citizenship application processing
 

Dear all forum members

Just want to ask a few questions that how long currently it is taking to process the application for citizenship in dandenong area in melbourne (if any one has gone through that area)and is it like that if u apply to local office, its decided by that office or goes in the central processing like the immigration application do
and one more question is that in the application form there is a question about previous country of residence should i put it the country whose passport i hold or where i was residing when i got my P.R as i was in europe at that ime and since then i have been to my home country and austalia during last 3 yrs

I will b thankful

cheers

Re: citizenship application processing
 

Good news
I applied in mid Dec and was approved Dec 31 in Dandenong office.

Less good news
No sign of ceremony yet

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Nothing to do with your current passport. Where did you live prior to moving to Aus? Put that.:D

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Dear forum members

Just want to ask that, how long currently it is taking to process the application for citizenship in dandenong area in melbourne

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I'm still waiting for the ceremony. It's been 3 months to the day since I was approved at Dandenong.

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thanks mate,
how long do they take to approve the application at dandenong

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Here is my wife's time:

04/03/09-Test passed

06/03/09 -application submitted in person Dandenong Office (form 1300t), took about 10-15 minutes for an officer to put everything into their computer.

11/03/09 letter of approval received, dated 06/03/09

30/03/09 Invitation to ceremony received, ceremony 23/04/09, city of Casey

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can someone request the DIAC to arrange the ceremony in a different council then local(which is put in the aplication form)

cheers

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Just another quick question about this. Am I right in thinking that Dept Immigration do a police check on you before approving citizenship? I'm not worried about what they will find but just curious about how they can approve an application immediately if the check needs to be done?

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They normally do Australian police checks directly (and quickly, as long as there is no "match").

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Hi there,

My hubby and I took our citizenship applications into the DIAC office this morning (we had an appointment for this), the gentleman processed the applications while we waited, he was able to do the police checks there and then. My husband was approved, but my name matched somebody else's name that has commited an offence, I am deeply upset by this, as I have never commited any offences in my entire life. He said I will have to wait a few weeks for them to do more investigating. Has anybody else ever had this experience?

Thanks
Shelley :(

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Answered on your other thread here
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=601553

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Thank you very much!!!:)

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No probs ;)
Theres wa someone else on here a while back with exactly the same issue, but I haven't found the thread yet! Hang in there, it'll come out right in the end :)

Not quite the thread I was looking for, but an interesting one from the past anyway!
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4646452

Re: citizenship application processing
 

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 or when is the next upcoming ceremony date

cheers

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Have you tried asking the council how often they do ceremonies?

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123 I had a look on Central Sydney's council website for Swerv-o and they do quite a few a year, these were the next few dates - Friday 8 May, Friday 29 May & Friday 26 so you shouldn't have to wait too long but don't hold me to it :D