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Mine had nothing, simply changed to “Finalised – Acquired” after ceremony.

I was trying to be delicate in my last post, but I suppose I might as well be a little more forthcoming. My wife is dying, and I really didn’t want to have a citizenship ceremony during my mourning.

Because a couple of people have messaged me, I feel compelled to clarify that my grounds for requesting an urgent ceremony were on compassionate grounds that I genuinely hope no one else here would request under—they were neither financial nor related to migration/employment. Nonetheless, I am impressed that DoHA does actually read requests and can accommodate them urgently when they deem them justified.

I requested an urgent ceremony by email. They called me from a private number about an hour later asking if I could attend a virtual ceremony the next day.

I guess I can post my timeline for others to reference, though the reason I got a ceremony invite so rapidly is unique: Applied: 5 January 2021 Invite: 24 February 2021 Test: 2 March 2021 Approved: 3 March 2021 Ceremony (virtual): 5 March 2021 Council: Adelaide City

I can confirm that very exceptionally South Australia conducts virtual ceremonies. (I’m in Adelaide CBD and had my ceremony this morning.)