tech123

5 months after approval

I’m very sorry Shiela to hear that your application has taken this long. Is there any reason for the delay? I know that we have almost the same timeline upto the citizenship test. My family and I already attended our citizenship ceremony two weeks ago. Hope that immigration will find notice on the waiting time of your application.

Hi Sheila, we got the approval letters before australia day but unfortunately we were not included in the ceremony; hopefully on the next ctizenship ceremony. Hope you get your approval, just so frustrating to wait...?

Hope you get it next week. Our citizenship tests are just a week apart.

Thanks. I hope it changes soon. Think Immigration is trying to process as much as they can before the Christmas holidays.

My ImmiAccount citizenship status changed from Received to Approved on 15/12.

She took the test the same date as mine (june 15), we’re just 30 mins apart. Applied citizenship on March, I am the principal applicant.

My wife's status on the immiaccount changed from Received to Approved. Mine hasn't changed. I am thinking it might be because that my kids are under my application. I have a friend with her son under her application with the same status as mine and she had her test taken a month before us. She took her citizenship test on May 2017.

There is a long thread on citizenship, you’ll get a lot of info on the citizenship timelines nowadays. Check citizenship timelines 2015-2016. This covers 2017 applicants as well.

No update from me yet Shiela?

Hi Felix123, I asked DIBP about the same question. They told me that they will not email the approval letter but will be posted. They said it has something to do with the legislation.

I hope we all get our letters soon :-)

No...it's just a matter of how strong your faith is.....so others call it luck, some call it coincidence, but for me....an answered prayer:-)

Hi Sheila, still waiting here.

I guess prayers do work for me. Just this morning, 2 mins after doing my Wednesday novena prayers (which I have been doing for the last 15 years) I got a call from the citizenship dept checking on the movement of my son to Australia. Good thing is that the officer told me that they are already processing my application. Guess prayers work for some people after all :-)