Lasanga Herath

I got ceremony EOI email today afternoon (and ofcause reply YES). 

@millski88 congratulations mate.

On 26/05/2020 at 21:29, millski88 said:

We got our expression of interest emails for virtual ceremonies today!

Both me and my partner. I was approved 29th October, partner approved 25th October. Emails from Victoria Ceremonies Team.

Congratulations @millski88 . Finally!!!!

12 minutes ago, IndianzinOZ said:

Hi Lasanga,

I would never expect City of Casey doing anything. I have wondered why even I moved to this city council. Greater Dandenong is much better than this one.

I hoped you must have got ur ceremony. Hope you get it by May end.You had got approved ages ago my friend.

Thanks @IndianzinOZ 

Yes the Casey is not doing much. Also I'm still waiting for the ceremony. Hope for the best. 

1 hour ago, Jennyc said:

Hi Drni ans Lasanga,

Is the Casey council being slow even since? How about interview and test? 

Do we must choose the council where we live or can we choose others?

Thank you for help.

 

 

 

 

I got approved early November and I know people who got approved in September still waiting for ceremony in Casey. 

No you can select any council. It will be your residence address council.

5 hours ago, 07Nov2017 said:

@Dreaming_when @Lasanga Herath

to those who emailed for virtual ceremony. Have you guys heard back?

what was the compelling reason that you mentioned??

 

thanks 

apart from the auto reply, haven't heard anything yet.

21 hours ago, Raspuss said:

Hi Guys,

Very happy to see virtual ceremonies happening. I will say guys who belong to City of Casey which is the worst council in Australia should do an online petition for ceremonies to be done by DoHA.

I am trying to contact these idiots and can't get hold of them.I spoke with a mate who does contract jobs for this council.He informed me that the council is dissolved because of corruption charges.He asked me to read the news about Sam Aziz and other councillors who have corruption charges on them.

So, this council is not in a position to do online ceremonies is what I am assuming.Also, I was checking other groups. City of Casey has applicants who got approved in Aug- Sept who have not got ceremony invitation..

Thid is far behind. I feel either DoHA or city of Greater dandenong council should take responsibility. Casey has the highest population in VIC.

Also, it has highest no of applicants aftee Brisbane city council..

I hope DoHA does something.

Otherwise not much hope from Casey, the worst city council of Australia.

I'm from City of Casey and agree with you mostly.

However, eventhough the council under administration the citizenship ceremonies are in-progress. (not enough to clear the back-log)

Got below reply. 

19 hours ago, Mazen said:

it's getting longer again

I think NSW has the longest processing times between all states, I've just received an email with further document requests on my application and they are processing my application in Queensland rural office which is awkward because I'm in rural NSW.

Quite possibly the reason maybe now they are clearing the backlog from 250,000+ to 125,000 and people are getting approved faster. That eventually affect building backlog in ceremony invitations (as each ceremony have a limitation of 100 or so).

Home affairs updated the citizenship processing timeline, it's now taking 6 months from Approval to Processing (Which earlier was 5 Months) .

4 hours ago, IndianzinOZ said:

Hi Guys

I am a silent reader of this group.

Just thought of updating my status

Citizenship App: 18-Dec-2019
Test Invitation: 24-Jan-2020
Test Date: 11-Feb- 2020 (was actually 31-March but rescheduled)
Approval: 14-Feb-2020
Ceremony: 30-Mar-2020
Council: Casey,VIC

Congratulations.

But it's really wiered as my application approved in early November 2019 in same council and haven't received ceremony invitation yet. Not sure what should I do.

6 minutes ago, Indianinoz said:

Thanks for sharing this Lasanga. Are all questions from 'Our common Bond'?

Yes. 100% from our common bond. Instead when you read it, it says which sections are testable and which are not. As of today all questions are from Chapter 1 to 3.

On 15/12/2019 at 21:25, KazBaker said:

Hi guys,

Do you know how can i order the free Australian citizenship test book(with CD). can anyone send me the link to order.

You can download a copy of "Our common Bond" from here

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship-subsite/files/our-common-bond.pdf

Also if you visit any council library , you can borrow a copy of this.

To practice test, there are many online resource available including below.

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/test-and-interview/prepare-for-test/practice-test

12 hours ago, Indianinoz said:

Hello all,

I'm using my immi account to put in 2 applications, one for me and one for my wife. Is it OK to upload applications separately on different days? Thanks

Yes it is ok.

11 minutes ago, Rising said:

Hello all,

I am very thankful for this website as it was quite helpful during my PR days.  I have a question to ask for my citizenship now. I am eligible for my citizenship now but have to travel to the home country during the Christmas break. Would It be better to apply after coming back to Australia? What is the general procedure if we travel due to work purposes after we apply for our application?

Sorry if this question was answered before. I am not in any rush but only worried if there going to be any immigration changes in this one month.

Thanks.

the citizenship application ask you to provide future travel plans. so still you can submit your application with the future travel arrangements which already you made. Any unplanned travel, You can let case officer knows (Through the immi account)

Department of Homes affair updated the Global visa and citizenship processing times as below. 

On 18/08/2019 at 23:24, aviah said:

Hi,

Does anybody know what  can I get if I have 8 years of experience in cyber security and CISSP ID?

Is it any particular special path for CISSP to get VISA skilled , because there is high demand for cyber security in the world .

 

Thank you  in advance

Avi

if you got work experience AFTER you certified CISSP you can possibly claim points for work experience and ACS recognized CISSP as equivalent to Diploma , so you may claim 10 points.

On 23/11/2019 at 16:45, Indianinoz said:

Hello all,

Questions:
a) Say I first made entry into Australia on 4th Dec 2015 on a PR. When is the day that I can apply for citizenship? 3rd Dec 2019? 4th Dec 2019? 5th Dec 2019?
b) I tried filling up the form. It didn't ask for my dates but asked for my Visa Grant number. It has 34 pages and after filling up 6 pages, it says I can't continue as I haven't yet fulfilled residence requirement. While that is correct, how does the system know? Does it check through my Visa Grant number?
c) Me and my wife are applying. Do we need to create 2 separate logins or can we both submit through my login?

a) You can use https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/tools/residence-calculator

b) Yes, you can not complete your application before you're eligible date.

c) You can use same immi account with two different application. i.e.: your immi account , but two seperate applications

13 hours ago, RIZWA said:

Hi Guys ,

                    I received an email from DOHA for citizenship but that doesn,t give me option for re-schedule.

My timeline as follows

Application Submitted : 29 January 2019

Additional Doc Requested: 15 November 2019

Test Date Received             : 08 January 2020  (No link regarding re-schedule)

So whats your recommendation?

Regards

Rizwan

Hi Rizwan.

You will received another email with the appointment details quite possibly withing 2-3 days. That email will contain the link that you can reschedule the exam if you wish to.

thanks

*****FURTHER UPDATE******

City/Council area - CITY OF CASEY
Online / Paper - ONLINE
Date of Application - 16-AUG-2019
Date of email - 21-OCT-2019

Original Test date - 03-Mar-2020

Reschedule test date - 08-Nov-2019

Test Pass - 8-Nov-2019

Approval - 8-Nov-2019

I just pass the test with full score and literally 5 minutes after the test, got approved.  They also told me that the ceremony will be probably within 3 months. Seems we are looking for Australian Day 2020.

*****FURTHER UPDATE******

City/Council area - CITY OF CASEY
Online / Paper - ONLINE
Date of Application - 16-AUG-2019
Date of email - 21-OCT-2019

Original Test date - 03-Mar-2020

Reschedule test date - 06-Nov-2019

*****UPDATE******

City/Council area - CITY OF CASEY
Online / Paper - ONLINE
Date of Application - 16-AUG-2019
Date of email - 21-Nov-2019

it appears the turnaround time for letter is now 3 months. The test date is March 2020

Date applied - 16/8/19

City/Council area - City of Casey / Victoria

Online / Paper - Online

Date received the acknowledgement email - 16/8/19

Date of the Citizenship Test - TBA

Citizenship approval letter - TBA

Date of ceremony - TBA

Type of ceremony - TBA

CISSP will be recognized by ACS as comparable to AFQ Diploma so you will get only 10 points, unless you have bachelor degree which gives you 15. There is no special treatment for CISSP now. (Few years back there was a special category for CISSP, which was discontinued since 2011)

as per the skill assessment it is 10 points to you.

but i have reasonable doubts that since you have bachelor and master, at least they should go to comparable bachelor, not diploma. So i would suggest to go for decision review.