Tanwi

21 minutes ago, Maryan said:

Hi, Any idea how to change the date of citizenship test date? I have tried to do it online but I dont see any slots in coming months. I see the latest available is in Nov'19. 

Application Date: 20th Nov'18

Test Invite: Has come on 6th June . (Test is on 15th Oct)

Place: Melbourne CBD

Let me know if any other alternatives are present to prepone the test date?

Just check everyday sometimes twice a day slots come up randomly (when someone drops their slot). 

I got invite early May for August. Moved that 4 times till I got a slot in Late May and did the  test. (

just kept checking any chance I got) 

Has anyone actually had their application statues changed from Received to Initial Assessment and or Further Assessment. Or are most applications jst from received to approved? 

Seeing all this approvals is exciting. Congratulations people who have moved on to the next stage.  

I see the wait is daunting but worth it. . 

53 minutes ago, LouDYorkie said:

I was told a further AFP check is required because they only get a maximum of 40 days use from the date it is sent to them. Other checks depend on circumstances (although the person I asked didn’t elaborate)

Thank you at least have some idea what checks need to be done. 

Silly me didn't ask questions after the test. Just up and left, I guess nerves and all. Oh well. I guess we shall just wait and see. 

Out of curiosity does anyone know what checks they actually do? 

45 minutes ago, LouDYorkie said:

Yes, same for me.
I did my test 3 weeks ago and nothing yet.
Interestingly, I think you pulled your date forward, as did I.
I wonder if we will only get approval around the time of our original test dates

LOL. Same that was what I was thinking. Maybe since I pulled my date forward . Original shedualed test date was the 9th of August so probably I have to wait till than for any outcome .  I did my test the 27th of May... *sigh*

I thought waiting for test date would be the longest and most daunting. 

Learning that for me actually waiting for approval is a nuisance . 

44 minutes ago, CaptainR said:

I've just logged into my immi account and it shows my citizenship as finalised today (This application for Australian citizenship by conferral has been finalised. The department may contact the applicant about next steps in this application for Australian citizenship.) 

A little concerned as I haven't received an invite for a test yet... Wondering if it might be a glitch in the system. 

Oh wow that's interesting...

When did you apply? 

Has anyone applied for a tourist visa 600 family stream?

If so in terms of paper work/documents to provide is it the same as when you apply for a normal tourist visa and only difference is you pay a bond (if applicable)? 

Also which is more viable to do? 

Thank you

On 27/05/2019 at 16:51, shiveringpom said:

this is our next step when we hit 18m  which is looming soon...... no idea why we have no test date nor requests for more info ...all very bizarre  and frustrating ....just nothing and when we ring them they say just wait ....arrghhhh .... RRV in place for all of us ...send in all copies of new passports  and anything i can think of lol

Have you tried one of those FOI things? 

1 hour ago, Tanwi said:

Yes I needed one from home country as I spent a year there plus other months after gaining PR. 

Yes, I sent a set of finger prints, plus filled in forms etc and DHL them back to my home country (had someone at home to lodge at police headquarters) to process my police clearence certificate. I was travelling for Easter break to see my fanily in April, so picked up the police clearence in person and brought it back and attached to the required feil on my application. 

Also on PPC sorry I must have miss read yes you can apply for your respective countries online or whichever way is allowable by them. 

As for my home country I just didn't trust things would be done on the time frame I had in mind so I went about doing it as I mentioned above. Cheers 

Hope that answered your question.

15 minutes ago, Sigemup said:

Thank you for the response !

Also, u have mentioned you need to get PCC for overseas.Could you get it from here in Oz - Because from what I know it can be applied here also ? 

 

 

Yes I needed one from home country as I spent a year there plus other months after gaining PR. 

Yes, I sent a set of finger prints, plus filled in forms etc and DHL them back to my home country (had someone at home to lodge at police headquarters) to process my police clearence certificate. I was travelling for Easter break to see my fanily in April, so picked up the police clearence in person and brought it back and attached to the required feil on my application. 

2 hours ago, Netbg said:

Just wondering how long, roughly, people waited from test/interview to ceremony and then passport.

 

I have my test in Brisbane on 6 June but my PR expires in August. I’ve called and it basically doesn’t matter about renewing unless I am leaving the country, which I am in December. However it can take 2 months to get the PR renewal (entering back to Australia) visa thing.. 158 visa I think she said

There are some members I saw that applied for RRV (resident return visa) onshore and had it approved in minutes. Mine expires next month (June). 

2 hours ago, LouDYorkie said:

I was in the building for about an hour and fifteen minutes because there was a full waiting room and it was in ticket number order. I was maybe 5 minutes speaking to the person processing whilst they checked my documents and they sent me off to do my test which really did only take a couple of minutes and in that time I’d made sure to read the questions properly and be careful with my answers (and got %)
They couldn’t approve on the spot as my background checks had not been completed....

Thank you for the response

2 hours ago, Sigemup said:

 

Hi Tanwi,

 

Is there anything specific that you think, such as documents or going through an Agent or something, that made the process more quick ?  

 

Thank you

Hi,

No I didn't use an agent or anything I just applied online as normal but I had gathered all my documents required before hand. I was eligible to apply at December 2018.

Only had my overseas police clearence to obtain which I travelled back home to get and submitted that on my return April 2019.

After that got test invite on the 13th of May.. For August test but kept checking till I could reshedual for tomorrow's test slot. 

Mind you I first arrived In Aust in 2004 (student visa) and have been PR since 2014. I did apply in 2016 but I left Australia for a year and came back and reapplied so maybe that's why it was quick. Not sure. 

Also approval waits I hear takes a long time also. So it's all a waiting game. 

Thank you guys for the response. 

Will look into saving on parking.

Anyone who has done the test. 

It says 2 hours is that time frame accurate and is the test something to be nervous about? 

Sorry if my question is silly, just a super nervous person at times . 

1 hour ago, andrew2307 said:

Hey guys 

I applied in the end of Jan 2019 n already received appointment letter for October. Is that too fast? Lol

No it's not too fast. 

I applied Feb 2019, got a test invite for June 2019.

So it's probably becoming a norm now. 

Hopefully approvals are as quick as the invites though.

3 hours ago, millski88 said:

Hi crew.

Could I ask a question to those who have submitted?

I'm just recapping on the info about documents to make sure i've accounted for everything. How did people supply their certified photo and form 1195 online? I was planning on scanning both front and back of photo and attaching both as a single page within a PDF doc with the form 1195 pages following it, but this advice on the DIBP web page has got me questioning ('do not place them on a piece of paper')

Any advice?

 

I did as what you said. 

Just scanned both front and back on one piece of paper and submitted. 

Applied: 13-Feb - 2019 

Got a test Invite for 

Test: 24-June-2019.

So I'm guessing doing that is fine. 

50 minutes ago, shiveringpom said:

i get cross as no reason why and the phone crew just say wait and they cant comment on cases blah blah....we get stopped everytime we fly out or in  by check in crew aswell and they tell us passports and names and visas dont match...stopped going to hong kong  few weeks ago again  ... they had to ring immigration again  whilst we held up baggage check in again -  i fly with a whole file of documents which is ridiculous- birth certs/visa/rrv/marriage certs/old passports - when we came back in a week later i asked the proper chaps at passport control if there was an issue as we keep getting stopped at check ins   and they said no problems ?????? honestly we are  over it all now as they have every document i hold for myself and family....

If we had some complex situation i would understand ........ my husband flies to uk to see his sick dad next week for 2 weeks and iam preparing his file of documents as just know there will be an issue at check in again ..... we have 5 yr RRV in place so we know this is a first world problem but just a tad fed up now ....

we hit 18 months on 3rd June ..... xx

Wow that's surreal. Same here just for incase I too always travel with printed out PR visa grant notices for myself and son and all this miscellaneous documents.

I do sincerely hope things pick up for you and your family soon. The wait is just tiresome and all this paper work business is ridicules. 

6 hours ago, shiveringpom said:

I rang them this week and they just said ‘all in order’ and just to wait .... they said send email if still not sat test by 20months and I found the complaints page for citizenships going over 24 months ....... can’t believe  we are hitting 18 months and not a peep and the phone kids are hopeless as just can’t say anything about your application ...... will have to start a thread for the lost citizenship pile if we hit 20months ..... still got to get test date / sit test / wait for ceremony / get passport before all finished so I think we may easily go all way to 2 years at this rate  

Reading this makes me upset. 18 months and nothing. I hope they haven't lost your file and things pick up at lighting speed very soon. Two years wait just sounds awful. Hoepfully it doesn't come to that

4 hours ago, Tecnik said:

Look in your Email and you should see a reschedule option. Keep checking in there daily. Mine was originally set for July 26th. I rescheduled mine for June 11. 

Just got to keep checking. Good luck

Thank you, yes I did and reassigned to the 24 of June. Will try again within the week if possible to reschedule again. If not that date is fine with me. 

3 hours ago, shiveringpom said:

er sadly not  - we are waiting now almost 18 months to hear anything from brisbane city  - all very random it seems ! simple family of 4 from UK lol....x

Wow! Yes very random indeed. 

Just sharing my timeline so far:

Applied :13 Feb 2019

Asked for further doc and supplied: 08 May 2019

Test Invite: 13 May 2019

Test shedualed for: 09 Aug 2019.

Excited for the test even though its 3 months away. 

5 hours ago, LouDYorkie said:

Applied in June 2018, received my test date on Monday for 11th July in the Brisbane area.

That's wonderful news. Congratulations on an invite. 

Hopefully QLD is a little faster then other centers.