ceremony waiting time
 

Hi Forum members ,
Can any one tell how much is ceremony waitin time in dandenong council after the approval of citizenship if some one has recently attended the citizenship ceremony and also is DIAC who organises that or the council

cheers

Dandenong citizenship ceremony
 

Hi all,
IS there any body awaiting citizenship ceremony since dec/jan09 or any body recently attended any ceremony in dandenong area

Cheers

Re: ceremony
 

Yes I'm still waiting. I was approved late December by the Dandenong Immigration office. It all depends on the council. Which one are you registered with?

Re: ceremony
 

Yeah me in dandenong council too so u have nt so far received the invitation to attend ?

cheers

Re: ceremony
 

Hey,

They usually take their own time and always complain about the back log. However, I have had bad expereince with them in terms of organsing ceremony, they twice rescheduled it and one of the rescehdule letter even was not showing correct info.

Hows that !

But when you apply for passport they are strangely quick....not sure if I had put the dates to travel right after 2 weeks ;)

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No I don't live in Dandenong council area, I live in city of Monash. I was approved by Dandenong immigration office. There are two in Melbourne, Melbourne CBD and Dandenong.

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do any one have an idea, when would be the next ceremong at dandenong council

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Have you thought of asking them directly?

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ii went to the council, but they told i have to speak to the immi people, when i call the immi, they told i have to speak to the council,

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And also it is not necessary that u wil get a place in the next ceremony as it depends on how many people r in the waiting before u n also in Dandenong it takes atleast 5-6 months
cheers

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which month applicants are attending the ceremony now

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You can still ask the council the ceremony dates. Ceremonies are open to anyone to attend (as far as I understand) and in any case the dates are not a state secret.

Contact your local councillor if the council refuses to help, also if they don't have enough ceremonies organised to deal with the number of applicants.

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Yeah but they say they dont organise it and its organised by DIAC and people have been waiting for 4-5 months atleast

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The council do organise the ceremonies. DIAC provide them the list of attendees.

Ask them for all dates they have planned this year.

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I want to stress what JAJ has said "Contact your local councillor if the council refuses to help, also if they don't have enough ceremonies organised to deal with the number of applicants." THIS WORKS!

Waiting for more than 6 months for A CEREMONY is totally unacceptable and NOT RIGHT. After the application has been approved, you should be getting the ceremony within 3 months, wait no longer than that. You need to argue your case with the local councillor! All the best.