AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TIMELINES 2018-2019

[FlashP5sub175 14]

 

1. Date applied
   
2. City/Council area
   
3. Online / Paper
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test
   
6. Date of ceremony
   
7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Date applied: 27/03/2015
   
2. City/Council area: Randwick - Ceremony sponsored by a club in Sydney not council
   
3. Online / Paper: Online
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email: 01/04/2015
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test: 29/04/2015
   
6. Date of ceremony: 28/06/2015
   
7. Type of ceremony: Normal
   

 

Edited July 11, 2015 by FlashP5sub175

[Ebrahimmk 15]

 

1. Date applied- 29/04/2015
   
2. City/Council area -Brisbane
   
3. Online / Paper -Online
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email -
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test 28/05/2015
   
6. Date of ceremony Waiting..................
   
7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal)
   

 

[Ebrahimmk 15]

 

1. Date applied- 29/04/2015
   
2. City/Council area -Brisbane
   
3. Online / Paper -Online
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email -
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test 28/05/2015
   
6. Date of ceremony 7th October
   
7. Type of ceremony: Normal
   

 

[Suzukiscottie 759]

 

 

1. Date applied - 20/8/15
2. City/Council area - Melbourne, Banyule
   
   
3. Online / Paper - Paper
   
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/9/15
   
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test - 30/9/15
   
   
6. Date of
   ceremony - TBA
   
   
7. Type of
   ceremony - TBA
   
   

 

 

[SonicBlue82 11]

 

1. Date applied - 1/09/15
2. City/Council area - Adelaide/Unley
   
   
3. Online / Paper - Online
   
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/09/15
   
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test - Waiting
   
   
6. Date of ceremony - Waiting
   
   
7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Normal
   
   

 

 

 

 

How long does it usually take for DIBP to contact you with a date for your citizenship test? Do they e-mail you or send a letter in the post? I've been waiting a week since I applied and still nothing...

[Ebrahimmk 15]

 

1. Date applied - 1/09/15

2. City/Council area - Adelaide/Unley

3. Online / Paper - Online

4. Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/09/15

5. Date of the Citizenship Test - Waiting

6. Date of ceremony - Waiting

7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Normal

 

 

 

 

How long does it usually take for DIBP to contact you with a date for your citizenship test? Do they e-mail you or send a letter in the post? I've been waiting a week since I applied and still nothing...

 

Hey,

 

You will get an email for your citizenship test date. I got it in the 2nd week after applying.

[the_whites 12]

 

1. Date applied: 01/07/2015
2. City/Council area: Mornington Peninsula
   
3. Online / Paper : Online
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email: 16/07/2015
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test : 31/08/2015
   
6. Date of ceremony : Waiting
   
7. Type of ceremony: Normal
   

 

[Ken 1,815]

1. Date applied - 17/8/15

2. City/Council area - Melbourne, Maribyrnong

3. Online / Paper - Online

4. Date received the acknowledgement email - 18/8/15 (actually within 2 hours of applying but due to lateness of time I applied technically the next day)

4a. Date received the appointment date by email - 3/9/15

5. Date of the Citizenship Test - 1/10/15

6. Date of ceremony - TBA

7. Type of ceremony - TBA

Edited September 9, 2015 by Ken

[robfromdublin 620]

Are you without your 'country of origin' passport for any period when applying for citizenship? How long does it usually take to get an Aussie passport?

 

I'm eligible for citizenship at the moment but I've got two trips out of the country in the coming months so I need to time my application well

[Ken 1,815]

Are you without your 'country of origin' passport for any period when applying for citizenship? How long does it usually take to get an Aussie passport?

 

I'm eligible for citizenship at the moment but I've got two trips out of the country in the coming months so I need to time my application well

 

No. Not all all. You send a scanned copy of your passport with your application and take the original with you to the appointment/citizenship test.

[robfromdublin 620]

Thanks Ken.

 

For anyone else reading, it takes up to 3 weeks to get an Aussie passport, but you can get priority service in 2 days for an additional fee

https://www.passports.gov.au/web/timerequired.aspx

[cherrygn 15]

 

1. Date applied - 13/02/2015
2. City/Council area - Melbourne/Moreland City Council
   
3. Online / Paper - Online
   
4. Date received the acknowledgement email - early March 2015, issue with birth certificate. Test rescheduled(original date 31/03/2015)
   
5. Date of the Citizenship Test - 14/05/2015
   
6. Date of ceremony - TBA
   
7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Normal
   

 

[sandisaini786 10]

Hello everyone

i applied for Citizenship on 24/09/2015

online application-24/09/15

council-city of south perth

Immi office location -Perth WA

lets see how long do they take to get an appointment email for test

thanks

[ScotsQuine 10]

Hello everyone

i applied for Citizenship on 24/09/2015

online application-24/09/15

council-city of south perth

Immi office location -Perth WA

lets see how long do they take to get an appointment email for test

thanks

 

Myself, oh and daughter got our appointment email (from Perth ) within 36 hours. Our son on the other hand had to wait 7 days for his, even though all our online applications were uploaded on the same day.

[sandisaini786 10]

U r very lucky mate @Scots

when did u apply ?

Edited September 25, 2015 by sandisaini786

[pommekate 10]

1. Date applied. 04/05//15

2. City/council. Port Macquarie, Hastings council

3 Online/ paper. Online

4 citizenship test 22/05/15

5 citizenship approval 28/05/2015

6. Citizenship ceremony. 22/06/15

[Suzukiscottie 759]

Date applied - 20/8/15

City/Council area - Melbourne, Banyule

Online / Paper - Paper

Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/9/15

Date of the Citizenship Test - 30/9/15; passed!

Date of ceremony - TBA

Type of ceremony - TBA

[sandisaini786 10]

Date applied - 20/8/15

City/Council area - Melbourne, Banyule

Online / Paper - Paper

Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/9/15

Date of the Citizenship Test - 30/9/15; passed!

Date of ceremony - TBA

Type of ceremony - TBA

 

hello

How and which website i can use for the practices.

[Suzukiscottie 759]

Just google it, there's lots of them. There's also free iPhone apps too.

[SonicBlue82 11]

 

1. Date applied - 1/09/15

2. City/Council area - Adelaide/Unley

3. Online / Paper - Online

4. Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/09/15

5. Date of the Citizenship Test - Waiting

6. Date of ceremony - Waiting

7. Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Normal

 

 

 

 

How long does it usually take for DIBP to contact you with a date for your citizenship test? Do they e-mail you or send a letter in the post? I've been waiting a week since I applied and still nothing...

 

Update!

 

 

Date applied - 1/09/15

City/Council area - Adelaide/Unley

Online / Paper - Online

Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/09/15

Date of the Citizenship Test - 15/09/15

Date of ceremony - TBA

Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Normal

 

 

 

Do you guys reckon I would get into the Australia Day ceremony? I received my citizenship approval letter in the post about a week after I sat the test. Not sure what the cut off date was for making the Citizenship Day (17 Sept) ceremony, but hopefully I'm not far down in the queue for the following ceremony on Australia Day!

[silencio 29]

Unfortunately, nobody can tell you when you'll get your invite for the ceremony. That's completely up to your council and every council deals differently with citizenship matters and of course if they have a so called 'backlog' (= description of being overwhelmed and not well enough organized with hosting the right number of citizenship ceremonies).

DIBP can't influence that, their work ended with sending the approval letter.

 

Try to log on their website and have a look if they have announced when the next citizenship ceremonies are hosted.

 

I think Unley Council will host a ceremony on Australia Day as here's the next misunderstanding occuring: not every council will do so 'just' because of Australia Day! Depends on funding and resources, my new council won't do that and will stick to Tuesdays + Wednesdays.

 

Good luck to you for a quick ceremony and keep us updated!

Edited October 1, 2015 by silencio

[sandisaini786 10]

Hello

I gave the test on 05/09 and passed 100% because test was so so easy but representative said every thing is straightforward nothing wrong that I can see in ur application. they will do the police check?i m just wondering how long does it takes to check the records/background?

how I can see the status (immi account does not help) and waiting time in high risk counties ?

cheers

[Suzukiscottie 759]

We were told at the time of the test that the next step would be to expect a letter from the department in 2 - 6 weeks.

[sandisaini786 10]

 

We were told at the time of the test that the next step would be to expect a letter from the department in 2 - 6 weeks.

/same thing they told me to wait for the decision and a letter you will get.but they do the police check as well

 

[Suzukiscottie 759]

Date applied - 20/8/15

City/Council area - Melbourne, Banyule

Online / Paper - Paper

Date received the acknowledgement email - 1/9/15

Date of the Citizenship Test - 30/9/15; passed!

Citizenship approval letter - 8/10/15

Date of ceremony - TBA

Type of ceremony - TBA