AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE

KG2

Hello again. Im back.

Still waiting and almost at my wits end here.

Applied 30 Jan 2018

Exam 17 Jul 2018

Made to submit another forn 19 Jul 2018

Waiting.

My wife and I took exams same day. She got letter the next day. My wife's application was linked to my application by the immigration staff para daw isahan na. Almost a year na wala pa rin. Pina unlink namin ang application para mauna nalang ang asawa't anak ko. Until now no invite.

Cassey

@Hendro Yes marereset siya if you have a 1yr gap from your initial entry.

Cassey

@KG2 Approved na ba yung application mo or are you still waiting for the approval as well? Unfortunately, may ganyang cases talaga but nobody can pinpoint why it’s taking so long for some.

appledeuce

Update! 🙂

Date applied: 27 March 2018

City/Council area: Parramatta NSW

Online / Paper: Online

Date received the acknowledgement email: 27 March 2018

Received test invite: 11 Feb 2019 for 25 March 2019 (rescheduled to 25 Feb)

Citizenship Approval: 11 March 209

Received Ceremony Invitation: 24 May 2019

Date of Ceremony: 25 June 2019

So I only received a pledge invitation letter by post (no email, no update in ImmiAccount). I mean, what happens if your snail mail gets lost in transit??!

Cassey

@appledeuce For those who missed their ceremony, they are usually scheduled on the next one. Unfortunately, it does happen but there’s really nothing much that one can do except to wait again.

Cassey

@dhey_almighty Done with ours last March. 😃

dhey_almighty

@Hendro make sure to get ur ph police clearance pag mag apply na kayo citizenship :-)

appledeuce

@Cassey Thank you. I just find it rather odd that arguably the most important thing in the process has this silly loophole. In this day and age, really, something as important as this letter should be electronic. But that's just me.

By the way, the letter says to wait 10 days after the ceremony before applying for an AU passport. Did anyone actually wait this long? Yes, 10 days is a long wait for me lol.

fgs

<blockquote class="Quote" rel="appledeuce">@Cassey Thank you. I just find it rather odd that arguably the most important thing in the process has this silly loophole. In this day and age, really, something as important as this letter should be electronic. But that's just me.

By the way, the letter says to wait 10 days after the ceremony before applying for an AU passport. Did anyone actually wait this long? Yes, 10 days is a long wait for me lol.</blockquote>

I did applied my passport first thing the following morning after the ceremony and no problem at all.

Cassey

@appledeuce I know, it can be frustrating. Luckily with ours, we received an email, a letter and a text which I’m assuming is from our council the day before our ceremony.

A lot have applied for passport right after their ceremony and were able to so there shouldn’t be any problem. Btw, Congrats!

appledeuce

@Cassey thank you!

I have another question. Once I take the oath, I automatically lose my Filipino citizenship, right? What happens if I travel back to our dear Pinas and use my Philippine passport before getting dual citizenship (and before getting my Australian passport)?

Cassey

@appledeuce Yes, you automatically lose the Filo citizenship. I don’t know anyone who tried doing that but to avoid any inconvenience, it’s best to do whatever is required. You can go to the embassy or post your application for the dual citizenship.

dee0829

@Cassey so pwede pala magapply through post? no need to go to the embassy, can you advise please howto. thanks

Cassey

@dee0829 Here’s the link,

https://www.philembassy.org.au/consular/dual-citizenship

fgs

@appledeuce @Cassey

I have inquired about this at the PE Canberra and below is their reply.

This refers to your query dated 9 June 2019.

We wish to inform you that the moment you acquired foreign citizenship through the process of naturalization in a foreign country you had relinquished all your rights and privileges as a citizen of the Philippines, which includes the possession of Philippine passport. Your Philippine passport has lost its validity upon your assumption of foreign citizenship.

If you are already a citizen of Australia, it is advised that you obtain an Australian passport.

However, a natural born citizen of the Philippines, may re-acquire Philippine citizenship by applying for the Petition Under Oath to Re-acquire/Retain Philippine Citizenship Under R.A. 9225.

dhey_almighty

Question: Pag naging citizen ka na, bale ung ph passport mo nga e lost its validity na...kasama po kaya dito ang ph marriage?! :-)

appledeuce

@fgs thanks. My question was kung makikita ba nila sa system sa NAIA airport pag nipresent ko yung Philippine passport ko na hindi ako dual citizen?

fgs

<blockquote class="Quote" rel="appledeuce"><a href="/profile/fgs">@fgs</a> thanks. My question was kung makikita ba nila sa system sa NAIA airport pag nipresent ko yung Philippine passport ko na hindi ako dual citizen?</blockquote>

Yan din tinanong ko sa Ph embassy pero di sinagot..i dont think malalaman nila unless ininform sila ng DIBP at nagupdate ang phil immigration ng data...dont put yourself na lang sa alanganin, apply na lang Au passport. May express naman kung talagang urgent ang travel mo.

KG2

@Cassey no approval. Malas lang siguro. Lol

Cassey

@KG2 Baka nagpopool pa sila ng applicants from Darwin. Hopefully, pagkanakakuha ka ng approval, mabilisan na lang ang antay ng ceremony. 🙂 Usually, ganun yung nakikita kong pattern for Darwin.

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