Citizenship and time from applying
 

ok folks

I know a fair amount of you have applied and become citizens of Aus

We've applied but are waiting to hear

how long did you wait?

Re: Citizenship and time from applying
 

We'll be applying in June so I'd love to know too!

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hi
we sat our test on the 6th june(08)and we had our letters before xmas and have our ceremony on aus day.

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We applied in August '07, had our interviews (no tests for us baby :lol: ) in November and our ceremony on Australia Day last year :)

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We applied January 2007, and got a ceremony June 2007.

I think it depends on where you are, many people seem to have had shorter waits than ours.

Mxxx

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Did you apply in June, or just sit the tests? Somehow I was expecting about a 3 month wait from application to getting the letter. So I'm a bit shocked about the 6-7 months bit :ohmy::blink:

I was hoping we'd apply on June 1st, then get our letter by the end of August and attend the ceremony by the end of November. So about 6 months in total. I don't really care what day the ceremony is, I just want the first date available.

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Applied for test appt in Jul 08.

Sat test & lodged application Sep 08. Got approval in post 2 days later.

Ceremony is on Monday.

This is in Brisbane btw.

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So that's about 4 months from the date you were approved to the date of your ceremony, seems like a long time?

The 2 day application result is great though! I assume you applied online?

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No, lodged documents there and then in the office having passed the test. Easiest way to do it I think.....very little form filling involved.

Brisbane doesn't have that many ceremonies I think so there can be a long wait. I know you're in Capalaba but are you in the Brisbane part or the former Redlandshire part (not sure what you call it now?), they might have a different schedule.

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We're in the Redland Shire, so technically not part of Brisbane at all.

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In that case I think your ceremony will be run by Redland Shire at Cleveland rather than BCC - they might run them more frequently??

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I hope they do... there are quite a few british people in the area :D

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Applied for test in Feb. Test on 16th May. Confirmation 21st May. Offer of ceremony 25th May. Ceremony 25th June.

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I know....my ex used to work for the shire and was involved in organising the Australia Day ceremony at Cleveland one year.....all poms & South Africans apparently.

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Now that's the speed I like to see! :D