appears that 329 people (https://www.pomsinoz.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=29877) were waiting for ceremony at Stonnington. 

In July 2022 there was a ceremony with probably 100 people or more.

So  the remaining 229 people remaining should potentially be invited at the September or October ceremony.

On 30/06/2022 at 12:58, Bradley1986 said:

Hi all,

Is anyone waiting from Stonnington Council and or aware of what the wait time looks like. My approval was on June 9th.

It seems shocking that they only have 3 dates for 2022 given the backlog

• Thursday 21 April 2022
• Thursday 14 July 2022
• Thursday 15 September 2022
• Thursday 26 January 2023

I am waiting for Stonnington  and was approved on April 5th

I found it ridiculous too, I called home affair to make sure the put me in the September one cause otherwise my whole timeline would be over two years (applied in Jan 21), longer than their advertised timeline....but they were hopeless they just said keep waiting..

It's just so unfair that some people's application take less than a year in total while other take two years just because they happen to be in the "wrong" council..

Finally received the Test Invite  after 14 months wait:

Application Date - 29 Jan 2021 

Test Invite Received: 31 March 2022

Test Date - 9 April  2022

Approval Date TBD

Ceremony Date TBD

Melbourne, VIC

On 23/02/2022 at 21:50, Melbourne_2020 said:

After getting the first appointment, there is a an option to reschedule the main appointment. Main appointment could be rescheduled from https://appointments.homeaffairs.gov.au/

on any available dates. 

Thank you! That's very good to know..

On 22/02/2022 at 17:49, Melbourne_2020 said:

Today got citizenship test date for 1st April, 2022. Applied on 23/12/2020. Rescheduled the appointment on 24th February, 2022

So can you actually ask them to anticipate the date of the test?

12 hours ago, Nemesis said:

Depends on the Council I think - I was reading this week about Mackay (Queensland) where they effectively split the ceremony into two parts, one for vaxxed & one for un-vaxxed, so that no one missed out due to their vax status

That gives hope..thanks.

Thanks Marisawright.

So I guess that means COVID vaccination seems be a final requirement to get citizenship in those councils without online ceremony.

Interesting..

Does anyone know if there are vaccination requirements to attend the ceremony?

If so, what would happen if a person  is neither vaccinated nor has an exemption ? would an online ceremony be offered ?

Please refrain to comment about vaccines.

Thanks.