PTSydney

Did the Citizenship ceremony yesterday with my son:

total time from the application to ceremony = 363 days

which is equivalent of ~19% of all my time living in Australia

During the citizenship process more than 70% of the time was waiting for the test, and approval was on the same day

North Sydney

Hi everyone,

 Just received the invite for the ceremony for myself and my son. From the date of the application to the ceremony it will be a little less than 1 year.

Applied in May 2020

Test February 2021 - approved same day

Ceremony May 2021  in North Sydney

During the process I had to travel overseas because my father was very very sick and like many people, I struggled to get back to Australia due to the travel cap in place. I thought the process would take more time, as I travelled a lot overseas because of my work after the PR but it was quite fast. 

Happy day for me in the country that I call home.

58 minutes ago, Bondi797 said:

5-7 months from application approval - https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/citizenship-processing-times

I think some councils are adding some extra days for ceremonies. this is my own observation from the North Sydney council, which I am waiting for my citizenship ceremony (since March):

This is in Jan/2021

  and this is Now:

source: https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community_Services/Other_Services/Citizenship_Ceremonies

I see that some dates were added and my feeling is that some councils are doing an extra effort to help "almost citizens" waiting for the citizenship ceremony at least it is what I see for N.Sydney

hey everyone, 

The Gov website says 5 (70%) - 9 months (90%), but I think this is for all states, wanted to know more about the experience in NSW. 

  Was anyone invited to the ceremony in NSW recently?

13 hours ago, Pearl44 said:

Hi,

when did you get your approval, i got my approval on 2nd September and still waiting to hear from them. Sydney.

2nd of February, it was approved for myself and my son.

hey mates,

 Does anyone know how long it is taking for the citizenship ceremony in Sydney or North Sydney?

thanks

Submitted in May/2020.... Did the test today, my son is 12 and is included in my application.... Approval email received after 4 hours of the test.... We are in Sydney..

Hi, 

  Does anyone know if Airlines are cancelling business tickets too due to the travel cap ?

 I heard they can cancel and the refund may take a while

4 hours ago, SonGoku said:

I am planning to move to Sydney on the 31st of January. Is the citizenship ceremony invites in Sydney toke so long? I haven't update my address yet in Sydney.. 

I see that the processing time website was updated recently:

source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/citizenship-processing-times

But would love to hear if that is correct for the North Sydney council.

Anyone know how long it is taking for the Ceremony in N.Sydney ?

thanks

4 hours ago, helppls said:

Thanks for that info. I'm more concerned about getting out than getting back in

Good luck with the process. I really needed this approved, so I attached:

1) Medical / Hospital statements

2) A letter explaining why I had to go and the options I considered

3) Letter from family members stating why I was the only option.

Perhaps it was more detailed from what they need, but I needed to have this approved.

3 hours ago, helppls said:

I wonder what counts as compassionate grounds. Many of my family back home have and had covid but not very sick. But does 'i haven't seen my family for 2 years' count as compassionate grounds? 

I had a request approved because my father was very sick and everyone in the family is 60+ years old, as it was riskier for them due to covid, I decided to go the and take care of him after a surgery. If you go overseas, consider that coming back to Australia can be very challenging, there is a travel cap in place, and tickets are cancelled by airlines very frequently, that even includes cancellations for tickets in the business class.

3 hours ago, jezz32 said:

It appears Sydney has already started sending invites for May 2020 applicants. Anyone here applied earlier that hasn't received anything yet? Maybe applying as a family is a factor and individual applicants get processed first?

Cheers.

forgot to say, my son is included in my Application.

Hi All,

 I always check this forum and also would like to share my timeline

 City: Sydney
 Applied for citizenship: 15/May/2020
 Invite for the test received: 18/Jan/2021

Thanks and good luck with your processes too

16 hours ago, tharru said:

Hi All,

 

What is the trend in Sydney, how long is it taking to get ceremony date post test?

Hi... I applied in May/2020... no test invitation so far