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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.

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.

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.

Thanks for that. After doing a bit of digging, I found out from other Gold Coast applicants that the next two scheduled citizenship ceremonies are November 27, and January 26 (Australia Day). Sadly, contacting them to organise your ceremony or find out if you're on either is unlikely to be successful. They'll simply inform you that they or DOHA will notify you when you have been allocated a ceremony date. Hopefully if there is a backlog, they may add additional ceremonies. Best of Luck.

Do you mind sharing when you received test date email and did you reschedule the appointment earlier? Thanks.

Thankfully, Tasmanian councils don't seem to have any waiting lists for ceremonies. Many councils allow you to book a private ceremony at the local council office at a time that is convenient to you and the mayor. In cities like Launceston, applicants will automatically be included in the next ceremony as they only see a total of 100-200 applicants in total each year.

Congrats!!!

I personally am not in this situation, but have heard it happening to many other applicants so it is not unusual. I am not certain why both individuals wouldn't get processed at the same time but have heard that many different case officers now work on individual applications so things may be a bit disorganized.

Congrats!! Yes as I understand it you can keep rescheduling to earlier dates as they become available as this has been done by numerous other applicants in another forum. That gives me a bit of hope as I applied June 30 this year...hopefully my test may come through in a few weeks. What region are you applying from again? BTW supposedly the best time to check for earlier dates is early morning and late evening.

Yeah not too many applicants from Northern Tasmania. I only applied recently in mid June 2019. Haven't received anything from the department as of yet. I realise most applicants wait a long time for test invite, but your case gives me hope. Also glad to see that your test was scheduled roughly about a month from the invite. I have heard Melbourne applicants getting an invite for test but it being scheduled for next year 2020. Some say they can reschedule their test earlier but I don't believe that is an option with us in Launceston. Hopefully you will get approval soon and ceremony wait time shouldn't be long compared with those on the mainland. Did you take the test at the Launceston Dept of Human Services and if so did you go to the Centrelink office or somewhere else? Thanks again for providing your info and I will definitely update you if anything changes with my timeline.

I can't provide much help but noticed the FOI stated Launceston. Are you applying from Launceston? Just inquiring since that is where I am applying from. Do you mind sharing your timeline such as when you applied and when you received a test invite to give me a possible idea how long it may take. Thanks.

I believe this is incorrect. I contacted Home Affairs and they stated that your initial arrival date as well as the date you received permanent residency equal "full days". This means if you receive PR in Jan 1, then you will have completed the one year requirement on Dec 31 and can therefore apply on Jan 1st of the following year so long as you meet the 4 year requirement of being on a valid Australian visa. Many applicants have received approvals this way.

Just out of curiosity, did you take the test at a Department of Home Affairs office or a Department of Human Services office?

Understand meeting the requirements at the time of the application. When you say it will be refused, do you mean you won't be able to proceed with online application if you are lodging too early? Or will it still allow you to apply online but then refuse it 12 months down the road when they look at it?

Good advice rammygirl, my only fear is by waiting until July 1 and then having the government pass a bill extending the time requirements and having it apply retrospectively back to application received on or after July 1 2019. I am probably way over thinking things though.lol.

I realise this is an older post, but I had a similar question. I arrived in Australia on a partner visa on June 30 2015 and have been a permanent resident since Nov 27 2017. I am looking to submit my online citizenship application this Jun 30 2019 as it will have been 4 years being in Australia and over 1 year as a permanent resident. The online residence calculator states I am eligible to submit on Jun 30 2019, but will I have a similar problem as nakulm above in trying to submit on that date? Must I wait until July 1 to submit? Will it simply possibly not allow me to submit application on Jun 30. Secondary question, if it does allow me to submit application but I was meant to submit on July, can they reject or deny my application for submitting a day early? I am obviously a bit paranoid about the process and simply want to get it right. Side note, I have not traveled out of the country for more than 60 days in the four years I have lived in Australia and haven't traveled at all in the last year in a half. Thank you for your replies.