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Hope things go smoothly for you too and look forward to hearing your update. FYI, rocked up at 6:30am this morning at the passport office and the line was already out of control and we spent most of the queuing time outdoor on the street (freezing). So if you are to pick it up in person, be prepared as we're heading into winter

Yes I got the email yesterday and went to collect this morning. Note that 2 weeks ago I called the passport office (on wait line for 2 hours) to follow up + change to collect in person

My final update as I got my passport today. From start to end for me was a c.20-month process. Region: Melbourne, VIC  Number of applicants: 1 Citizenship application: Oct 2020  Appointment letter received: Jan 2022 (15 months from application) Test: 7 Mar 2022 (16.5 months from application), and passed  Application approval: 10 Mar 2022 (3 days after the test) Ceremony date: 11 Apr 2022 (1 month from approval, c.17.5 months from application).Ceremony in Manningham (VIC) council Passport application: 20 Apr 2022 Passport collection: 23 Jun 2022 (9-10 weeks from application). I collected in person in Melbourne, spent 4 hours at the passport office

I created the application online and lodged in person at Auspost. I can check the status of the application at https://www.passports.gov.au/ I think you can always call up the passport office to check the status using the reference number (and expects 1.5-2.0 hour wait time)

I have been waiting for the passport for 7 weeks...checking online the website still say 'under assessment' Application can be created online but eventually you still have to go to Auspost to lodge your application.

Hi there, hope you are keeping well I'm still waiting to receive the passport, and can provide the update once i get it. But basically: - Ceremony on 11 April, - The instruction mentioned wait for 10 business days before applying for passport, but I tried online (passports.gov.au) and it allowed me to apply after 3 days (i.e. the website managed to validate the certificate number) - Given Easter break, I only went to lodge it at Australia Post on 20 April and now still waiting. On the website, status is "under assessment" Hope it helps

Thanks. Good luck to you with the process too. I will probably give another update on how the process of applying for a passport is

Updated ceremony invitation. Guys this is surprisingly fast as I thought it would be another 6-8 months wait for the ceremony so I hope this is a good sign for all the people waiting in VIC

Oh great this is exactly what i was thinking about. Thanks for sharing

I kinda feel like we need to set up a shared spreadsheet and kindly ask everyone to update their timeline in there. Once we’ve got that, I think a lot of the questions can be answered and people can refer to it for general timeline I’m happy to set up the file. But keen to hear if people are interested in the idea

What document are you actually referring to? My experience going to the test (last week / in Melbourne VIC) was they only looked at my driver licence and passport (mainly to confirm your identity). I did bring along my birth certificate (assuming this is the doc you are talking about) but wasn't needed

Hope yours coming soon. I applied in Late Oct-2020 and just had the test last week (so c.16-month wait). I'm in Melbourne

Hi Amy, so you waited c.7-8 months from approval to ceremony? and you are in QLD.. Then I can only assume VIC will take longer than that unless someone has got a better experience to share... Congrats and enjoy the ceremony ahead

Updated approval

Update with my timeline to date. Long wait so far but hopefully things are moving quicker now Region: Melbourne, VIC Number of applicants: 1 Citizenship application: Oct 2020 Appointment letter received: Jan 2022 (15 months from application) Test: 7 Mar 2022 (16.5 months from application), and passed Application status: still "Received", hopefully this get updated soon to "Approved" based on some comments here Ceremony: will be in Manningham (VIC) council, date TBA

Thanks for confirming and good luck to you

I've got a question and appreciated if someone had the same situation can shed some light My application was lodged in October 2020 under my old passport (expired now). In 2021, given the expiring passport, I got a new one and following this, I've updated details on immi account and attached a scanned copy of the new passport to my citizenship application Is that all I need to do or am I missing something? I'm still haven't heard any update re. my application (14 months already). Some background details as follow: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Current visa: subclass 189 (granted 2016) Citizenship application: Oct 2020 Region: Melbourne, VIC Number of applicants: 1 Application status: Received ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you all

Hi there, I applied late October 2020 so been a year now... Well, I hope they WFH. Other states other than VIC still progressing pretty quickly

Looks like Melbourne/VIC is really slow compared to other states. Since Covid hits the typical waiting time has been c.1 year. But hopefully for applications lodged recently the process will be a bit faster...

Thanks Nora for the details

Thank you. Yes that would be the preferred approach. Many people mentioned 'phone calls' so I wonder if it's different by state / case / current visa scheme etc.

Hi all hope everyone is safe. I'm new here and waiting for my application to be processed (based in Melbourne VIC) and I think it should be coming in the next 1-2 months. So I've got a question: Do you get an email notification / message in your immi account, OR do you get a phone call that you are supposed to pick up? I usually don't pick up strange numbers hence the question. Thanks all, Cheers,