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Has any one has applied for virtual ceremony in melbourne after lockdown 5.0?

Are they enetertaining VC if you has your ceremony scheduled and hot cancelled bcoz of covid?

15 hours ago, VicApplicant said:

Congrats - awesome news. What council are you in? was your physical ceremony cancelled and you got an online one? my physical one has been cancelled in Port Phillip so just wondering what may happen (we weren't told anything other than cancellation). 

Same here.. mine was suppose to be on 28th july whitehorse vic.. and we also have notified with a cancellation email. No further updates like virtual ceremonies or nothing. Really frustratd.. damed this covid and damed ths lockdowns..

On 15/07/2021 at 13:51, ravikiran.7070 said:

Hi Guys,

Just finished my Virtual Ceremony and I am now officially an Australian Citizen!

Ceremony took around 10 minutes.

I Logged into my ImmiAccount and checked my status. Below is what I found. I was on a 189 skilled independent and that is replaced now with my citizenship. My Immiaccount status for my Citizenship also says 'Finalised'

Visa class / subclass : null/null
Location : Onshore
Visa type : Permanent resident or citizen

My timelines below :
First entry to Australia : 23rd July 2016
Applied for Citizenship : 23rd July 2020
Test date : 6th March 2021
Approval date : 6th March 2021 (1 hour after the test)
F2F Ceremony date : 30th June 2021 (Cancelled due to Covid lockdown in Sydney)
Request for Virtual Ceremony email sent : 9th July 2021
Virtual Ceremony mail received : 12th July 2021
Virtual Ceremony : 15th July 2021.
Council : City of Canada Bay NSW

End of my Permanent Resident Journey! AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE   !

I've been a silent reader in this forum. Thanks for all the insights and do reach out if you need any assistance.

Thanks for sharing this. I got ceremony invitation for 28th July (Melbourne) but looks like it will get cancel due to current circumstances. I am also looking for virtual ceremony option. How should I explain them should I call them?

Anyone here waiting for citizenship ceremony (whitehorse city council victoria)?

hello is there any one waiting or done with citizenship ceremony from whitehorse council vic?how much is the expected waiting from approval.. there website is showing only one citizenship date that is 28th april’21. no other dates are mention..