Zet01 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Looks like things are moving for those who applied in August 2017. We applied October, I hope we get a test invite in May/June. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zet01 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, donnapow said: Has my citizenship ceremony today how long until I can apply for a passport online after citizenship ? 10 days after the ceremony date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsalanAhmad Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Please sign this petition from Tony Burke sign on to the campaign Last night we saw the best evidence that we are winning the citizenship campaign. The minister responsible for the unfair changes couldn’t defend them. In fact he even lied about his own government’s policy to try to make himself look reasonable. On ABC’s Q&A program, the Minister for Citizenship unable to defend his own Government’s policy to change the citizenship legislation and so he resorted to misrepresenting them. Under pressure from Labor’s Clare O’Neil, Minister Tudge referred to his own legislation as requiring ‘conversational’ level English. As you are aware from following this campaign, the Government has continued to insist that the costly IELTS test be used. This test is not about conversational level English. For example it requires the applicant be able to write an essay. This is hardly how you test conversational level English. CLARE O’NEIL: We need people to be able to function here of course but requiring people to speak university level English is ridiculous. MINISTER TUDGE: We’re not saying that. It’s conversational English, Clare. Legislation the Government introduced to the Parliament last year demanded the same test and the same entrance mark that is required for university level English. Either Minister Tudge doesn’t know his own policy or he felt free to completely misrepresent it on live television. The legislation was later withdrawn by Peter Dutton after being rejected in the Senate. This is another example of members of the Liberal Party saying one thing in front of a multicultural audience while doing something completely different when they are in Canberra. When a policy is so bad that the only way a Minister can defend it is to completely misrepresent it then it’s time for the Government’s citizenship changes to be abandoned altogether. We are with you on this. Please share this email with your friends and encourage them to sign on to the campaign here:www.tonyburke.com.au/get-active/citizenshippetition . Edited April 16, 2018 by ArsalanAhmad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whenwillthisend Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Zet01 said: Looks like things are moving for those who applied in August 2017. We applied October, I hope we get a test invite in May/June. Fingercross buddy... Fingercross... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User478 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) How many months for citizenship application Edited April 12, 2018 by User478 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 14 hours ago, avatar said: Hi guys, I have a question; Is any possibility to take my citizenship appointment and test with an expired passport but only with confirmation letter taken from my consulate department showing that I have applied for new pasport and it’s in process, or I have to reschedule my test appointment until I will get mu new passport. Thanks Since you won't need to travel overseas to attend your citizenship appointment you won't need a current passport. It's a good idea to have up to date photo ID but a drivers licence is adequate for that. If you are not planning to travel overseas it's perfectly normal to not have an up to date passport. You do need to take with you to the appointment the originals of all the documents you submitted with your application. I assume that would include your expired passport but you won't have sent them a copy of your new passport if you haven't received it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 10 hours ago, donnapow said: Has my citizenship ceremony today how long until I can apply for a passport online after citizenship ? They recommend waiting 10 days but apparently many people apply immediately without any problems. I think the 10 day recommendation has been around for years - back when the old manual systems were used they needed time to update the records but I think it's all done instantaneously these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy1982 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 17 hours ago, donnapow said: Has my citizenship ceremony today how long until I can apply for a passport online after citizenship ? We had friends who applied the day after and all was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 17 hours ago, Ken said: Since you won't need to travel overseas to attend your citizenship appointment you won't need a current passport. It's a good idea to have up to date photo ID but a drivers licence is adequate for that. If you are not planning to travel overseas it's perfectly normal to not have an up to date passport. You do need to take with you to the appointment the originals of all the documents you submitted with your application. I assume that would include your expired passport but you won't have sent them a copy of your new passport if you haven't received it yet. Thank you Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikopol Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 10/04/2018 at 16:31, Zet01 said: Looks like things are moving for those who applied in August 2017. We applied October, I hope we get a test invite in May/June. Likewise - applied end of Oct 17 and got a call today as they were looking through my form (I've moved state in between so they were wondering if I wanted a NSW test and ceremony instead of a VIC one which I was glad they offered - I didn't want to ask myself in case it meant I went to the back of the queue!). I asked if they knew how soon and they seemed to think that it should be in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reachtoakhil Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Guys I thought i share my timeline to see if people are still waiting for their files to open Online application applied on 21-04-2017 Acknowledgement email in August 2017 Test Date 19-12-2017 Approval Letter ..-- no response yet Ceremony Date -- no response yet Guys anyone know whats the possibility of this delay and how soon things will start rolling as i am bit worried now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyronG Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Do anyone have any type of update for people in South Australia? Haven't heard any movement there lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 My son applied April 20th in SA. Took test in November approved straight away and attended ceremony on Australia Day in Norwood this year. We applied in December also Adelaide nothing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyronG Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, rammygirl said: My son applied April 20th in SA. Took test in November approved straight away and attended ceremony on Australia Day in Norwood this year. We applied in December also Adelaide nothing yet. Good update. Your Son is Lucky. Am sure you guys will hear something soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Smith Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Hubby and I applied 20th October 17 got our test email dates today. Applied Adelaide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whenwillthisend Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 @Erica SmithGreat news! Give me some hope as well since I applied mine 28 October... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY301 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Hubby and I applied 20th October 17 got our test email dates today. Applied Adelaide. My sister applied 23th Dec 2017 MELBOURNE Test Invitation NOT YET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samit Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Hello everyone got my application approved on 13/04/2018. Applied on 20/10/2017 Test date on 11/12/2017 Waiting for council for invitation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, samit said: Hello everyone got my application approved on 13/04/2018. Applied on 20/10/2017 Test date on 11/12/2017 Waiting for council for invitation Hi, May I ask which council? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samit Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 30 minutes ago, shisa said: Hi, May I ask which council? City of whittlesea victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whenwillthisend Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) @samit Congrats!! Really hoping they start processing Oct applications now, my stress is building up each day it passes by... Edited April 16, 2018 by whenwillthisend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy1982 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Date applied - August 24th 2017 City/Council area - Gold Coast City Council Online / Paper - Paper Date received the acknowledgement email - 29th August 217 Date of the Citizenship Test - 20th December 2017 Date of Approval - 3rd April 2018 Date of ceremony 16th May 2018 Type of ceremony (Urgent/Normal) Normal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Any update @Elliot Tsao? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Tsao Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Sheila said: Any update @Elliot Tsao? Still 'Received' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Same here. They have forgotton us. Completed 1 year after the applicaiton today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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