Hello everyone,
I thought I'll share mine and my wife's timeline which may help someone as I got alot of help from this forum.
My application (Including two kids)
Eligible: 7 March 2021
Application submitted: 9 March 2021
Test invite received: 15 June 2021 for test date of 19th July 2021. Rescheduled my test immidiately to 17th June 2021.
Test Result: Passed and approved within an hour of passing the test on 17th June.
Applicant's council: Penrith 2750, NSW
Total Days from submission to approval: 3 months 8 days
Wife's application
Eligible: 21 March 2021
Application submitted: 21 March 2021
Received letter to bring original police clearence to the interview on 1 Jun 2021(They didn't even check it during the interview)
Test invite received: 15 June 2021 for test date of 19th July 2021. Rescheduled test to 17th June 2021.
Test Result: Passed and approved within an hour of passing the test on 17th June.
Applicant's council: Penrith 2750, NSW
Total Days from submission to approval: 2 months 27 days
FOI submitted to check pending citizenship ceremony applicants for Penrith 2750, NSW council. There were 662 people waiting as of 21 May 2021. I called the council and they confirmed that they are conducting four ceremonies a month with 80 people in each ceremony.
I have also emailed online citizenship email yesterday and waiting for response. I will update if that happens.
I have tried to add as many details as possible so that people can draw their conclusions based on this. One noticable thing which I noticed from other posts and from my own experience is that if you recieve a document request from case officer, you should expect your test invitation email within 2 weeks of that.
