Nav1988 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Hello everyone, I just want to know if anyone had his/her citizenship ceremony done in MARIBYRNONG council in Melbourne. How long was the waiting time for ceremony after citizenship approval? I applied on 3/05/2016 Received acknowledgment email same day Citizenship test on 6/06/2016 Approved on 22/06/2016. Citizenship ceremony date: TBA Citizenship ceremony type: normal Please help Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Hello everyone, I just want to know if anyone had his/her citizenship ceremony done in MARIBYRNONG council in Melbourne. How long was the waiting time for ceremony after citizenship approval? I applied on 3/05/2016 Received acknowledgment email same day Citizenship test on 6/06/2016 Approved on 22/06/2016. Citizenship ceremony date: TBA Citizenship ceremony type: normal Please help Thanks Try asking the council http://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.aspx?Page_Id=359 Next ceremony October 13th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nav1988 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Hi nemesis, thanks for your reply. I called the council and they said they only rent out their office space to dibp for ceremonies apart from that they have nothing to do with ceremonies. They were not helpful at all plus the person on the phone was rude and unprofessional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzukiscottie Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Strange that. I'm in Banyule and had my ceremony in April. It was a 6 month wait after the test. Prior to the ceremony, when i called my local council they were able to tell me if I was on the list for the next ceremony. (And they were very nice about it too [emoji12][emoji2]) The ceremony was all run by council staff, not dibp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst2012 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Hi nemesis, thanks for your reply.I called the council and they said they only rent out their office space to dibp for ceremonies apart from that they have nothing to do with ceremonies. They were not helpful at all plus the person on the phone was rude and unprofessional. Yep I got the same response when I called my council (Glen Eira) but the guy I spoke to was very friendly and professional He told me that the council receives a list of candidates from the department 3 weeks prior to the ceremony, and it's entirely the Department's decision to allocate candidates. I was approved in May and I'm hoping to be invited to the next ceremony in November as that would pretty much be 5.5 months since being approved. When I last spoke to the Dept I was advised current ceremony wait times in Melbourne are between 4-6 months. Hope this helps Edited October 1, 2016 by Catalyst2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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