millski88

On 12/10/2019 at 12:26, mgdownunder said:

Hi, saw you had nw bank card reader....do you still have it? .....mine got droped/ broken

Where is your NW account registered? Could you order one to the UK address and have it posted over?

3 hours ago, Rvee said:

Hi friends

i m new in this forum.

recently i have lodged my citizenship. I just wanted to know which is best site where i can prepare myself for citizenship test.

help would appreciated.

thank you 

I tried about 5 apps and this one the best, you have to pay $4 to unlock all the questions but I’d say it’s worth it!

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/australia-citizenship-test/id543949259

Passed test 100% this morning. It was all so quick I ended up leaving the centre before my actual appointment time

Citizenship test on thursday morning woooooooop  haha. Keen to get it done and dusted!

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen/permanent-resident

You haven't stated, but presuming you're talking about citizenship by conferral just have a look at the home affairs website link above, see the section 'step by step'.

@Sigemup have you discovered the 1300t form yet? The paper-based citizenship application?

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/1300t.pdf

 It's a good way of getting an overview of the application before you're able to access the online version.

Hi again!

1. No. Only for those applying. But, you do need: DOB, place of birth, citizenship and date acquired of any parents or siblings you are listing on the app.

2. No. Give a couple if you want. I've only ever given one primary email address per application/applicant.

3. No. Only to pay your fee, no banking details/history for the actual application.

4. Have you a specific case which requires a form 80 for citizenship? It wasn't a requirement for us, and i wasn't aware it was for any citizenship path (could be wrong!).

For our form 80 on the 186, we created a standalone Word doc, and used a new page for each section which needed continuation. Clearly labelled in the header of each page, something like:

'PART F - QUESTION 19 | EMPLOYMENT HISTORY CONTINUATION'

Then we'd try as best we could to 'recreate' the form fields or table from the form 80 section in Word, and continuing filling in there.

Say if that was page 1 of the continuation Word doc, we'd add a note in to the last available part of the original form 80 section "CONTINUED ON PAGE 1 CONTINUATION SHEETS"

Then simply PDF the Word doc when done and insert these pages at the end of the form 80 so it's altogether and can't be missed.

Hope that makes sense.

17 minutes ago, Sigemup said:

Thank you millski88 for the replies ! 

I have a couple of more questions

1. Does the person who signs this form need to provide any identity document ? 

2. as I understand only 1 person needs to sign and fill this form is that correct ? 

3. Also, does a radiologist or an Assistant valuation Actuary qualify to sign this document ?  

Thank you 

1. Not to complete the form no. I couldn't comment on the phone call/check as i haven't had it happen yet for me, but unlikely i think!

2. Yes one of these forms per applicant. Can be the same person if you have more than one applicant.

3. I can't really comment on specific titles as I wouldn't be giving accurate information. I did so happen to ask a radiologist friend of our family though, and she told us that she did not fall under any of the professions/occupations listed, as she wasn't counted as a 'Medical Practitioner'.

Tom

10 minutes ago, paulhand said:

You don't need to know someone at all (institutionally or otherwise) to certify a document, you just need to be a person of a type on the list of approved certifiers. You are certifying the document not the person.

Ah great. Furthers my point.

15 minutes ago, Sigemup said:

Thank you for the reply Millski. 

I have worked here for about 2.5 years now and they know me. 

Could you please let me know what you mean by "Genuinely" know. Is that the same as "know" ? Because, as I understand this form is only to confirm identity and hence they just need to state that they know me. It is not like we are close friends with some of these people but we know each other. Is that ok ? Or do they need to be close to fill this ? 

Ah no, for sure if you've worked there 2.5 years that is fine. The person has known you personally for over 1 year. 

The key thing with the 1195 which is unlike other 'certified' processes is that the person has to know you, rather than being a representative of an entity that 'knows you'. For example, when you get docs certified it can sometimes count to go in to a branch of your bank and have a staff member sign off for you, as the bank has known you given your time as an account holder of the bank. In the case of the 1195 this wouldn't count though. The person you pick needs to be happy to answer a call to say they as an individual actually know you. Hope this makes sense.

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6 minutes ago, Sigemup said:

Hi Guys,

I have a couple of questions about form 1195. 

1. 

When could I get this form filled up ? It says the photograph can be at max about 6 months old. So the form would have to be filled at max within 6 months prior to the application date. However there is alsoone more section in question 1. It says to fill the "Transaction Reference Number (the number that you were given when you lodged your online application)". 

a. So could I have the form 1195 filled and then, when I start filling the application, add the transaction number required as above ? Or would it have to be that first start (or complete?) the application and then only get the form 1195 filled ?

b. As I understand the form 1195 needs to be uploaded before submitting the application. So, would the above mentioned Transaction reference number be generated before the application is submitted or would it be generated after ? If it is generated after submitting application, then how could I input the transaction reference number and attach the form 1195 before submitting. 
 
 
 
 
 2. One of the occupations listed that can sign form 1195 is "Finance company officer with 5 or more years of continuous service" 

As of now , I work at as Information Technology person insurance company (Life and General insurance (and also does Investments such as Unit Trusts) Would a person working at such an Insurance company be eligible to sign the 1195 form ? If so what designations at the insurance company be eligible to sign this form?

Below are some designations of people I know here. Please let me know which or any of the following would be eligible to sign this form?

1. Designation: Manager, Department: Investment Operations 
2. Designation: Operations and Investor control, Department: Investor services
3. Designation: Data Analyst distribution, Department: Distribution analytics
4. Designation: Information Technology manager Department: Information Technology
5. Customer experience and retention manager

Thank you

Hey

1. You can get your 1195 and photo signature sorted prior to starting an application - just leave the TRN blank. You can then start a citizenship application online in the lead up to your eligible date, and after the first 1 or 2 pages of the online form you can 'Save' and a TRN is generated. Then simply add this in to your 1195 and scan it ready to upload once you're online app is completed.

2. From what I can see on a quick google search on this subject, an insurance company is considered a finance company. Personally, I would pick "Manager, Investment Operations" as it is the clearest and most 'black and white' finance-sounding title on there. If you really wanted to put your mind at rest, you could speak to DOHA to check. Something to note though - how long have you worked there? have these people genuinely known you for 1 year?

6 hours ago, KazBaker said:

Hi everyone,

can anyone tell me how can i prove evidence of first arrivel to Australia. Thanks mate 

We combined our original visa grant letter, flight ticket email and passport scan to cover all basis.

9 hours ago, Areyousure said:

That’s true. They are very desperate right now. 

It smells very much like a "stick with this Brexit idea and look at all this great stuff we will <most likely not> be able to do for you" 

There's so much of that about in British politics at the minute, and so far at least it's been a completely one-sided exchange. One UK MP saying something she wants to do, with no official reply or any confirmation from the other side.

25 minutes ago, Ausa0000 said:

Yeah, I may have a habit of overthinking just about every aspect of the process. Sadly, there is a lot of time to do so, but eventually it will all be over.

It's hard not to for sure. I'm very grateful our citizenship apps have gone quite quickly so far.

4 hours ago, newjez said:

I know a lot of Australians who popped over to the UK to work in my youth. You could work for a couple of years and put a serious dent in your mortgage. But that was pre GFC and pre Brexit when the pound was worth something. We are struggling to attract Europeans now.

But I think a lot of bright young poms would travel to Australia. Whether they would come back or not is the question.

 

True, especially right now, it'd be very one-sided.

8 minutes ago, Areyousure said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/18/britain-will-aim-for-freedom-of-movement-deal-with-australia

 

so with the possibility of freedom between UK and AUS. What do you think could be some of the possible consequences. The two countries are similar at the same time very different in a lot of other ways. 

Would it result in a lot of British migrating to Australia or would it be the other way and cause a brain drain. 

This caught my eye recently for sure. On a totally selfish level, after slogging through the visa system here as a Brit I kind of hope it doesn't happen  but it's the consequences that make me question the feasibility of it. Scott Morrison's comments on it seem pretty clear, it's unlikely his government would ever consider a new zealand type agreement with any other country. The scale of consequences on both countries of complete freedom of travel just make it seem highly unlikely to me. The number of out-there headlines in the UK around this messy time which is Brexit make it hard to believe anything that comes out of UK parliament in the news!

4 hours ago, Ausa0000 said:

Supposedly how you gained permanent residency does factor somewhat into the processing of citizenship applications according to the ANAO audit that was done on DOHA. It stated that applications were often put into separate groups according to whether they were skilled migrants, partner visa, humanitarian stream, etc. Supposedly certain teams are assigned to each different batch, with the most complex cases being handled by a special task force (recently confirmed by Minister for Immigration David Coleman ).

The exact wording of the ANAO citizenship application audit reads:

"The type of visa held by the applicant is used to categorise their citizenship application as having come from the skilled stream, family stream, humanitarian stream or other migration stream. Citizenship applications from the humanitarian stream have been identified by Home Affairs as being the most complex to process on average and applications from the skilled stream as being the least complex. The ANAO therefore used the migration stream as a proxy measure of complexity. "

After following many applicants, it seems there may actually be quicker average processing times overall for certain applicants depending on their visa history.

I see where you are coming from. Certainly an interesting read.

Further down in the audit though they talk about the 'skilled' and 'family' streams presenting similar low-complexity (or 'business as usual'). It mentions that the low complexity is due to previous visa applications providing readily available records and checks on the applicant, which makes sense. The 'family stream' applicants in the audit are current visa holders for citizenship by conferral, so their original PR application would have required similar history, health and character checks as a primary skilled visa holder. I can't see anywhere where it mentions a different measure of processing time between 'skilled' and 'family' streams. 

The other remaining stream ('Humanitarian') is obviously an outlier, with what must be frequent lack of readily available records (or difficulty attaining them), but i'd question if we have any applicants in that stream on the forum.

Complex cases too, as they state in the audit - for sure, that'd definitely increase processing time, but a complex case could occur across any of the 'streams'.

Putting humanitarian aside, i'm still not sure we have enough to go on to consider a systematic difference in processing time based on PR type.

I'd basically talking my way out of this as i'd rather not have another potential process to overthink 

32 minutes ago, Parkesy said:

Got my appointment and test today. Scheduled late Jan.

Pretty fast turnaround of 2.7 months to get the invite.

Yes mate! Good stuff. You going to get that itch to check the appointments site every 3 seconds now haha.

Just checked, lots of appointments 18 & 19 December if you're free then. Can always shift it again...

1 hour ago, Ausa0000 said:

Congrats! Just curious, did you obtain permanent residency by way of being a skilled migrant? It seems as though citizenship applicants who have come to Australia on a skilled migrant visa get faster processing than other permanent residents. Either way, it is good to see people getting fast test invites.

I don't believe PR pathway is a factor in processing time. Citizenship eligibility only goes as far as the time spent as a permanent resident - it doesn't go any more granular than that in regards to type of PR an applicant has. There's no reason the type of PR would be used as a variable in the processing of citizenship.

3 minutes ago, LoriB said:

So excited!

Got email for Citizenship appointment + test today.

Timeline for us was:

Online application submitted  12 June 2019
Council – Gold Coast QLD
Email received for Citizenship Appointment + Test  18 September 2019
Date of the Citizenship Interview / Test  30 October 2019

That will be 4 months from Application to Interview / Test.  Beyond excited as I thought we were looking at a 2 year wait.

 

Congrats!

1 hour ago, runni said:

Got my approval.

Online application submitted/received – 31 Jan 2019
Council – North Sydney
Test invitation received 16 Sep 2019 for late Nov, rescheduled
Interview/Test date at Parramatta office -- 17 Sep 2019
Date of approval – 17 Sep 2019
Ceremony : TBA (held once a month at the council)

Dreamy timeline! Congrats.

9 hours ago, Aug2017ACT said:

back log is nearly 200.000 !!!

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/lives-are-on-hold-government-pressured-to-address-citizenship-backlog

Interesting article

17 hours ago, LouDYorkie said:

2 friends of mine just had a ceremony on Sunday in Acacia Ridge (Brisbane). There were 7000 people apparently!!!
They also held a ceremony on Saturday!
Looks like they are trying to wade through the backlog...

7000! wowzers

Just now, MrGrieves said:

I think it's just DOHA organising ceremonies across Melbourne to clear some of the Councils' backlog.

That's a good sign