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Thank you @kevinfearsatan for your info. Hope for short processing times for you as well. QLD not as heavily affected as VIC either way

Hi there, I applied for Citizenship from Victoria in October 2021. At the moment I'm considering to move to WA for work reasons, and it would be very good to take advantage of the shorter processing times for application. However, I couldn't get any answers about how moving and changing address to a different state affects the application. Does changing my address automatically "move me" to the WA queue? OR Will my application only be processed (and then moved to WA) when my place in queue arrives in Victoria? (15 months after application to get an interview date at the moment) An immigration agent I asked didn't know the answer either, and just suggested I potentially fill a form 1022 (change of details) so that it may trigger something (a case agent has to look at those forms) and move my case. I could always cancel my old citizenship request and re-apply in WA, but that seems extreme (and costly). So I'm asking here - have you had an experience of moving to a different state (especially from Victoria during these crazy covid times) and have you gotten the date to an interview earlier as a result? It would really help to know, and may even affect my decision to move or not.

Question - I guess, like me, everyone on this thread is waiting for citizenship, so you may not know the answer. Worth asking though! I'm currently in Melbourne and would be potentially moving soon to a different state with (probably!) less of a backlog on their testing centres. My application shows as "received" - I don't have any date for a test/interview yet. I chatted with IMMI service line today. I asked about change of address. The representative directed me to change my address in the online portal (under "update details" inside the application). I did note that changing the address doesn't change the assigned test centre or council, and asked him how the process follows from there. The representative told me that I will contacted according to the closest test centre to my new address. However, he didn't say whether the application would be processed sooner than it would be in Melbourne. I guess that's a complicated question to answer. So I'm asking you - does anyone here have experience of changing the address to another state's (or know of someone who did)? Has that shortened your wait for an appointment? Cheers

Question - I guess, like me, everyone on this thread is waiting for citizenship, so you may not know the answer. Worth asking though! I'm currently in Melbourne and would be potentially moving soon to a different state with (probably!) less of a backlog on their testing centres. My application shows as "received" - I don't have any date for a test/interview yet. I chatted with IMMI service line today. I asked about change of address. The representative directed me to change my address in the online portal (under "update details" inside the application). I did note that changing the address doesn't change the assigned test centre or council, and asked him how the process follows from there. The representative told me that I will contacted according to the closest test centre to my new address. However, he didn't say whether the application would be processed sooner than it would be in Melbourne. I guess that's a complicated question to answer. So I'm asking you - does anyone here have experience of changing the address to another state's (or know of someone who did)? Has that shortened your wait for an appointment? Cheers :)