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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Now that's the speed I like to see!