LAG Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Sheral Singh said: The PR Visa is for the period of 5 years. You need to apply for the citizenship to stay permanently in Australia. This is misleading. As starting point to get relevant information read this https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/permanent-resident 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris N Lora Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 13 hours ago, Sheral Singh said: The PR Visa is for the period of 5 years. You need to apply for the citizenship to stay permanently in Australia. This statement is in correct, you are misleading people. the PR never expires, just the travel element, my travel element ran out in 2016, what were they going to do stop me working deport me?> the PR only gets cancelled once you become an Australian citizenship ... many people live in Australia on a PR from years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanwi Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Next week is tomorrow. Hope everyone gets some sort of movements in their respective time lines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureExSeppo Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Was doing some Googling to try and find an answer to my question, think this thread has answered it so wanted to make a contribution: Date applied: late March 2019 City/Council area: Clarence (Hobart) Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: 26 March 2019 Date of the Citizenship Test: 09 July 2019 Approval: 28 July 2019?? (said last activity on the account was 25 July, so guessing that's probably the actual date) Date of ceremony: Waiting for letter Type of ceremony: Normal Other info: American, 189 (Skilled Independent Visa), have lived in a few other countrieslong enough to require police checks (thankfully didn't have to redo for citizenship). Languished for a year on a joint Bridging visa with Immi demanding proof of my American partner and I's relationship despite having a Tasmanian Deed of Significant Relationship, which was supposedly all we needed. I thought some of the info I got at my test/interview might be of interest to people here (apologies if it's been discussed on an earlier page) and thought I'd share: I had brought a copy of my birth certificate (actually a printout of a scan of the official copy) which the guy said I needed an original official copy for. He was able to let me do the test and everything else, and said he'd put through a request for more information that day, and I'd have 28 days or so to get the proper copy to them. I did get the email requesting more documents that day, but he rang me the following day to apologise and say he'd followed it up and my copy was good enough for Immi (recent change in policy) and to not worry about it. YMMV I suppose. I got to chatting with the Home Affairs guy at the appointment and he mentioned that as of recently they are now able to access any document you've ever submitted to Immi (as opposed to the old system where they could only look at the one application), which is intended to help them streamline and speed things up. He alluded to a few other back-end improvements on their end and that things are always changing, though he seemed optimistic it was generally for the better now. I didn't actually think to ask (assumed they wouldn't tell me), but he looked at his screen and said it seemed like my application was most of the way processed, so it shouldn't be a huge wait. Based on my previous experience with Immigration I figured it'd still be months. As I said, I still expected the wait to be months, so imagine my surprise when I logged in to my Immi account today on a lark and saw my application had been approved! (I had assumed I would get an email like with visa approvals so hadn't checked it since the day after my appointment.) From what I've read here and a thread on Whirlpool it sounds like that's what you have to do though? So at the moment I'm waiting for a letter from my local council about next citizenship ceremony. Incredibly exciting - in my mid 30s and have been on this path pretty much my whole adult life! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanwi Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 25 minutes ago, FutureExSeppo said: Was doing some Googling to try and find an answer to my question, think this thread has answered it so wanted to make a contribution: Date applied: late March 2019 City/Council area: Clarence (Hobart) Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: 26 March 2019 Date of the Citizenship Test: 09 July 2019 Approval: 28 July 2019?? (said last activity on the account was 25 July, so guessing that's probably the actual date) Date of ceremony: Waiting for letter Type of ceremony: Normal Other info: American, 189 (Skilled Independent Visa), have lived in a few other countrieslong enough to require police checks (thankfully didn't have to redo for citizenship). Languished for a year on a joint Bridging visa with Immi demanding proof of my American partner and I's relationship despite having a Tasmanian Deed of Significant Relationship, which was supposedly all we needed. I thought some of the info I got at my test/interview might be of interest to people here (apologies if it's been discussed on an earlier page) and thought I'd share: I had brought a copy of my birth certificate (actually a printout of a scan of the official copy) which the guy said I needed an original official copy for. He was able to let me do the test and everything else, and said he'd put through a request for more information that day, and I'd have 28 days or so to get the proper copy to them. I did get the email requesting more documents that day, but he rang me the following day to apologise and say he'd followed it up and my copy was good enough for Immi (recent change in policy) and to not worry about it. YMMV I suppose. I got to chatting with the Home Affairs guy at the appointment and he mentioned that as of recently they are now able to access any document you've ever submitted to Immi (as opposed to the old system where they could only look at the one application), which is intended to help them streamline and speed things up. He alluded to a few other back-end improvements on their end and that things are always changing, though he seemed optimistic it was generally for the better now. I didn't actually think to ask (assumed they wouldn't tell me), but he looked at his screen and said it seemed like my application was most of the way processed, so it shouldn't be a huge wait. Based on my previous experience with Immigration I figured it'd still be months. As I said, I still expected the wait to be months, so imagine my surprise when I logged in to my Immi account today on a lark and saw my application had been approved! (I had assumed I would get an email like with visa approvals so hadn't checked it since the day after my appointment.) From what I've read here and a thread on Whirlpool it sounds like that's what you have to do though? So at the moment I'm waiting for a letter from my local council about next citizenship ceremony. Incredibly exciting - in my mid 30s and have been on this path pretty much my whole adult life! Congratulations and thank you for the insightful read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanwi Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, FutureExSeppo said: Date of the Citizenship Test: 09 July 2019 Did you sit your test on the day they wanted or did you move the test date up a bit from the original date? Thank you Edited July 28, 2019 by Tanwi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureExSeppo Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Tanwi said: Did you sit your test on the day they wanted or did you move the test date up a bit from the original date? Thank you I would have definitely moved it up if it'd been an option! If I remember correctly, I had actually put a note on my application to the effect of "please do not schedule test/interview between July 6-21" (was thinking of taking a trip back to America during school holidays to see my new niece) and so of course they offered me the 9th of July and 1-2 other dates in that range. I decided to scrub the trip as my only other option was to wait until late August for the next available appointment. I imagine Hobart is a comparatively small office so there might be fewer appointments/case officers available, and thus less flexibility. There were only like 2-3 desks in the Home Affairs office, or at least the client-facing part of it. 8 minutes ago, Tanwi said: Congratulations and thank you for the insightful read. Thank you! Not quite real yet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mg_89 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Date applied - 28 June 2018 City/Council area - Brisbane City Online / Paper - Paper Date of the Citizenship Test -15 November 2018 PASSED Citizenship approval letter - 10 July 2019 Date of ceremony - TBA Type of ceremony - TBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb28 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Did test in Melbourne on 1 May, application still sitting on received. Bit of a shambles this process, have no idea when or if it will be looked at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coupleinoz Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Could anyone in Melbourne share timings from approval to ceremony? I'm in Darebin City Council which doesn't hold ceremonies (anyone in this suburb know where the Department of Home Affairs normally send people for ceremony who live in this council?). My current timeline: - Applied: July 2018 - Test date received: April 2019 - Test taken: 25 July 2019 - Approved: 29 July 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisainOz Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Applied May 2018 Test April 2019 Still Waiting!! If we are out of the country at the time they look to approve our application is it rejected/put to the back of the line?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheral Singh Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) On 25/07/2019 at 16:11, Tanwi said: PR is PR. Permanent it's just the travel component that expires after the initial 5 years and needs to be reapplied for if you wish to travel in and out of Australia. If you don't need to travel out of Australia . No need to renew RRV. Like myself for example Travel rights expired but I don't need to travel so I don't have an RRV in place at the moment. You can continue to live in PR indefinitely as per the government website if this is the case. Edited July 29, 2019 by Sheral Singh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeyebonel Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 21 hours ago, Sheral Singh said: You can continue to live in PR indefinitely as per the government website if this is the case. This is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jack Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Applied March 2018 Test April 2019 and passed 100% Approved: 30 July 2019 Just wondering how long it take to get ceremony letter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeyebonel Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 36 minutes ago, Captain Jack said: Applied March 2018 Test April 2019 and passed 100% Approved: 30 July 2019 Just wondering how long it take to get ceremony letter Congrats Jack. The hard waiting is now over for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybervoodoo Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Captain Jack said: Applied March 2018 Test April 2019 and passed 100% Approved: 30 July 2019 Just wondering how long it take to get ceremony letter My mum got her ceremony letter about ten days after she was approved, but I think it depends on the council. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jack Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) Thank you Edited July 30, 2019 by Captain Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheral Singh Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 24/07/2019 at 12:31, MrGrieves said: I don't think this is correct, it just depends. Some have their application approved on the same day as test, others have been waiting for months. You will receive your approval letter a few days after your immiaccount shows 'approved' It is the same thing that is said by me in short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGrieves Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 10 hours ago, Sheral Singh said: It is the same thing that is said by me in short. No, you said you would receive the approval letter soon as you have passed the test, which is not correct and misleading. Again, for some applications, approval can take several months after you have passed the test. It is not 'as soon as' you have passed it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citation560XL Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Anyone here waiting for a ceremony from the Moreton Bay regional council? I am waiting for mine. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheral Singh Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 On 30/07/2019 at 16:42, cybervoodoo said: My mum got her ceremony letter about ten days after she was approved, but I think it depends on the council. Congrats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris N Lora Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 31/07/2019 at 09:33, MrGrieves said: No, you said you would receive the approval letter soon as you have passed the test, which is not correct and misleading. Again, for some applications, approval can take several months after you have passed the test. It is not 'as soon as' you have passed it. To be fair, My Daughter got hers the same day from the Parramatta Office, and it was literally uploaded on the system before she left the office as she checked so on her phone. My wife passed her test on the 4th of Dec 2018, she had a letter dated the 5th of Dec and the council contacted her with a letter dated the 5th of Dec also. It is not really fair for you to call his comments misleading when all cases are based on individual merits. IE I got my letter in Jan 2019 and a week later I had the ceremony and got citizenship. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT2016 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 29/07/2019 at 14:20, Coupleinoz said: Could anyone in Melbourne share timings from approval to ceremony? I'm in Darebin City Council which doesn't hold ceremonies (anyone in this suburb know where the Department of Home Affairs normally send people for ceremony who live in this council?). My current timeline: - Applied: July 2018 - Test date received: April 2019 - Test taken: 25 July 2019 - Approved: 29 July 2019 My timeline: Applied Feb 2019 Test date received 20 June 2019 Test taken 29 July 2019 (rescheduled from Oct 2019 Immigration website shows approved on 29 July 2019 I'm in Monash council. Anyone in this suburb who can tell me the wait time for the ceremony invitation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheral Singh Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 11 hours ago, Chris N Lora said: To be fair, My Daughter got hers the same day from the Parramatta Office, and it was literally uploaded on the system before she left the office as she checked so on her phone. My wife passed her test on the 4th of Dec 2018, she had a letter dated the 5th of Dec and the council contacted her with a letter dated the 5th of Dec also. It is not really fair for you to call his comments misleading when all cases are based on individual merits. IE I got my letter in Jan 2019 and a week later I had the ceremony and got citizenship. As rightly said, it depends upon case to case. Thanks for coming into my support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiveringpom Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 monthly groan from me in Brisbane and shout out to all those waiting a long time.................................. we hit 19 months months with nothing other than 'received' this weekend ......4/1/18 'received' status for Brisbane city - straight forward family of 4 application ...... i am keeping up the calls and emails to anyone who will isten but as its now '90% for 24 months to completion' they have 5 months to complete us still so must sit on my hands and waittttttttt any other long waiters feel free to have a good moan and all those who have sailed thro please nod politely and pass the wine x 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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