littlegreenman 10 Posted February 3, 2016 Date applied - 21/01/2016 City/Council area - Brisbane City Council Online / Paper - Online Date received the acknowledgement email - 21/01/2016 (auto generated email within 5 minutes) Date of the Citizenship Test invitation - 2/2/2016 Date of the Citizenship Test - 31/03/2016 Date of ceremony - Waiting Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Waiting From 175 application to citizen in just under 5 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlashP5sub175 14 Posted February 3, 2016 How long did it take everyone to get a date for the citizenship test after your acknowledgement letter? that's the point of this thread. take a look at some of timelines. there maybe be one similar to your situation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 4, 2016 Hello everyone, Congratulations to all of them who got their work done. I am sharing my timeline here, Applied 21/12/2015 Confirmation email same day Council: ballarat (regional vic) Still waiting for test date. Anyone for victoria got reply within same timeline please share it. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silencio 28 Posted February 4, 2016 I'm so happy to join this thread for my other half. My timeline will come by the end of this year or next year (no automatic dual nationality in my home country and have to gather documents etc) Anyway the other half's timeline: Date applied - 02/02/2016 City/Council area - Adelaide Online / Paper - Paper Date received the acknowledgement email - 04/02/2016 Date of the Citizenship Test - 16/03/2016 (received with the acknowledgement email) Date of ceremony - Waiting Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) - Waiting IELTS 01/2011; TRA 03/2011; SS SA 05/2011; visa 176 lodged 06/2011; visa granted 08/2011; arrived in Adelaide 02/2012; Australian citizen 08/2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silencio 28 Posted February 4, 2016 How long did it take everyone to get a date for the citizenship test after your acknowledgement letter? Received acknowledgement email with date for citizenship test as one combined email IELTS 01/2011; TRA 03/2011; SS SA 05/2011; visa 176 lodged 06/2011; visa granted 08/2011; arrived in Adelaide 02/2012; Australian citizen 08/2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 5, 2016 Anyone from Victoria? ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isabelj28 40 Posted February 5, 2016 I applied in June last year - did test in July. Had to provide extra documents, did that in August. Got the approval in September. Ceremony in January. And I'm in regional Victoria. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken 881 Posted February 5, 2016 I applied in June last year - did test in July. Had to provide extra documents, did that in August. Got the approval in September. Ceremony in January. And I'm in regional Victoria. Yes, if anything the regional areas do seem to be more efficient at organising these things. It's those of us in Melbourne that are being kept waiting. Admittedly some regional areas do have only two ceremonies a year but (in most cases) they make sure they clear the backlog at each ceremony. In my suburb they schedule small ceremonies every month but don't change the number of invites even though the queue is getting longer. Chartered Accountant (England & Wales); Registered Tax Agent & Fellow of The Tax Institute (Australia) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isabelj28 40 Posted February 5, 2016 Yes, I'm in a '2 ceremony a year' place. So it feels like quite a long time, say if you just miss the June ceremony, you can be waiting over 6 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suzukiscottie 759 Posted February 5, 2016 We're in a 4 ceremony a year council area in Melbourne. Applied August, test end September. Didn't get invite for Australia Day ceremony. Hopefully will get next one in April. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk From Kilmarnock, now in Melbourne :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dubsydney Posted February 8, 2016 Timeline: Date of applied: October 16,2015 City Council/State:Botany Council/NSW Paper Application Acknowledgement date:December 5,2015 Citizenship test: January 6,2016 rescheduled it January 21,2016 Date of Ceremony: I'm just asking why I have not receive a notification of approval of my citizenship while I did the test together with my partner whilst he received his after a week?????????Are they doing external check? Im just worried??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
movingback 10 Posted February 8, 2016 congratulations MB, I know you are in a similar mindset to me and many others, hanging on for the passport when your heart is really wanting to leave as the novelty has long gone.Are you going to go for a 24 hour turnaround on the passport then jump on the next plane? 3 months seems quick, I'm looking at 6-7 months at Waverley unfortunately. No I'll just do a regular passport application. I still have some jobs to do at work and organising to do. So long as I'm back for summer I'll be happy Good luck getting a ceremony! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonyman 6,274 Posted February 8, 2016 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. Where do you stand if you have an expired passport ? Voted Best Newcomer 2010 by PIO Members.......Thank you....x Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Que Sera Sera 6,267 Posted February 8, 2016 Where do you stand if you have an expired passport ? Our sons had expired it wasn't a problem :wubclub: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Invisible 10 Posted February 10, 2016 Brisbane Office Timeline: Date of applied: February 09, 2016. City Council/State: Brisbane City Council/Queensland. Application Mode: Online Application (Provided all documents upfront). Acknowledgement date: February 09, 2016. Email for Citizenship Test/Interview: Not Yet Known. Citizenship test: Not Yet Known. Date of Ceremony:Not Yet Known. My question is: How long it takes to get an email for citizenship test/interview for Brisbane Office? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenman 10 Posted February 11, 2016 My question is: How long it takes to get an email for citizenship test/interview for Brisbane Office? I posted my timeline a couple of weeks ago for Brisvegas. It seems DIBP in Brisbane sends them out in batches every second Wednesday. So I wouldn't be surprised if you get one next Wednesday. I applied 20 Jan and my interview is late March. So I reckon you'll get an appointment around end of April. From 175 application to citizen in just under 5 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WRooney 10 Posted February 14, 2016 1. Date applied. 04/05//152. 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 Citizen in 7 weeks from the application.. really impressive. Was it "urgent"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
handsomewill 108 Posted February 16, 2016 Bit of a long shot but someone may know. Passed my citizenship test and got my approval letter in early January but I'm with Waverley Council which is notorious for long ceremony waiting times. I got told it'd be four months, as a girl I know with the same council went through those timeframes late last year however have a mate/his mrs who were approved last September and still have no news - maybe the wait is longer if you ask to attend the same ceremony as another applicant? What my question actually is, can you request to change council venues to a larger venue, i.e. Sydney City.. I'm guessing not and if you could, the application would start at square one? think I've answered my own question there but don't want to be waiting for 9 months! ah well, plenty to do til then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isabelj28 40 Posted February 16, 2016 You can request to do it somewhere else if you have an urgent need to have a ceremony Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suzukiscottie 759 Posted February 16, 2016 We were told that the only way to help speed things up is to unlink family members from the ceremony process. (All 5 of our family are linked together currently awaiting a ceremony). We were told that if we had a need for a quicker ceremony then separating the applications might make it easier for the local council to allocate places at a ceremony. Haven't bothered. We'll just wait. (Passed the test at the end of September and had the confirmation letter a few days later; now waiting on Banyule Council, Melbourne). From Kilmarnock, now in Melbourne :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David888 10 Posted February 16, 2016 Hi all, So far this is my timeline : Brisbane Office,/ Gold Coast council.... Date of applied: 12/02/2016. Online Application (provided all documents upfront). Acknowledgement date: 12/02/2016. No other communications since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isabelj28 40 Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) You can request to do it somewhere else if you have an urgent need to have a ceremony See here... Says can do urgent in limited circumstances...https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Citi/Citi/Attending-your-ceremony Edited February 16, 2016 by Isabelj28 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Invisible 10 Posted February 18, 2016 ******* UPDATE ******** Brisbane Office Timeline: Date of applied: February 09, 2016. City Council/State: Brisbane City Council/Queensland. Application Mode: Online Application (Provided all documents upfront). Acknowledgement date: February 09, 2016. Email for Citizenship Test/Interview: 18/02/2016. Citizenship test: 15/04/2016. Citizenship Approval: Not Yet Known. Date of Ceremony: Not Yet Known. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David888 10 Posted February 18, 2016 Great news I hope my one is on the way as well I sent my application on the 12 February so hopefully I'm next Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David888 10 Posted February 18, 2016 ------Update ------- Hi all, So far this is my timeline : Brisbane Office,/ Gold Coast council.... Date of applied: 12/02/2016. Online Application (provided all documents upfront). Acknowledgement date: 12/02/2016. Email for Citizenship Test 18/02/2016 Test Date 15/04/2016 at Brisbane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
