Mazen

Congrats! The ceremony usually depends on council availability, Metro cities will have more frequent ceremonies (every month). fo regional cities might have one every two months or depend on how many persons granted citizenship at the city. you may get enrolled soon in the Australia day ceremony, this is the major one in Australia.

Finally, this dream came to an end! I have just received the ceremony invitation to the 26/1/2021, coincidently this date will mark 6 years upon my arrival in Australia. I have enjoyed being in this forum through all my process starting my PR application and wish everybody very good luck in his Citizenship journey.

I suggest to read our common bond book, also you can browse on the internet there are many websites where you can practice on the book info. These were very useful to me and the majority of the questions will be similar to what you will see on these practice exams. Good Luck

For my interview, I was only asked to present the driver's license and, no one asked for the passport. You could be the same.

I wish this will happen soon! However, the pandemic situation is settled where I'm located (touch wood) and, I reckon it will be a regular ceremony at the council

Finally, the citizenship application is approved on the Immi website. Waiting for the Ceremony which is the last step of this journey, looking forward to receiving this letter soon

Hi All, FYI, I have conducted the interview yesterday! This was very simple, I did this at the Centrelink office in my town me and my wife, the whole process took me 10 minutes and I walked away. I've assumed too many questions with lots of paperwork to review, based on the email received your interview could take up to 2 hours. The employee just reviewed my driver's license, DOB, didn't ask for any paperwork, took a photo, all that in the first 5 minutes, then the test exam finished in 5 minutes & got 100% results. She mentioned that I should wait for an official letter from the DOHA with the official outcome, she reckons that the ceremony will be on the coming Australia day. I could be one of the final persons with a long waiting queue for citizenship in this thread, I'll keep you all posted with future updates regarding the ceremony.

I'm having the same situation. I will be conducting the interview on the same day as my wife, but we are going to have two different times. We both applied at the same time and received the invitation letter on the same date. However, She will start the interview at 8:30 am and, I will start at 9:00 am.

It seems things started to move in rural NSW as well Finally! I received an invitation letter yesterday for the test in October after 18 months of waiting. I have noticed that during my waiting period I have received three email surveys from the DHOA. The last one was last week but, this time they mentioned that this is the last survey to be done and, after I submitted the survey, I received the invitation letter. Not sure if anyone else had this type of emails?

I have been only requested to submit a further document in February this year, I have contacted them in August to see if there is any improvement with my application however, they have responded back that documents have been received but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, all face-to-face citizenship appointments have been placed on hold. FYI, I didn't even receive an invitation letter or anything to clarify that my documents are sufficient

It has been almost 17 months for my application (March 2019) and still didn't hear anything. Hopefully, your situation will be better than me and you receive updates soon.

I believe the best option is to send an email with your query to the DOHA explaining the situation, once you submitted the application you can't amend any info. Only you can update your address, email address, and passport details from the immi account.

the new immigration strategy from the government is to increase the number of skilled workers in the regional areas and keeping them away from the big cities, hence, they have created new visa types and canceled others. Below are examples of the types of current visas that are in place: Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191) Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187) Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 494) Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) Skilled-Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476) Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489) Skilled Regional visa (subclass 887) Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)

It is good to see some improvement Finally, however, it is not fair to see the government shifting all immigrants to regional areas but not keeping them into their priorities

it depends on many factors, and it is different from case to case and state to another. below are the details and the average timeframe from the home and affairs Application type Period counted Timeframe for 75% of applications Timeframe for 90% of applications Australian citizenship by conferral (general eligibility and other situations) From date of application to decision 20 months 29 months From date of approval to ceremony 8 months 8 months From date of application to ceremony 19 months 25 months

Just heads up. I can't see any improvement on my citizenship status so far, I was requested by the Department of Immigration to submit a further document on the 20th of Feb and I did on the 24th. I emailed them this morning to see if they received the docs and if it was sufficient to process the documents or if they need an additional one. They have responded quickly which is impressive, but the response didn't give me any hope that they are processing anything and I only have to keep waiting. They only mentioned the face-to-face citizenship ceremonies and they didn't mention the online option, not sure if this is applicable only for certain counsels or across the country based on the current situation with the pandemic. Hi Mazen Thank you for the email all your documents have been received but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, all face-to-face citizenship appointments have been placed on hold. The Department will recommence in-person interviews and citizenship tests when it is safe to do so. New applications for Australian citizenship are still able to be accepted during this period. Processing continues on all applications for Australian citizenship that have already been lodged with the Department The Department website at https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/ will be updated with new information as it becomes available. For further COVID-19 information visit the following website at: www.australia.gov.au

Last updated: 17 July 2020 29 months !!! seriously!!!

of course, I didn't propose anything! But if there is a more safe option like the Online ceremony why we risk our lives in a big congregation.

But the Virus is still out their and people still need keep themselves and their families safe

Hi, I had the same thing, they have requested further information (original birthday certificate). That was on the 20th of February 2020 and I responded back on the 27th and still no reply back from them so the answer is no I guess

it's getting longer again I think NSW has the longest processing times between all states, I've just received an email with further document requests on my application and they are processing my application in Queensland rural office which is awkward because I'm in rural NSW.

Hi Indianinoz, Thanks for the advice, I just updated my signature with my details. cheers

Yes, there are heaps of applicants who got their approval in less than that, but it differs from case to case. In my case, I'm waiting for 11 months now with no updates.

That's the only reference that all of us depending on as well as this forum https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/citizenship-processing-times

Application type Period counted Timeframe for 75% of applications Timeframe for 90% of applications Australian citizenship by conferral (general eligibility and other situations) From date of application to decision 15 months 20 months From date of approval to ceremony 4 months 5 months From date of application to ceremony 21 months 24 months