Nasru Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Date applied : 22/11/2014 City/Council area: Darwin Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: 28/11/2014 Date of the Citizenship Test: 08/12/2014 Approval: Waiting.... Date of ceremony: ? Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) For my husband, I have applied online one day later than myself (23/11/2014). We both received the acknowledgement and sat the test the same day. But his application was approved just the next day after the citizenship test and he has received the approval letter. Now waiting for the ceremony invitation. I called DIAC about 3 times now. and every time they say, each case is different and the case officers are different. All the necessary information are there with them. So I need to wait. Very frustrating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsaini23 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi, have you got citizenship ceremony letter? Appontment and test: 27 novembr Approval: 4Th december Ceremony letter: waiting Council: whyndham Wale (victoria) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsaini23 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi guys, Does anybody here know the average waiting time to get a citizenship ceremony date in the Wyndham council? I called immigration today and I was advised that because Wyndham vale has a large migrant community, it might take more than 6 months for me to get a ceremony date. If there is any other applicant here from the same council, please share your timeline. I would appreciate that very much. My timeline is as follows:Date applied : 9 September 2014Approval date : 10 October 2014Ceremony date : still waiting Appontment and test: 27 novembr Approval: 4Th december Ceremony letter: waiting Council: whyndham Wale (victoria) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasru Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 After emailing to the Citizenship office in Darwin, my application was approved and received a mail informing me that they will put us on the next ceremony on 20th of March. Waiting to receive the invitation letter. Date applied : 22/11/2014 City/Council area: Darwin Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: 28/11/2014 Date of the Citizenship Test: 08/12/2014 Approval: Waiting.... Date of ceremony: ? Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) For my husband, I have applied online one day later than myself (23/11/2014). We both received the acknowledgement and sat the test the same day. But his application was approved just the next day after the citizenship test and he has received the approval letter. Now waiting for the ceremony invitation. I called DIAC about 3 times now. and every time they say, each case is different and the case officers are different. All the necessary information are there with them. So I need to wait. Very frustrating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK78 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Date applied : 16/09/2014 City/Council area: Wyndham Council (Truganina) VIC Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: 18/09/2014 Date of the Citizenship Test: 08/11/2014 Approval: 19/11/14 Date of ceremony: ? Type of ceremony Normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK78 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I had called the immi department and they said to me just before christmas there are around 600 applicants ahead of me. I do not know the number of people they take every ceremony in wyndham council. But I guess it should be atleast 150-200 per ceremony considering the backlog. I am not sure how many were given the Australia day ceremony. Does anyone have any idea the number of applicants in every ceremony? And also the Australia day one how many finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@Bonbeach Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I had called the immi department and they said to me just before christmas there are around 600 applicants ahead of me.I do not know the number of people they take every ceremony in wyndham council. But I guess it should be atleast 150-200 per ceremony considering the backlog. I am not sure how many were given the Australia day ceremony. Does anyone have any idea the number of applicants in every ceremony? And also the Australia day one how many finished? Hi We attended our ceremony last night in Kingston (SE Melbourne), and there were 187 with about 7 no-shows. Very well done it was too. Aussies Mike and Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK78 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks guys for the info. I checked with couple of my friends in stonnington council as well and they said normally they had about 200-250 applicants. I am not sure about the wyndham council, but assume that it would be somewhere the same figure being a very busy council for new citizen applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekWang Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Date applied -18/12/2014 City/Council area -City of Stirling(Perth WA) Online / Paper- online Date received the acknowledgement email-24/12/2014 Date of the Citizenship Test-15/01/2015-Approved on 20/01/2015 Date of ceremony-waiting Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)-normal rang the city council last week and they told me there are a few spotts left in March's ceremony.mostlikey, it'll be April. they also suggetted me to call them once I received my approval letter. They might be able to do something to squeeze me in March. I should get my letter this week. I'll update it once I get an answer from them update: ceremony date:20/03/2015 from first lodge the online application to ceremony,it's less than 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK78 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hi Guys, I have finally got a date for my ceremony. I was planning to go for a holiday around easter and council had the only ceremony after Aus day one on 28 March. So called immi department and they said I have been allocated to 18 April one. So I got the ceremony after roughly 5.5 months after application approved. My time line as follows: Date applied : 16/09/2014 City/Council area: Wyndham Council (Truganina) VIC Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: 18/09/2014 Date of the Citizenship Test: 08/11/2014 Approval: 08/11/14 Date of ceremony: 18/4/2015 Type of ceremony Normal Best of luck to other guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Him again Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hi there Just noticed that some people have applied for citizenship with less then 4 years of living here ,can anybody tell what the minimum time is for 176 visa as i always thought that you have to life here for 4 years before citizenship can be applied for. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozmaniac Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) You can be outside Australia for 12 months out of the 4 years before applying and you can count your 4 years from the time you arrive in Australia on a valid visa. So... If you came to Australia to validate your 176 visa or held some other valid visa (e.g. a 457 or a WHV), then left Australia for any period under 12 months, your 4 years can include the time you spent outside Australia. For example, if you validated your 176 then left for 11.5 months, you would only need to live in Australia for 3 years and 2 weeks before becoming eligible to apply if the 11.5 months was the only time you were away from Australia during the 4 years. Edited April 3, 2015 by Ozmaniac Clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austr4lia Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Hi friends, Does anyone know how long it takes to be invited for a ceremony in Canberra ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratap Kumar Butta Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Dear all- anyone know waiting period for Maribyrnong City Council ceremonies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwaiting Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hi All, I live in Parramatta, NSW and waiting for Ceremony. Could you please anyone got the application approved around the same time and got any response? Date applied - 1 Dec 2014 City/Council area - Parramatta, NSW Online / Paper - Online Date received the acknowledgement email - 2 Dec 2014 Date of the Citizenship Test - 6 Jan 2015 (Approved on 7 Jan 2015 dated letter received on 8 Jan 2015) Date of ceremony ???? Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) Normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalii Symon Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I've just got my application approved. Here's the timeline. Date applied...24/03/2015 City/Council area... Brisbane Online / Paper... Online Date received the acknowledgement email...30/03/2015 Date of the Citizenship Test...14/04/2015*. Approved the same day in ~3 hrs after the interview Date of ceremony ............... Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)................... * At first i've indicated on the online form that am going to travel in April, so initial interview date was 30/04/2015. But then i've rang and asked to change to an earlier date as my travel plans have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Date of application - 13 March 2015 (Sydney City council. Online application) Date received the acknowledgement email - 13 March 2015 Date received the test appointment email - 17 March 2015 Date of the Citizenship Test - 13 April 2015 "Applicant approved" online status on 13 April 2015 Approval letter received on DD/MM/YYYY - Letter not yet received Ceremony invitation letter received on DD/MM/YYYY - Letter not yet received Date of ceremony on DD/MM/YYYY - Not known yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austr4lia Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Hi friends, Does anyone know how long it takes to be invited for a ceremony in Canberra ? Finally i have been invited to a Citizenship ceremony on 21 May 2015 in Canberra. Edited April 17, 2015 by austr4lia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulshankar Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) Does anyone on here know timelines for regional NSW? Date of application: 20/03/2015 Uploaded documents: 20/03/2015 Application status changed to : 'Application being processed further' on 17/03/2015 Testing center put down as Wagga Wagga, and closest office put down as ACT regional. How much longer would we be waiting for the citizenship test allocation? Thanks. Edited May 8, 2015 by rahulshankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHD Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Does anyone on here know timelines for regional NSW?Date of application: 20/03/2015 Uploaded documents: 20/03/2015 Application status changed to : 'Application being processed further' on 17/03/2015 Testing center put down as Wagga Wagga, and closest office put down as ACT regional. How much longer would we be waiting for the citizenship test allocation? Thanks. Took a friend nearly 3 weeks to get a test and ceremony was a couple of months after approval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulshankar Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Thanks for the reply. It's been 7 weeks since we applied (typo in original post, Application being processed further was 17/04/2015). It's taking ages for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) Timeline update Date of application - 13 March 2015 (Sydney City council. Online application) Date received the acknowledgement email - 13 March 2015 Date received the interview/test appointment email - 17 March 2015 Date of the Citizenship interview/test - 13 April 2015 "Applicant approved" online status on 13 April 2015 Approval letter received on 17 April Ceremony invitation email received on 27 May 2015. (Email only, no letter sent by post) Date of ceremony on 19 June 2015 Only 3 Months in total from application to ceremony. Such a quick turnaround, so great, I did not expect that especially I was told on the interview/test day it would normally take 3-6 months after the interview/test. Edited May 29, 2015 by citizentimeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian2010 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 When it comes to Citizenship interview, is that a one on one chat with someone from immi or is it another way of saying its the citizenship test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 When it comes to Citizenship interview, is that a one on one chat with someone from immi or is it another way of saying its the citizenship test? You have two things on the test day. A one to one interview and the test on computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janlo Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 You have two things on the test day. A one to one interview and the test on computer. I was was a bit worried about the "interview" it's was great though, I thought they were just being friendly.....any plans on buying a house ? Kids in school? Do they like it here ? When I was driving home I thought you know what I think that was the interview ! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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