littlegreenman Posted February 3, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashP5sub175 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencio Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencio Posted February 4, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Anyone from Victoria? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelj28 Posted February 5, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted February 5, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelj28 Posted February 5, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzukiscottie Posted February 5, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dubsydney Posted February 8, 2016 Share 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??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movingback Posted February 8, 2016 Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyman Posted February 8, 2016 Share 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Where do you stand if you have an expired passport ? Our sons had expired it wasn't a problem :wubclub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Posted February 10, 2016 Share 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegreenman Posted February 11, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRooney Posted February 14, 2016 Share 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"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsomewill Posted February 16, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelj28 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 You can request to do it somewhere else if you have an urgent need to have a ceremony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzukiscottie Posted February 16, 2016 Share 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David888 Posted February 16, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelj28 Posted February 16, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Posted February 18, 2016 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David888 Posted February 18, 2016 Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David888 Posted February 18, 2016 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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