NSJ

On 28/04/2018 at 11:58, Sheila said:

Application Approved.

Timeline

Applied 18 April 2017
Test 22 June 2017
Approved: 28 April 2018 ( 12 months 10 days after application - 10 months after test )

Thanks for your support.

Congrats. Did you get an auto-generated email notifying you of the approval? 

6 hours ago, Sheila said:

@NSJ and @Elliot Tsao  Any news?

No, heard nothing since. 

2 minutes ago, Sheila said:

What they said when you called. I even did not bother to call.

I did not call them, I went back to submit the request document in person and asked an officer about the email and was briefly told to ignore it. I did not get the chance to see my case officer as She is on sick-leave. 

3 minutes ago, Sheila said:

I think you are right. It really depends on the case officer

 

I just can't figure out why they sent us another appointment email after we have passed the test on the day. 

2 minutes ago, Sheila said:

I think they should either take express envelopes on the day of the interview or email approval letters to save some time. Police check, they checked many times already. After interview do they check again?

Considering records of same day approval, they must have obtained police check pre test appointments. In reality, I don't know if that's always the case. 

Just now, Sheila said:

A lot of them got approved on the same day. But some of them get the letter late

It really comes down to the individual case officer, I suppose, like I was told my case officer is on sick-leave (? for how long). 

Just now, Sheila said:

I am in the second week, 4 weeks is common 4 Melbourne 

The police check and postage takes a bit time, I think, despite I've seen people got approved on the same day of the appointment. 

2 minutes ago, Sheila said:

No, they did not ask any additional documents

Good Luck, Hope you get your approval soon. 

Just now, Sheila said:

Yes, I got another appointment test email in September after passing the test. Although I already appeared test on 23 June.

Is it a common thing? Why do they need to re-book an appointment ?  They did not request any additional documents from you, did they. 

1 hour ago, Sheila said:

No, They have not taken but they checked

- Form 1195

- Driving license, Birth certificate, Medicare, Passport

that is all

I rescheduled and passed my test on 27/June. But during the interview/appointment my CO requested additional documents which I submitted to another officer earlier today (been told my CO is on sick leave).  The interesting thing is that I have received another email sent to me on the same day of my test appointment on 27/June. I did ask them today and was told to ignore that. Anyone had similar experience ? 

On 30/06/2017 at 08:38, Sheila said:

How long it takes to get approval letter after the test?

Did they collect your signature during the appointment/ interview before test? 

Just now, Sheila said:

Keep refreshing.  You will get early dates.  I got in 24 August but re-scheduled to 23 June.  Good luck

Thanks Sheila, I will try.

Finally got my test appointment email today. Scheduled on 28/Sep

8 minutes ago, Sheila said:

24 August

that's good. good luck

Just now, Sheila said:

I applied late night 18 April, your turn will be soon NSJ

When is your test date? 

28 minutes ago, Sheila said:

I have got finally my test email 22:15 AEST, Test 24 August

Great !  

Just now, Sheila said:

I mean that is the maximum limit of my waiting.... I will die if not received by the end of the week.

hope DIBP will see this post 

Just now, Sheila said:

It is our turn now. I think we will get before the end of the week Thursday or Friday.

Why Thursday or Friday? 

13 minutes ago, Sheila said:

HI NSJ & Teck 123,

I applied around 22:50 PM AEST  on 18th April. Just 2 days before cut off date for the change of rules. I have not received any response from DIBP yet. It looks that you guys are right, after processing they have an automatic system which is sending emails out of business hours. I am from Hume council in Victoria. It is really a good news that people from Melbourne can refresh and potentially get early dates if they are lucky.

Perth & Sydney is far ahead most of them have already appeared in test who applied in April. I became eligible on 14 April but my bad I applied little late. Still lucky enough that I applied before the change of rules.

Good luck with the upcoming test on 30th June.

 

hope we get appointment soon, Sheila. 

21 hours ago, Sheila said:

Hi NSJ- I have not received the email yet ... I applied 18 April ...!!

We are probably the only people still waiting for a test appointment before the cut-off date. 

Just now, Elliot Tsao said:

I applied 16 Apr night and paid and received an ack letter.

Firstly received test date email last Thur, 1010pm, scheduled in 14 Sept. Then, refresh timetable everyday. This afternoon, moved to 12 Sep and about 40 minutes ago, refreshed again then changed to 30 June.

Good on you. Good luck. 

1 minute ago, Elliot Tsao said:

Hey NSJ, just let you know, I received my test appointment email last Thursday, out of business hours, 10:10pm AEST

I think they just confirm which applicants can receive email then put us into an emailing waiting list, then system automatically send us by numeric sequence?

It sounds very logical. How long had you been waiting?  

2 minutes ago, tech123 said:

No...I think I got my invite on a Saturday.

Interesting. They may have an automatic reply system to organise the tests 

4 minutes ago, tech123 said:

I know the feeling, it's very frustrating :-( I don't know why everything has been very slow. Months ago it wasn't like this....really really disappointing.  

Nothing we can do but waiting. Do they only send out emails during the business hours ?

8 minutes ago, tech123 said:

Hi Sheila, yes I have already taken my citizenship test last week. It took me 2 months to receive the invite and had my test taken last week with 100% passing.

Apologies if I have not given the update. Now it's waiting time for me. I have called the citizenship hotline no. this morning, but I didn't get a good reply from them. They're just going with what is written in the website in regards to the timeline of processing. I am thinking of contacting our local council. They have replied to me before when I asked for the dates of the citizenship ceremonies which is every two months.

It has been around 2 month so far and I am still waiting for a test appointment.