Ruslan

Has anyone had their citizenship ceremony cancelled recently due to COVID? Seems that public events are being cancelled all over. 
 

i am having my ceremony on 19/03 and luckily I haven’t heard anything so far. Just worry that they might cancel it 

On 04/10/2019 at 08:15, Ruslan said:

1. Date applied: 30/01/2019
2. City/Council area: City of Melville, WA
3. Online / Paper: Online
4. Date received the acknowledgement email: 30/01/2019
5. Date of the Citizenship Test: 01/10/2019 (test appointment mail 23/05/2019). Passed
6. Online Status - Approved on 02/10/2019
7. Date of ceremony: Waiting for any official communication after test
8. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)

 

All good people who patiently waiting for their applications to be approved, I noticed that there is only 1 ceremony left scheduled for this year in my city council which is on 21st of November and I will be away on holidays. Interviewing officer in DIBP made a note when I will be away from country...Does it mean that I won't receive my formal approval and ceremony letter because my city council got nothing scheduled for this year?

Received an invite on 10/02 for 19th of March regular ceremony

29 minutes ago, Ausa0000 said:

It's hard to say. Each state and territory office definitely have their own special way of processing applications and at times some seem to be quite a bit faster than others. Less populated areas may have less applicants to process but then have less staff doing the processing. Some states send out test invites early and this allows you to possibly reschedule your test to an earlier date when taking a test at a Home Affairs office and not a DHS office. This can speed up your timeline quite a bit.

You also have to consider the ceremony wait times when selecting where to apply from. If you are from a council with a large number of citizenship applicants, you could be waiting 5-6 months for your ceremony. If you happen to be in a council with very few applicants, you could end up having your ceremony in less than a month. My personal opinion would be that Perth would offer a slightly quicker timeline than Sydney.

 

I applied in Perth and been waiting almost 4 months since approval. I contacted my local council in December and last update they received from DIBP was for people who received approval before August. So 5-6 months timeline won't work here. It will be a lot longer then that

On ‎26‎/‎01‎/‎2020 at 11:42, cybervoodoo said:

1. Date applied: 11 March 2018
2. City/Council area: Rockingham, Western Australia
3. Online / Paper: Online
4. Date received the acknowledgement email: 11 March 2018
5. Date of the Citizenship Test: 11 March 2019
6. Date of ceremony: 26 January 2020
7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal): I requested urgent but I ended up having a normal ceremony, 6 months after my application was approved (I also didn't ask for Australia day but just got given that one) 

After 22 months, I've finally had my ceremony and am now an Australian citizen.

Glad to finally have it, but I still find it frustrating how long the process took, if there was an effective way to make a formal complaint that would actually be listened to and not just filed away somewhere I'd do it (a complaint to the dept of home affairs, not my council, they have been nothing but lovely and accomodating).

Hope everyone else's experiences are more pleasant than mine. 

 

Congrats mate!

There are some ridiculous delays in WA with arrangement of ceremony. Now wait came for an end for you. Hopefully they will improve timelines in 2020

16 minutes ago, Ravi2019 said:

Hi All,  need some clarification

Date of application: 11/11/2019

Date of test email: Awaiting 

As I don't have birth certificate so just uploaded Passport as birth evidence. One of my friend just appeared in Interview test and he suggested me to upload additional document(High School Education Marksheet (10th Class) - which is also considered as birth certificate in India).

Is Passport not sufficient for above? Or should I wait for officer to ask for it Or should I do upload High School Marksheet?  

Appreciate your valuable comments.

 Ravi

Both me and my partner have been asked to supply birth certificate at the interview. I requested new one specifically for citizenship application and her parents found her original one. Unsure about school marksheet though...

Also, this is what document list sates:

Evidence of your birth name, date of birth, gender

Full birth certificate with details of parent(s) - commemorative birth certificates not accepted

Family registration document with details of parent(s)

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone experiencing significant delays with ceremony. I received my approval on 1st of October and since then I am waiting. I contacted my city council two weeks ago to confirm if they received my information from DIBP and if I can expect to be included in Australian day ceremony. What a shock it was when council replied back and advised that last update they received from DIBP was for people who got approved in August and earlier. Meaning that there is a waiting list of 4 months and DIBP not even bothering to send information to council. Obviously, council advised me to contact Ceremony WA <ceremony.wa@homeaffairs.gov.au>. If anyone tried, you probably saw rudest automatic reply possible.

City council: City of Melville in Perth.

I was wondering if anyone in Perth is waiting for such a long time for ceremony. their website suggests 5 months from approval to ceremony, but obviously it is not the case here.

On ‎04‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 08:15, Ruslan said:

1. Date applied: 30/01/2019
2. City/Council area: City of Melville, WA
3. Online / Paper: Online
4. Date received the acknowledgement email: 30/01/2019
5. Date of the Citizenship Test: 01/10/2019 (test appointment mail 23/05/2019). Passed
6. Online Status - Approved on 02/10/2019
7. Date of ceremony: Waiting for any official communication after test
8. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)

 

All good people who patiently waiting for their applications to be approved, I noticed that there is only 1 ceremony left scheduled for this year in my city council which is on 21st of November and I will be away on holidays. Interviewing officer in DIBP made a note when I will be away from country...Does it mean that I won't receive my formal approval and ceremony letter because my city council got nothing scheduled for this year?

Official confirmation letter received on 11/10/2019 via post

1. Date applied: 30/01/2019
2. City/Council area: City of Melville, WA
3. Online / Paper: Online
4. Date received the acknowledgement email: 30/01/2019
5. Date of the Citizenship Test: 01/10/2019 (test appointment mail 23/05/2019). Passed
6. Online Status - Approved on 02/10/2019
7. Date of ceremony: Waiting for any official communication after test
8. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)

All good people who patiently waiting for their applications to be approved, I noticed that there is only 1 ceremony left scheduled for this year in my city council which is on 21st of November and I will be away on holidays. Interviewing officer in DIBP made a note when I will be away from country...Does it mean that I won't receive my formal approval and ceremony letter because my city council got nothing scheduled for this year?