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Congrats Roland, makes it more real I guess!!!!

Also, They cannot discriminate for that. I mean come on!

Yeah I had my doubts that they do. What do they expect, them being all secretive about the ceremony process? Its high up there and waiting for six months is a long time.

What happened? lol Yeah, they have the recording thing for Dept. of Human Services as well. They have a disclaimer played out the first thing when you call them. They say to mention if you don't want them to record. I just let them lol I can provide some good banter

Did you get a call back from DIBP? I might try calling them tomorrow.

I am in regional Far NQ in Townsville and I applied in April, got approved 2 days after my test in July. No dates yet.

Yeah I am definitely waiting for the white smoke to arise to determine my date.

Have you rang DIBP? Sometimes it depends on the waiting list and how apt is the comms between DIBP and the council.

That's excellent news!!! Congrats!!!!! It will most likely be that date. A lot of places have a big ceremony in September so you might well be in that. I think they also want to probably make way for Australia Day ceremony so they might do a big one in Sep and clear the back log. I might call them today now, I was approved on the 15th and they did not have anything for me last week

haha... Oh Sarah, if only that would work I'll be probably calling end of this month again; unless my lucky stars sparkle and I receive a letter lol.

Yeah I'd like to know this too. I rang them on Wednesday about the passport and they did not have a date yet. So I am definitely not in the Aug one, shame its the same day as my birthday. How amazing that would have been!

OMG OMG OMG CONGRATS ROLAND!!! Amazing news

Oh no! I did not know you were in the same boat. I am just regretting not applying for citizenship last year in Canberra where its super fast and rather waited till I moved to Townsville where it seems the ceremomy is taken quicker than a test date. Now I did ring the Passport office and they said the same thing but I too have read on the other forums that people have applied for passport the same day going to AUSPOST directly after the ceremony. I might just do that if I have one in Dec otherwise I'll have to postpone my trip to next year as I have already booked my tickets. I envy my husband and my son. No need of this stress at all lol.

Thank you <3 Nah my husband's originally Hungarian but lived in Austria and migrated to Aus when he was 7 So he's already a citizen years ago haha I wish I was a Defence recruit, it would be done in 3 months. We have a friend, he's a lateral transfer from the UK army and he had his oath done within 3 months.

I am in Townsville so two business days might only work if I am in a capital city. Also the DIBP said that its ideal to wait 7 days after receiving your certificate so I won't cut it anyway. Shame that we got posted to Townsville (Defence family), I got my son's passport when we were travelling to Europe last time in 2 working days, but we were in Canberra and it was sooooo easy.

This is exactly what I mean. I am not even sure now what to do unless I reschedule my citizenship appointment if its in Dec and travel on my original passport.

Yeah might have to do that. It will be interesting over Xmas/New years

I can enter EU on my passport if I have my ceremony in Dec but I cannot return back to Aus as my PR will cease the day I take the oath. I cannot believe it. I rang the Passport office and the lady said she cannot ship the new passport to an overseas location.

Well the council said there's no backlog but the DIBP says there is. I rang them yesterday to check for my passport and to ask to be not put in Dec one if I cannot get an urgent passport as I won't be able to return back on my foreign passport. She said there's no tentative date yet anyway. The earliest it can come out is 2 months in advance but usually call around 3 weeks in advance from the date. Its annoying how for so many people it puts things on hold. She said that she cannot guarantee I won't be in the Dec one and I am like I cannot even use my own passport to travel overseas and return peacefully lol. smh

Oh mate what a shame! I am lucky in that sense I guess coz my council has 12 ceremonies for the year and a big one on Citizens day (17th Sep) but I'll quote Alexandre Dumas for all of us 'wait and hope' lol.

Holy mother of God Bessiedoll - thats quick! Congrats

Yeah seems straightforward but since I have rang them on Monday and its now 3 weeks since approval - there's been no tentative date. Maybe they do have a particular format to stick to. They deal with so many people so DIBP might be a bit overwhelmed I guess.

I guess at the end of the day, there's nothing anyone can do except wait because all we can do is guesswork. Unless we know someone working for DIBP lol.

This is so silly, if its true! I thought they'd want to get it over and done with to avoid backlog/over filling the venue.

You might still get in. Its about 6 weeks away Have you rang DIBP for a tentative date yet?