Sheila

140 days and waiting

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rLZKwjhbfXLeqWyX3mqxU3p4SOfFedG7WanXQSwyrfA/edit#gid=1621018804

Congrats

I agree with you. Because of the stunt of trying of changing rules and later, a miserable defeat in passing the bill in the senate has upset the whole ecosystem of the immi department.  They have also downsized the department last year.

The staff working at the department is now bombarded by hundreds of calls and emails every day. (120,000 pending citizen applications). They have now removed the mask of courtesy and empathy to the callers as they themselves cant do anything. There are now some processing teams which are hard to access even by the call centre staff. I would just say, it is an unfortunate situation in which we are all stuck. The situation will likely to continue to remain same unless some drastic rectification measures are taken by the department. 

Just wait and see.

Good luck.

There is a possibility that you can get ceremony notification straight without approval letter, however, it is worthwhile to check by calling immi department.

Good luck

If it is by the end of Nov, I may not be able to attend Dec Ceremony - Most likely 26 January 

they told me about Global processing time. So just have to wait 

I had an urgent meeting  this morning so get time around 10:00 am. So I dropped the call. I will try again next week when this Citizenship bill-related calls get stabilized.

I was trying to call this morning - your caller number is 282 ...!!! it is been a  month I called. 

I think now things will move fast in next 2 weeks

120,000 Applications pending....!!

Please share link

This guy looks to  have similar timeline like yours

• Location:

  Melbourne
  Council:

  Darebin
  Nationality:

  United Kingdom
  Online/paper:

  paper

  Logement: 01/04/201
  Appointment Date

  18/05/2017

  Test Sat

  21/06/2017

  Approval Received

  17/10/2017

   

  Another approval guys 

if you already applied, you don't need to submit another identity form. Otherwise, you will have to

it is been 6 months since I applied for Citizenship. As per service standards, 75% cases should be finalised in 10 months. 4 months left.

Today the bill is to be discussed or tomorrow?

you have to check by calling immi

Status changes after the ceremony. Sometimes after passport printing. Approval doesn't reflect in IMMI account.

@ londonluci you will get letter soon

@ Donna you will get very soon. Now immi is back in action 

I am not 100% sure but someone told me that queue is related to the date of application and not related to the date of the citizenship test. As the department has the service standard from application date to the date of finalisation, therefore, they would prefer older application first. I applied 18th April and you on 16 April, therefore, your application should be approved first. 

Another approval for another  Melbourne applicant. Now immi started looking into old files (B4  20 april 2017)

Date of application: 18 /04/2017

Test: 08 Sept 2017

Approval 5 /10/2017

Letter 13/10 /2017

Congrats for finishing business with immi. Very happy for u. Hopefully, we will be finished in  2-3 months.