Muhammad Abdullah Bhatti

Hey guys, Ok so my process has finally ended. Total time duration from approval of citizenship application to citizenship ceremony date = 5 months and 17 days Citizenship eligibility date (also date I applied): 8th of July 2014 Citizenship test and approval date : 8th of August 2014 Citizenship Approval letter received : 18th of August 2014 Citizenship Ceremony letter received : 15th of December 2014 Citizenship Ceremony date: 26th of January 2015 I live in the council of City of Canada bay but in my invitation the location of my citizenship ceremony is CABARITA NSW 2137. Im just glad the process is over. Just posting here to let you guys know of my story and how it went down. TOTAL PROCESS FROM CITIZENSHIP ELIGIBILITY DATE TO CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY= 6 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS EXACTLY! hope you guys can get an idea about the possible waiting periods from this post. Cheers, Happy new year.

Mine was lodged the day I passed the test which was friday 8th of August and it took 10 days in the mail, including weekends to reach me. What you can do is call DIBP and ask them if it has been lodged or not. They will tell you if it has been lodged or not, if they say yes, expect it in a 7 - 10 days from date of lodgement.

Judging from your council's location my safe guess would be that you will get your ceremony date in January on Australia day. My council is so crowded that at the end of december it would be 5 months to my approval date and still no sign of a letter or a tentative date, I had even planned a trip to Pakistan in January. I think we Pakistanis are blessed by the dual citizenship rule, at least we can travel while waiting for our citizenship ceremony. Ive heard Indians have to forgo their Indian passport before they can get approval for their Australian citizenship and hence cannot travel. Is it true or a hoax? Just asking to increase my knowledge.

Maninder paaji, I have been waiting in my local council of City of Canada Bay and it has been more than 4 months. I called department of immigration and they said that there is no prospective date given to me on their portal. Looks like the wait is 6-9 months all over Sydney, no matter where you are. Unless you somehow get an urgent ceremony due to some serious reason.

If you are waiting since April im assuming you will get a place any month now because you are past the 3 month mark. However I will be extremely lucky to attend a citizenship ceremony this year.

Hello This is my timeline: Citizenship application date: 8th July (I applied on the day I became eligible) Citizenship test date: 8th August Citizenship Approval letter: 18th August (came in the mail today!) Citizenship Ceremony letter: Waiting, Lets see how long this takes, how ever my processing was quite speedy and the whole application process seemed very comfortable and easy. Now the real wait begins, id be lucky to get a spot this year! Considering the responses people from city of Canada Bay are giving on this forum. Yikes.