Application of Australian Citizenship
#106
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
I sat my test and interview yesterday - passed the test. Now awaiting the letter - they said they are just waiting on an Oz Police Check. Lodged my application and got the invite to attend test letter issued same day. Hope they do the same with the approval letter I wait and see....... Anyone got any experience of how long the approval letter takes?
#107
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
cool mate! Gives me an idea What office you process through?
#109
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
Daughter got letter from Diac today. Im STILL waiting mine. Online status still says await letter from department. Am beginning to worry a little bit now.
#110
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
It does seem to be taking its time, but the fact your daughter received her letter shows signs that things are moving. I received my approval letter last week. Now just got to wait for goodness knows how long for a ceremony. It's already frustrating me and it has only been a week.
#115
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Daunted, if you still haven't heard you might want to ring the citizenship phone line. They sent my OH his letter with his test appointment but I didn't get mine. When OH turned up at his interview and test, they asked where I was Turned out I had an appointment at the same time as him but they sent the letter to our old address ( which they obviously had from when we applied for PR) even though I had put our current address on the application. The nice DIAC lady who saw my OH called me to re-arrange a time for my interview and it all went swimmingly from there, albeit with a delay of a few days. I did like you and waited, thinking the letter would come eventually...
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
They do various checks before they send the letter out - AFP checks etc - probably just waiting for the police check to come back or something. If your daughter's came back first then her letter would go out first
#117
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
I think daunted is waiting for an invitation letter to attend the citizenship test after applying in March.
#118
Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
We didn't have to do any police checks though, did you?
#119
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Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
The status online goes something like
You apply
Status confirms you have applied and that the money has been taken and also says something about further processing.
You get a letter inviting you to the test
You attend and pass the test
Status is updated to the test date and says further processing (ie. Aussie Police checks)
Status then changes to Approved - await letter from Dept
Letter arrives telling you to wait for ceremony
#120
Re: Application of Australian Citizenship
The Aussie police check are done after the Test, hence the delay between the test and approval - Daunted hasn't got as far as the test yet.
The status online goes something like
You apply
Status confirms you have applied and that the money has been taken and also says something about further processing.
You get a letter inviting you to the test
You attend and pass the test
Status is updated to the test date and says further processing (ie. Aussie Police checks)
Status then changes to Approved - await letter from Dept
Letter arrives telling you to wait for ceremony
The status online goes something like
You apply
Status confirms you have applied and that the money has been taken and also says something about further processing.
You get a letter inviting you to the test
You attend and pass the test
Status is updated to the test date and says further processing (ie. Aussie Police checks)
Status then changes to Approved - await letter from Dept
Letter arrives telling you to wait for ceremony