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My wife`s timeline 309/100 application: 27/12/2020 309 granted: 19/03/2018 First entry : 08/09/2018 100 visa application: 30/01/2020 ( 1 month after eligibility) ... but still waiting for the grant Anyone with similar timeline ?

Hello My wife received her Partner visa 309 yesterday after 2 months and a half from applying ..!! it was such a formidable news for us Timeline: Application logged online: 28/12/2017 Police check done after 3 days, and health check done also after 1 month Case officer was assigned in 18/02/2018 The case officer asked for German police certificate to be provided , because my wife lived in Germany for more than 12 months Visa granted in 19/03/2018 Best of luck to everyone

Hello I applied last december 29th. 2017 . offshore . used an agent in Australia. Finger prints done after 2 days of submission 1 month later a case offcer was assigned , and the agent asked for Medicals to be done Medicals Done. Still waiting and no interview call was received

Thank you elle99

Hello I`m Australian Citizen , and I have in a distance relationship with my partner over a year, and we got married just recently, she is overseas now, and I`m in Melbourne. I want to apply for a visa for her to come over here, but I do not know what type of visa I have to apply for? or which is better to do, apply within Australia, or offshore? Can anyone please share some info ... Thank you

Timeline Application: 26/01/2017 Test date: 10/03/2017 Approval: 22/03/207 dated 15/03/2017 Ceremony letter received: 18/5/2017 ( I`m no sure about what date I receive It, but it is between 15th and 18th May.) dated 10 May 2017 Ceremony date: 06/06/2017 Passport application: 07/06/2017 Collection date from passport office: 21/06/2017

the ceremony location was allocated by the DIPB not the council , It was in the city near the DIPB , I called the council 2 days before the ceremony to confirm the location, as in the council`s website it says craigieburn, the council told me to go to the location which DIPB stated in the invitation letter FYI: if you attend the ceremony in the city ( at the college of surgeons venue) some of your council representatives will attend too.

It took me only 2 months to receive the invitation letter.

Hello I called the immi department and the nice lady said that I have allocated a tentative date of 06/06/2017 for my ceremony , she said I should receive a letter in the next days for the confirmation, and aftera 2 days I received the latter and after 2-3 weeks I attended the ceremony My council is Hume, VIC . and last Wednesday I received my Australian passport Good luck for all.

Hello Guys I attended my citizenship ceremony today, Melbourne It was well organised, did not take much time, around 100 person were there. Finally, and proudly I can say I`m an Aussie, and proud to be a part of this great nation. Good luck for all

Updates Just received my invitation letter to attend the citizenship ceremony. Timeline: Hume Council , VIC Application : 26/01/2017 E-mail received for the test: 07/03/2017 Rescheduled online: 10/03/2017 ( original date: 19/06/2017 ) Approval letter: 22/03/2017 dated 15/03/2017 Ceremony invitation letter: 17/05/2017 Ceremony date: 06/06/2017 The strange thing is that I called DIBP couple days ago to ask for any tentative date of the ceremony, and the nice lady said I got one in the 1/08/2017 ... !!! but I received the invitation letter today for June ceremony .! Any way, the sooner the better .. lool From the bottom of my heart I hope everyone`s application will run smoothly and successful. Good luck.

Thanks for the reply what council are you in? Cheers

Updates..! Date applied: 26/01/2017 City and Council area: Hume , Vic Date received the acknowledgement email: 26/01/2017 Date of the Citizenship Test: 10/03/2017 Date of Approval letter: 22/03/2017 Tentative Date for ceremony: 01/08/2017 did anyone tried to change the ceremony date to an earlier one? Good luck for all.

Im still waiting my friend , Date applied: 26/01/2017 City and Council area: Hume , Vic Date received the acknowledgement email: 26/01/2017 Date of the Citizenship Test: 10/03/2017 Date of Approval letter: 22/03/2017 Date of ceremony: TBA

Hey In the approval letter, in case you already received it, your PR visa will cease when you attend the ceremony and have your citizenship certificate, which means till the ceremony and you are on PR visa, Re-entry to Australia while you are on PR visa will not be an issue at all. Cheers

and may cat too , the only one who is Aussie in my house

Check the Junk/spam folder in your husband`s e-mail , he may receive his test e-mail in it , this is what happened to many applicants, including me,

hey I`ve seen many applicants experienced the same situation, the DIBP send out e-mails for test/interview according to each applicant`s case, this means even if you both made the citizenship applications at the same time you both may receive e-mails with different dates this is due, as I said, the DIPB will look at each application alone and with different approach. but still, you may select to attend the same ceremony. good luck

Hello Im I the only one from Hume City Council VIC in the forum ? Waiting just for the ceremony letter/date. Regards

Hello Normally waiting period for the ceremony letter/ date could take up to 6 months as a maximum from the approval date , but this depends and can take less than 6 months ( most of applicants got their ceremony letters start from 1 to 3 months) and also the DIPB issues the invitation letters for ceremony according to the council`s ceremonies dates... you can check your city council`s website to see the available ceremony dates... DIPB will end for you an invitation for the ceremony ,,,,, and also I`m waiting for the ceremony letter,,, good lucl

Hi All A good website where you can share, and see the other applicant`s timelines: http://www.sharemytimeline.info/ Cheers!

Hello Check this recent PDF Document: http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/discussion-papers/citizenship-paper.pdf The Government will introduce new citizenship related legislation into the Parliament, informed by responses to this paper, by the end of 2017. The package of reforms will apply to applications received on or after the Government’s announcement on 20 April 2017. Good luck for everyone

Hey It is a normal thing.. all applicants have noticed that their parents details are appearing bellow the applicant`s ones, even if you call the DIBP they will say it is OK and there is nothing to worry about. Cheers!

Hi To my experience (or at least what I have seen from other forums), the waiting time can vary due to many reasons, when they do security check they take into consideration many factors like : the country of origin, your background in Australia and overseas, your name ( maybe there are a lot of people who have the same name as yours...). If you used to do security check for work here in Australia I believe this will speed the process to get the security check to be done on time. Also + the state you are living in , in you are living in a place where there too much applicants I think this will take time to be assigned with a test date. ( personally when I was calling DIBP to check when It will be my test date , the officer was saying to me that we are dealing with every application alone, case by case, you should not compare yourself with others) For immi account you will not get any notification in it, only after the ceremony, then the statue of your account will be shown " Finalized" ( of course after your receive you citizenship certificate) keep check your e-mail account even the spam/junkie folder, many applicants receive their e-mail for the test in it, including me, Good luck

Most applicants have been trough this waiting period, some more than 5 weeks , myself I waited for 5 weeks to get my test e-mails. Advice: Check your spam folder in your e-mail, as many applicants received their test e-mails in the spam folder. Good luck