Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
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Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Oklie doklie, getting close to crunch time... I missed out by a few weeks to become one of those who had to wait 4 YEARS for citizenship...
Within a few days Kevin will have served her time here too... (she went back to the uk for a coup,e of months, then had a week in Bali... Or was it thailand... i forget)
Anyway... We are within days of being able to apply for the test etc... But now I'm thinking...
The Grey Nomads are making thier permanant move in May (via a month in Jamaica on their way over) .... Should we wait til then?
Can we take the test now and delay the ceremony til they are hereto share it with us?
Its so bloody special to US... We would want them here with us...
What do you reckon?
Within a few days Kevin will have served her time here too... (she went back to the uk for a coup,e of months, then had a week in Bali... Or was it thailand... i forget)
Anyway... We are within days of being able to apply for the test etc... But now I'm thinking...
The Grey Nomads are making thier permanant move in May (via a month in Jamaica on their way over) .... Should we wait til then?
Can we take the test now and delay the ceremony til they are hereto share it with us?
Its so bloody special to US... We would want them here with us...
What do you reckon?
#2
Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
I think it says on immi, the whole process could take around six months anyway.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Oklie doklie, getting close to crunch time... I missed out by a few weeks to become one of those who had to wait 4 YEARS for citizenship...
Within a few days Kevin will have served her time here too... (she went back to the uk for a coup,e of months, then had a week in Bali... Or was it thailand... i forget)
Anyway... We are within days of being able to apply for the test etc... But now I'm thinking...
The Grey Nomads are making thier permanant move in May (via a month in Jamaica on their way over) .... Should we wait til then?
Can we take the test now and delay the ceremony til they are hereto share it with us?
Its so bloody special to US... We would want them here with us...
What do you reckon?
Within a few days Kevin will have served her time here too... (she went back to the uk for a coup,e of months, then had a week in Bali... Or was it thailand... i forget)
Anyway... We are within days of being able to apply for the test etc... But now I'm thinking...
The Grey Nomads are making thier permanant move in May (via a month in Jamaica on their way over) .... Should we wait til then?
Can we take the test now and delay the ceremony til they are hereto share it with us?
Its so bloody special to US... We would want them here with us...
What do you reckon?
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
We haven't been given an option of which date/month we would like to do our ceremony, we just have to wait until our council runs one and DIAC invites us. Our council don't run them every month either. I think the only date that every council runs one is Australia day.
We got our 'approval' letter from canberra 4wks ago, told to wait for the invite...
Last edited by AlliF; Oct 17th 2011 at 8:26 pm.
#6
Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
You should do it ASAP just in case they decide to change the rules again. You never know, they may up it to 5 years. They could revoke your visa in the meantime then you would be able to post in the MBTTUK forum.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Well ours was really fast I called & got the test date for a week later & two weeks later me & my eldest son had private ceremony with the Mayor & got sworn in.
2 months after we had ours hubby had his public ceremony with our youngest two, so wait don't go for it now.xx
It doesn't take 6 months.
2 months after we had ours hubby had his public ceremony with our youngest two, so wait don't go for it now.xx
It doesn't take 6 months.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Well ours was really fast I called & got the test date for a week later & two weeks later me & my eldest son had private ceremony with the Mayor & got sworn in.
2 months after we had ours hubby had his public ceremony with our youngest two, so wait don't go for it now.xx
It doesn't take 6 months.
2 months after we had ours hubby had his public ceremony with our youngest two, so wait don't go for it now.xx
It doesn't take 6 months.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Ooh that's a bummer, hope the DIAC don't go and lose ours too! I know there is a ceremony end of next month so we are hoping to get an invite for that.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Dont mind taking the test now..... Its whether they will let me wait for a ceremony AFTER the grey nomads arrive... The blue rinsed grey nomad has to have surgery in the uk.... Then wait three months before she can fly... As its major orthapaedic... Just so want them to be there for us...
We have friends down the road who applied, tested and were doned within weeks.....
We have friends down the road who applied, tested and were doned within weeks.....
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
All depends on your council, and how often they do ceremonies. Very few will do private ones, thats been discussed in several threads in the Immi forum, and you were very lucky. If its a council that doesn't do ceremonies often (or if DIAC lose the application like they did with mine) it can take months. I think mine was 10 months start to finish, due to DIAC and their stuff-ups.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Dont mind taking the test now..... Its whether they will let me wait for a ceremony AFTER the grey nomads arrive... The blue rinsed grey nomad has to have surgery in the uk.... Then wait three months before she can fly... As its major orthapaedic... Just so want them to be there for us...
We have friends down the road who applied, tested and were doned within weeks.....
We have friends down the road who applied, tested and were doned within weeks.....
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
We qualify to apply for citizenship on 8th March which was the date we landed in Australia, does anyone know how soon before we can actually apply or does it have to be the precise landing date?
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
Yes, or later if you prefer.
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Re: Do it Now? Or wait til May?????
STILL waiting for ceremony date, council and beurocracy..hmm