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Had my ceremony last Monday and got the certificate straight away! ? YAY! ??? Here's my timeline: Date Applied : Feb 2018 Online/Paper : Paper Date received the acknowledgement : Feb 2018 Test appointment received : April 2018 Citizenship Test : May 2018 Date of Approval : May 2018 Ceremony Invitation : Aug 2018 Date of Ceremony : September 2018

https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/hindi/en/article/2018/08/20/australian-citizenship-more-staff-be-deployed-process-backlog

Hi @Simonrbh, thank you! Here's my final timeline. ? Here's hoping yours will be as quick as mine. ? Waiting can be quite frustrating. After I got my approval, I became impatient. ? But y'all get there. Trust me there's no special treatment or whatsoever. ??

Likewise @Zet01! ??

Hello everyone! I received my ceremony invite yesterday. ? And I am over the moon. ?? Here's my timeline: Date Applied : Feb 2018 Online/Paper : Paper Date received the acknowledgement : Feb 2018 Test appointment received : April 2018 Citizenship Test : May 2018 Date of Approval : May 2018 Ceremony Invitation : Aug 2018 Date of Ceremony : September 2018 Good luck to everyone. It's kinda a bit frustrating but you'll all get there. ??

Nope, nothing. It's really frustrating. Waiting for ceremony shouldn't take 6 months. My sister in UK only took a week to do her ceremony. I don't know why in Australia takes ages to do a ceremony. ???

First called Department of home affairs about the citizenship ceremony, they told me to call the local council. Called the City Council and they told me to ring the Department of home affairs . ? Seriously, none of them could give me a bloody answer when the next ceremony is in Brisbane. ? Guess I'll just have to wait. ??

Didn't know there's lots of people waiting for their test/approval until now. I haven't called the council, but I will in my free time. Hopefully they send out the letters soon.

I'm still waiting for my ceremony invitation. Anyone here still waiting? Date applied: 24/02/2018 City/Council area: Brisbane City Council Online / Paper:  Paper Date received the acknowledgement email: 27/02/2018 Date of the Citizenship Test: 22/05/2018 Approval online: 25/05/2018 Date of ceremony: TBA Type of ceremony: