Chennaiguy

Thank you! I had to clear baseline security to commence my new contract. One of the criteria to obtain baseline clearance is to be an Aus citizen.

I just had my VC today morning from Brisbane. My application was approved on 20/Nov/20 and was supposed to have the ceremony on 04/Aug which was canceled due to recent lockdown. I've requested VC (stating my employment requirement) with all supporting docs. To be honest, I have emailed them twice last week, but no response. I have emailed them again two days back stressing about my situation and they sent me VC invite yesterday and done with the ceremony today morning.. Applied: 08/Aug/20 Test/Approved: 20/Nov/20 Ceremony : 04/Aug/21 (Cancelled due to lockdown) VC: 13/Aug/21 (based on request)

Hi mate, I received my ceremony invite today from Brisbane City Council Timeline Applied: 08/08/2020 Approved: 20/11/2020 Ceremony: 04/08/2021 Hopefully, you get yours soon..

Sorry to hear that. I wish they speed up the process or conduct some 'Mega' ceremonies to clear the backlogs. I am hoping to get my ceremony invite for 4/Aug (fingers crossed)

Nope. When was your application approved??

I was told by DHA that virtual ceremonies have stopped in QLD as of now. Having said that, I have seen people(from QLD) in other forums requesting virtual ceremonies in different states and got their ceremony done. The key is you need to prove (with evidence) why you wanna "rush" with your ceremony??! Few stated their job demands or others need to access HECS, etc.. This one is from another forum: You can try your luck.. Universal Email IDs virtual.ceremony@homeaffairs.gov.au virtual.citz.ceremony@homeaffairs.gov.au State Specific Email IDs ceremony.act@homeaffairs.gov.au ceremony.nsw@homeaffairs.gov.au ceremony.qld@homeaffairs.gov.au perth.citizenship@homeaffairs.gov.au sydney.citizenship@homeaffairs.gov.au virtual.ceremony.act@homeaffairs.gov.au virtual.ceremony.nsw@homeaffairs.gov.au virtual.ceremony.qld@homeaffairs.gov.au virtual.ceremony.vic@homeaffairs.gov.au

Same as you. I called DHA today to check what's happening with BCC. I was told there is a huge backlog and people who were approved a year back are still being invited to ceremonies. DHA won't tell me when I will be invited..

Hi mate.. did you received invite for July ceremony??!

Not surprising.. They have just conducted 3 ceremonies so far in 2021 and there is no ceremony planned for June.. moving at a snail's pace.. I got my application approved in Nov 2020, still no signs for ceremony invitation...

Just wait for few more weeks, you should be invited for the July ceremony. My application was approved Nov 2020 as well, still waiting..

Absolutely slooooowwww.. I mean, you will get a test invite and approval within 3-5 months from the date of lodgement. However, the ceremony will take way too long from there. I know someone who applied in Jan 2020 and approved in Sep 2020 just had ceremony 3 days back. I got approved in Nov 2020 - still no glimpse of ceremony invite as the next ceremony is only at July. BCC has done only 3 ceremonies so far in 2021.

Just confirmed BCC has postponed Apr 1 ceremony to a later date. You should receive the info once they have a new date.

You might need to wait at least 4 months with the current trend. My application was approved on 20/Nov and still waiting for the ceremony invite. People who were approved till Oct 2020 were invited to the last ceremony.

I wrote my test on 20/Nov and approved it on same date. I haven't received an invitation yet :-(. When did your friend apply? What's your neighbor's ceremony date - 1/Apr or 19/Apr??

Hey guys, Did anyone got their just Stage 2 (100) grant recently?? We have applied for 100 in Sep 2020 after waiting for 2 years since 309 and it seems like nothing has happened to our application since then. Just wondering if they are still processing Stage2 (subclass 100) applications yet??!