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42 minutes ago, Selin said:

Hi,

I have applied for Citizenship on June and it seems there is no chance to get any news till next year. My PR will expire in September. Shall I apply for BVB or PR return? I want to be able to leave Australia anytime without applying for any visa. 

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

4 hours ago, Darley Dale said:

Well it has finally happened....

Paper Application dated 3rd April 2018

Receipted by DoHA on 23rd April 2018

Time frame to today's date: 14.5 months

Made 2 phone calls during this period

No communication in between

English born and bred – 68 yo

Every day checked ImmiAccount always showing Received

Today I checked and to my surprise ImmiAccount showing "APPROVED" 17.7.2019

No Interview, No Test (due to age factor)

To say that I am elated and overwhelmed is an understatement

Prayerfully will receive notification re Ceremony soon

Live in Regional Queensland...

Be nice to have Citizenship before Christmas...

wonderful news!!!!

i think iam now the longest wait ever now ....... 

1 hour ago, Darley Dale said:

I have been waiting since application received by department on 23 April 2018 NOTHING SINCE.... some 15 months...

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

13 hours ago, Tanwi said:

Does being from a Regional areas means it takes a little bit longer then those in the big cities? Especially if you have all your papers, are documented and there shouldn't be anything hindering ones approval  

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......

36 minutes ago, 07Nov2017 said:

Ok guys been waiting 21 months here lol
And they are already approving 2019 applications wtf !?!?
What about 2017 applications. Anyone here still waiting and applied in 2017???

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

7 hours ago, NTguy said:

I’m not new to the forum but first time posting anything 

date of application:- 28/03/19

date of teat invite:- 13/06/19

date of test:- 31/09/19

 

 

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

12 hours ago, Tianna said:

Anyone here still waiting for Brisbane’s ceremony?

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

1 hour ago, kkumar said:

Application lodge-26-10-2017

test done-18-10-2018

application status-still received 

 

nearly 20months so far 

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 ??????

15 hours ago, garry singh said:

 

I applied 3/2/18 

not reply yet till 9/6/19 

applied with my 2 kids 

regional area , 

share your experience 

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

15 hours ago, Tanwi said:

Have you tried one of those FOI things? 

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

On 24/05/2019 at 14:43, Red Rose said:

I know what would speed your application up and it would have a 100% success rate. 

Write to your minister. 

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

14 hours ago, andrew2307 said:

Hey guys 

I applied in the end of Jan 2019 n already received appointment letter for October. Is that too fast? 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 .... 

11 minutes ago, Tanwi said:

Wow that's surreal. Same here just for incase I too always travel with printed out PR visa grant notices for myself and son and all this miscellaneous documents.

I do sincerely hope things pick up for you and your family soon. The wait is just tiresome and all this paper work business is ridicules. 

 

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

8 hours ago, Tanwi said:

Reading this makes me upset. 18 months and nothing. I hope they haven't lost your file and things pick up at lighting speed very soon. Two years wait just sounds awful. Hoepfully it doesn't come to that

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

1 hour ago, Simonrbh said:

Same here. Applied August '18 and not heard a thing. The only way I know I'm in the system is when I go into my IMMI account. I haven't even had a confirmation email of my application. To be honest it's taking so long I even forget I've applied!!! Appears to be just a money making scheme when you have to apply for an RRV to ensure you still have travel rights whilst waiting. Simple individual of 1 from the UK with a 4th generation aussie partner (and she got her UK citizenship with 4 months of applying) lol.............

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  

On 11/05/2019 at 12:13, Tanwi said:

That's wonderful news. Congratulations on an invite. 

Hopefully QLD is a little faster then other centers. 

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

On 26/04/2019 at 13:55, pugwash said:

Hi all,

Applied Citizenship via conferral 31/8/17

Further info requested - heard nothing since...........

I hit the 20month mark on 1/5/19.

Anyone experience of the complaint process I can go through to get some resolution come next week when I am outside of the processing times?

Do I complain to Immigration first and then go to the Ombudsman if no resolution?

I am drafting a letter to local MP as we speak - ready to send when I hit the 20 month mark.

Feeling frustrated...

Thanks for any advice.

 

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

On 26/04/2019 at 14:13, pugwash said:

UK applicant.

I am going to ring them first off on 1/5/19 and find out but sometimes people have found helpful phrases or "trigger" words that get them to pull their finger out a bit quicker when used!

 

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 !

22 minutes ago, kirsty160990 said:

updated processing times have been released,

think they have reduced by 1 month compared to last months published processing times:

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 ........