Citizenship certificates being issued?
Oct 29th 2010, 2:51 pm
#46
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,289
Re: Citizenship certificates being issued?
Glad you got the certificate.
Our citizenship ceremony was also on 25 August - no certificates. But we were told that we could apply for a passport without one as the passport office could check our status with DIAC.
We had our passport interviews on 28 August - no problems there.
But then our passport applications ended up in two different offices.
Husband's application: Someone accidentally spilled cleaning fluid on his passport photos and we had to supply two new photos. But no issues with the missing citizenship certificate - his passport arrived.
Mine: Passport office person phoned me to tell me no citizenship certificate means no passport (she could issue me a 1-year one if I really needed it immediately but that's all).
Since I did nit need the passport immediately I decided not to argue my case.
When I got the certificate I faxed it to her - and she lost the fax. Then posted it to her - and four weeks after my husband I finally got my passport.
Our citizenship ceremony was also on 25 August - no certificates. But we were told that we could apply for a passport without one as the passport office could check our status with DIAC.
We had our passport interviews on 28 August - no problems there.
But then our passport applications ended up in two different offices.
Husband's application: Someone accidentally spilled cleaning fluid on his passport photos and we had to supply two new photos. But no issues with the missing citizenship certificate - his passport arrived.
Mine: Passport office person phoned me to tell me no citizenship certificate means no passport (she could issue me a 1-year one if I really needed it immediately but that's all).
Since I did nit need the passport immediately I decided not to argue my case.
When I got the certificate I faxed it to her - and she lost the fax. Then posted it to her - and four weeks after my husband I finally got my passport.
Oct 29th 2010, 6:15 pm
#47
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Joined: May 2007
Location: Perth
Posts: 1,179
Re: Citizenship certificates being issued?
Glad you got the certificate.
Our citizenship ceremony was also on 25 August - no certificates. But we were told that we could apply for a passport without one as the passport office could check our status with DIAC.
We had our passport interviews on 28 August - no problems there.
But then our passport applications ended up in two different offices.
Husband's application: Someone accidentally spilled cleaning fluid on his passport photos and we had to supply two new photos. But no issues with the missing citizenship certificate - his passport arrived.
Mine: Passport office person phoned me to tell me no citizenship certificate means no passport (she could issue me a 1-year one if I really needed it immediately but that's all).
Since I did nit need the passport immediately I decided not to argue my case.
When I got the certificate I faxed it to her - and she lost the fax. Then posted it to her - and four weeks after my husband I finally got my passport.
Our citizenship ceremony was also on 25 August - no certificates. But we were told that we could apply for a passport without one as the passport office could check our status with DIAC.
We had our passport interviews on 28 August - no problems there.
But then our passport applications ended up in two different offices.
Husband's application: Someone accidentally spilled cleaning fluid on his passport photos and we had to supply two new photos. But no issues with the missing citizenship certificate - his passport arrived.
Mine: Passport office person phoned me to tell me no citizenship certificate means no passport (she could issue me a 1-year one if I really needed it immediately but that's all).
Since I did nit need the passport immediately I decided not to argue my case.
When I got the certificate I faxed it to her - and she lost the fax. Then posted it to her - and four weeks after my husband I finally got my passport.
I have an appointment with Aus Post next Monday but I haven't counted my chickens just yet.
