shiveringpom

as we are waiting now almost 19 months for even getting a citizenship test date in Brisbane ( bonkers ) i would defo advice get RRV in place asap ..... we secured ours thankfully , never thought it would take this long to complete citizenship so glad RRV in place as we travel yearly at least back to uk etc ...... x

So we have triggered emails and phone calls ( again ) to anyone who might listen to my whingeing lol We are now over 18 months from application received email and to date NOTHING whatsoever still i see now 24 months from start to finish which does infact give them still 5 months to get our tests done/decision made/ceremony done and dusted so i remain waiting and waiting for some contact . I dont mind waiting if the system is fair and they do it in application order but it remains to be all just totally random sadly - so people get frustrated , why some cases get thro quickly and others get tests then wait forever and then people like us dont get anything at all i just cant fathom it out .....i suspect most cases are straight forward conversions from PR to citizenship in this forum so why is everyone getting totally random timelines ? I get city to city variation but not from same offices in same city ??? odd First world problem again as i say as we are here , working , enjoying life in Brisbane but just a little frustrated still xxxx

wonderful news!!!! i think iam now the longest wait ever now .......

i think we may be the longest wait ever to even get a test date looking at these timelines, easily going to go into the 20 months/ 10% of cases group of cases ........which i presume is a bottomless spam pit of lost applications lol ..... x

OMG spitting fire today ..... my work colleugue ( cant spell today as so frustrated ) applied 24/2/19 Brisbane and got test date end of 10/19 !!!!!! holy hell fire!!!!! Despite numerous calls and emails iam still waiting to get a bloody test date from 1/18 Brisbane application !!!!!!!!!! what is wrong with this system ????!!!!!! same jobs so cant be to do with jobs , only difference is she is single applicant as all her family got it last year , we are a family of 4 linked application- me and 2 kids linked with my husbands application - totally straight forward application direct from PR 189 visa from UK ....... are they really just picking up random files down in the city ?????? how many calls and emails can i send before i go to the prime minister !!!??? lol soooooooo frustrating ........ rant over ...... first world problem of course but really ??????????????? please send me alcohol and chocolate today as sat in my office slowly screaming ...... lol xxx

nope - we applied Brisbane and still waiting for a test date at 18 months lol........ it is just a lottery from what iam reading and hearing for everyone .....we are easy family application so no reason for our delay which is even crazier......

we applied 1/18 brisbane and not a peep ...nowt....nothing since .....

i cant believe that you got a test within 3 months ????? we are still waiting at 18m in brisbane for test invite ....... what city are u in as seriously jealous?! x

havent even got test date yet from 1/18 application so i hope not huge delays in getting ceremonies or else i may be dead by then lol x

it really seems to be pot luck how quickly we get thro this system doesnt it ? we are still waiting for a test date at nearly 18 months lol

update on longest wait ever to do a test or hear anything other than just wait ..... still nothing LOL perplexed pommie family waiting patiently here in chilly Brisbane x

has anyone here - i think some may have ? - gone to federal MPs wrt waiting times ? if so any tips on wording-what to put in your email ? A few on here have adviced i contact my MP due to ongoing wait of nearly 18months now for anything to happen..... iam still within processing time of lodgement to decision of 23months obv so not sure if wasting my time and i should just perhaps wait till i get to 23 months ...... we havent even got date for test as yet at almost 18 months ....phoned many times and told all ok just wait ......sent email and told just wait anyone else tried this ? waste of time and energy? best to wait till cross the 23 month border into the wasteland of lost applications perhaps ?....... i think i may be the longest wait on here that i know off lol........ wrt going thro the 23month wait would an agent be of help if we get to end of year without test dates ? must stay calm ....... x

am i the longest one waiting for anything to happen with my application then ? applied 1/18 and nothing ........ obv still within timeframe so nothing to do but wait ...... lol is anyone out there applied in 2017 and still waiting for process to begin or get ceremony i wonder ??????

we applied January 2018 and nothing either still just says received Brisbane city 2 kids ( aged 11 and 13 ) on my application linked with husbands application - straight forward UK applicants ..... we did paper application but have since uploaded everything but the kitchen sink and still nothing whatsoever......... I thought i was the only one so glad ( in the worng sense lol ) that its not just me its crap x

this will be done with MP contact ..... just no idea why we are still waiting ...... x

this is our next step when we hit 18m which is looming soon...... no idea why we have no test date nor requests for more info ...all very bizarre and frustrating ....just nothing and when we ring them they say just wait ....arrghhhh .... RRV in place for all of us ...send in all copies of new passports and anything i can think of lol

far to fast and totally jealous of this as we sit here at 18 months almost with not even a test date lol....... sitting cursing at my computer screen ....

thanks! will start a special whinge group for the 20 month wait groupies soon i think ! You can see why i get frustrated when people who then want to leave / dont live here properly/ get it faster than us for no reason lol....... i watch this forum to pick up tips on what to do next but i think i have exhausted all avenues for now lol x

i get cross as no reason why and the phone crew just say wait and they cant comment on cases blah blah....we get stopped everytime we fly out or in by check in crew aswell and they tell us passports and names and visas dont match...stopped going to hong kong few weeks ago again ... they had to ring immigration again whilst we held up baggage check in again - i fly with a whole file of documents which is ridiculous- birth certs/visa/rrv/marriage certs/old passports - when we came back in a week later i asked the proper chaps at passport control if there was an issue as we keep getting stopped at check ins and they said no problems ?????? honestly we are over it all now as they have every document i hold for myself and family.... If we had some complex situation i would understand ........ my husband flies to uk to see his sick dad next week for 2 weeks and iam preparing his file of documents as just know there will be an issue at check in again ..... we have 5 yr RRV in place so we know this is a first world problem but just a tad fed up now .... we hit 18 months on 3rd June ..... xx

I rang them this week and they just said ‘all in order’ and just to wait .... they said send email if still not sat test by 20months and I found the complaints page for citizenships going over 24 months ....... can’t believe we are hitting 18 months and not a peep and the phone kids are hopeless as just can’t say anything about your application ...... will have to start a thread for the lost citizenship pile if we hit 20months ..... still got to get test date / sit test / wait for ceremony / get passport before all finished so I think we may easily go all way to 2 years at this rate

Australian Citizenship application type 75% of applications processed in 90% of applications processed in Conferral - lodgement to decision* 16 months 20 months Conferral - approval to ceremony** 4 months 6 months Conferral - lodgement to ceremony** 20 months 23 months Descent (lodgement to decision) 54 days 4 months Evidence (lodgement to decision) 5 days 12 days

er sadly not - we are waiting now almost 18 months to hear anything from brisbane city - all very random it seems ! simple family of 4 from UK lol....x

can i ask what was the further info they wanted? at how many months did that come ? we are now over 16 months from application and nothing at all since then so we arent far behind you in what seems to be the longest wait i can see to even sit the test.... what city are u in ? even if we get the test date we still have to then wait for a ceremony and then passports so our timeline i suspect is going to go over 24 months ....... it doesnt change anything but i worry at this rate i will need another RRV ..... hahahaha any help when you phone them? all i get is we are within the timeline so just sit back....... no news is good news i was told last time lol

lordy 20 months-we are at 16 months now and nothing - not even any extra info needed- we are straight forward uk famiy .......i best be patient !

thanks we are now hitting 16 month mark next week with nothing still from application 'received' status ...... maybe we are heading all the way to the 20 month bunch lol...... must have patience ........