AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE

Captain_A · July 2020

@wizardofOz said:
I lodged my Citizenship application last 15 Feb 2020... di pa gumagalaw, until now 'Received' pa din...

Not sure kung dahil yan sa pandemic or normal turn-around time lang yung ganun?

i read somewhere na tests will resume by July. so possibly, may test date invite ka na soon.

J_Oz · July 2020

@wizardofOz said:
I lodged my Citizenship application last 15 Feb 2020... di pa gumagalaw, until now 'Received' pa din...

Not sure kung dahil yan sa pandemic or normal turn-around time lang yung ganun?

both yan (madami backlog plus pandemic), I lodged around Oct last year and only got test invite early March for May exam. buti na lang namove ko ng march 10, so Na approve na ako. Now I'm still waiting for the ceremony, haven't heard anything yet from DOHA... May nababasa ako may mga nakakareceive ng EOI for virtual ceremony and marami narin nag virtual ceremony... so waiting game tayo lahat

agrande · July 2020

Hello po, i don't know if this is the right place to ask my question about citizenship application. We're about to lodge our application in 2 months time, what are the requirements that I should be careful to present? Do i have to take IELTS? Thank you.

J_Oz · July 2020

@agrande said:
Hello po, i don't know if this is the right place to ask my question about citizenship application. We're about to lodge our application in 2 months time, what are the requirements that I should be careful to present? Do i have to take IELTS? Thank you.

Not sure kung dito nga ang question mo, pero sagutin ko na rin.

Requirements: Original copy ng passport mo, birth certificate, marriage cert if married, Proof of identity na may address (Driver License, Utility Bills under your name), NBI Clearance or PCC sa mga countries na pinuntahan mo after mo ma PR na nagexceed ng 12 months (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Di kelangan ng IELTS.

Ang alam ko pwede ka mag try mag fill up para makita mo yong mga questions dun sa form.... pero di mo masusubmit (ewan ko lang kung nagbago na to).... Nag-apply ako around Oct last year.

J_Oz · July 2020

Kamusta mga waiting for ceremony dyan, or kung may mga nakapag virtual ceremony na rin. May movement na ba ang mga mag tetest/interview pa lang?

LittleFinger · July 2020

wla pa here, was among who got their test postponed last May. Haven't received the new schedule yet. I lodged my application here in sydney. Please comment here kung sino na ung mga nkareceive ng new schedule after postponement.

goaldrin13 · July 2020

Question po, I will be 4years as a PR on Oct this year, can I lodge my Citizenship application as early this month?

Captain_A · July 2020

@goaldrin13 said:
Question po, I will be 4years as a PR on Oct this year, can I lodge my Citizenship application as early this month?

nice, congrats, have you been out of Australia?

J_Oz · July 2020

@goaldrin13 said:
Question po, I will be 4years as a PR on Oct this year, can I lodge my Citizenship application as early this month?

You can lodge on Oct, Not even sure if you can fill the forms as early as now... You can try but as far as I know you won't be able to submit if you are not yet eligible.

goaldrin13 · July 2020

Oh i see. One of my friends mentioned I can do it daw. But anyway, thank you!

goaldrin13 · July 2020

@Captain_A said:

@goaldrin13 said:
Question po, I will be 4years as a PR on Oct this year, can I lodge my Citizenship application as early this month?

nice, congrats, have you been out of Australia?

@Captain_A said:

@goaldrin13 said:
Question po, I will be 4years as a PR on Oct this year, can I lodge my Citizenship application as early this month?

nice, congrats, have you been out of Australia?

Yes. Short Travels lang naman...

J_Oz · July 2020

@goaldrin13 said:
Oh i see. One of my friends mentioned I can do it daw. But anyway, thank you!

Ang naalala ko before, nagtry na ako, nafill up ko yong application pero di ko pa siya masubmit. Pero ok lang kasi by the time na eligible na, konting ayos na lang sa application then submit na.

goaldrin13 · July 2020

@J_Oz said:

@goaldrin13 said:
Oh i see. One of my friends mentioned I can do it daw. But anyway, thank you!

Ang naalala ko before, nagtry na ako, nafill up ko yong application pero di ko pa siya masubmit. Pero ok lang kasi by the time na eligible na, konting ayos na lang sa application then submit na.

Okay okay. Thank you!

seestra · July 2020

@J_Oz said:
Kamusta mga waiting for ceremony dyan, or kung may mga nakapag virtual ceremony na rin. May movement na ba ang mga mag tetest/interview pa lang?

Update lang on our citizenship journey, para makapag-encourage kahit pano sa mga naghihintay. Darating din yan!

Date applied: 12 September 2019
Interview & test appointment letter received: 19 November 2019
Test/interview appointment: 21 January 2020
Online approval: 21 January 2020
Invitation email to register interest for virtual ceremony: 16 June 2020
Invitation email to virtual ceremony: 18 June 2020
Virtual ceremony: 22 June 2020
Received note from Aus Post to collect letter from post office: 26 June 2020 (didn't know what it was initially)
Citizenship certificate collected from Aus Post: 29 June 2020

Next step, passport! Pero saka na, pag pwede na uli bumyahe

Captain_A · July 2020

@seestra said:

@J_Oz said:
Kamusta mga waiting for ceremony dyan, or kung may mga nakapag virtual ceremony na rin. May movement na ba ang mga mag tetest/interview pa lang?

Update lang on our citizenship journey, para makapag-encourage kahit pano sa mga naghihintay. Darating din yan!

Date applied: 12 September 2019
Interview & test appointment letter received: 19 November 2019
Test/interview appointment: 21 January 2020
Online approval: 21 January 2020
Invitation email to register interest for virtual ceremony: 16 June 2020
Invitation email to virtual ceremony: 18 June 2020
Virtual ceremony: 22 June 2020
Received note from Aus Post to collect letter from post office: 26 June 2020 (didn't know what it was initially)
Citizenship certificate collected from Aus Post: 29 June 2020

Next step, passport! Pero saka na, pag pwede na uli bumyahe

congrats, saang council nagfacilitate ng virtual ceremony mo?

J_Oz · July 2020

@seestra said:

@J_Oz said:
Kamusta mga waiting for ceremony dyan, or kung may mga nakapag virtual ceremony na rin. May movement na ba ang mga mag tetest/interview pa lang?

Update lang on our citizenship journey, para makapag-encourage kahit pano sa mga naghihintay. Darating din yan!

Date applied: 12 September 2019
Interview & test appointment letter received: 19 November 2019
Test/interview appointment: 21 January 2020
Online approval: 21 January 2020
Invitation email to register interest for virtual ceremony: 16 June 2020
Invitation email to virtual ceremony: 18 June 2020
Virtual ceremony: 22 June 2020
Received note from Aus Post to collect letter from post office: 26 June 2020 (didn't know what it was initially)
Citizenship certificate collected from Aus Post: 29 June 2020

Next step, passport! Pero saka na, pag pwede na uli bumyahe

Wow congrats!!! I just received my EOI for virtual ceremony yesterday so am now waiting again for the actual invite ... Was hoping face to face ceremony will be on soon, but doesn't look like it especially for councils near the metro.

but hey congratulations again! graduate na

seestra · July 2020

@Captain_A said:

congrats, saang council nagfacilitate ng virtual ceremony mo?

Thanks! Not sure kung council pa rin ang nag-facilitate since the email was from Department of Home Affairs, but we're under Logan City Council in QLD.

seestra · July 2020

@J_Oz said:

Wow congrats!!! I just received my EOI for virtual ceremony yesterday so am now waiting again for the actual invite ... Was hoping face to face ceremony will be on soon, but doesn't look like it especially for councils near the metro.

but hey congratulations again! graduate na

Thanks! Malamang this week na invite mo, and if kung tulad nung samin, be ready for your ceremony next week! Sobrang bilis lang ng ceremony, no fanfare, nothing fancy at all, pero sobrang saya pa rin

Btw, tip lang. Make sure na yung ID na ipe-present mo (whether passport or driver license) shows the exact name as shown in your application. Yung sa partner ko kse, walang middle name sa driver license nya so nagkandarapa pa kami to get the passport. Buti na lang sa bahay lang!

Captain_A · July 2020

@J_Oz said:

Wow congrats!!! I just received my EOI for virtual ceremony yesterday so am now waiting again for the actual invite ... Was hoping face to face ceremony will be on soon, but doesn't look like it especially for councils near the metro.

but hey congratulations again! graduate na

congrats..
Oct last yr ka nag apply diba? wow.

Captain_A · July 2020

@seestra said:

Thanks! Malamang this week na invite mo, and if kung tulad nung samin, be ready for your ceremony next week! Sobrang bilis lang ng ceremony, no fanfare, nothing fancy at all, pero sobrang saya pa rin

Btw, tip lang. Make sure na yung ID na ipe-present mo (whether passport or driver license) shows the exact name as shown in your application. Yung sa partner ko kse, walang middle name sa driver license nya so nagkandarapa pa kami to get the passport. Buti na lang sa bahay lang!

oh nice tip, ung middle name (second name for pinoys) is initial lang nakalagay sa Driver's license pero complete nmn sa passport

eg. full name is john paul cruz, sa DL its john p cruz

issue ba yan kahit sa passport complete nmn ang name? tia

seestra · July 2020

@Captain_A said:

oh nice tip, ung middle name (second name for pinoys) is initial lang nakalagay sa Driver's license pero complete nmn sa passport

eg. full name is john paul cruz, sa DL its john p cruz

issue ba yan kahit sa passport complete nmn ang name? tia

Passport na lang i-present mo para sure.

Captain_A · July 2020

@seestra said:

@Captain_A said:

oh nice tip, ung middle name (second name for pinoys) is initial lang nakalagay sa Driver's license pero complete nmn sa passport

eg. full name is john paul cruz, sa DL its john p cruz

issue ba yan kahit sa passport complete nmn ang name? tia

Passport na lang i-present mo para sure.

sige. thanks

J_Oz · July 2020

@Captain_A said:

@J_Oz said:

Wow congrats!!! I just received my EOI for virtual ceremony yesterday so am now waiting again for the actual invite ... Was hoping face to face ceremony will be on soon, but doesn't look like it especially for councils near the metro.

but hey congratulations again! graduate na

congrats..
Oct last yr ka nag apply diba? wow.

Yes then had my exam and approval 10th of March.

J_Oz · July 2020

@seestra said:

@J_Oz said:

Wow congrats!!! I just received my EOI for virtual ceremony yesterday so am now waiting again for the actual invite ... Was hoping face to face ceremony will be on soon, but doesn't look like it especially for councils near the metro.

but hey congratulations again! graduate na

Thanks! Malamang this week na invite mo, and if kung tulad nung samin, be ready for your ceremony next week! Sobrang bilis lang ng ceremony, no fanfare, nothing fancy at all, pero sobrang saya pa rin

Btw, tip lang. Make sure na yung ID na ipe-present mo (whether passport or driver license) shows the exact name as shown in your application. Yung sa partner ko kse, walang middle name sa driver license nya so nagkandarapa pa kami to get the passport. Buti na lang sa bahay lang!

alrighty thanks for this tip. Buti na lang both passport and ID namin walang problem. sana

sana soon na ang ceremony haha. congrats uli

Captain_A · July 2020

@J_Oz said:

congrats..
Oct last yr ka nag apply diba? wow.

Yes then had my exam and approval 10th of March.

kamusta ka nung between oct 2019 to march 2020?
any tips while waiting?

J_Oz · July 2020

@Captain_A wala naman. Bukod sa magbasa and magcheck ng update sa mga forum medyo nakakastress pero nagpakabusy lang ako and hininto yong pagcheck... Nagulat na lang ako nung biglang dumating yong Test invite... supposedly May 25 pero namove ko agad, so after one week lang exam na

basa basa lang and wag masyado magpastress sa paghintay haha kasi nakakasira ng ulo hahahaha... nabasa ko nga, naintay nga natin yong 4 years before mag apply ng Citizenship, ilang buwan e sisiw lang satin.

Captain_A · July 2020

@J_Oz said:
@Captain_A wala naman. Bukod sa magbasa and magcheck ng update sa mga forum medyo nakakastress pero nagpakabusy lang ako and hininto yong pagcheck... Nagulat na lang ako nung biglang dumating yong Test invite... supposedly May 25 pero namove ko agad, so after one week lang exam na

basa basa lang and wag masyado magpastress sa paghintay haha kasi nakakasira ng ulo hahahaha... nabasa ko nga, naintay nga natin yong 4 years before mag apply ng Citizenship, ilang buwan e sisiw lang satin.

salamat.

engineer20 · July 2020

@seestra said:

@J_Oz said:
Kamusta mga waiting for ceremony dyan, or kung may mga nakapag virtual ceremony na rin. May movement na ba ang mga mag tetest/interview pa lang?

Update lang on our citizenship journey, para makapag-encourage kahit pano sa mga naghihintay. Darating din yan!

Date applied: 12 September 2019
Interview & test appointment letter received: 19 November 2019
Test/interview appointment: 21 January 2020
Online approval: 21 January 2020
Invitation email to register interest for virtual ceremony: 16 June 2020
Invitation email to virtual ceremony: 18 June 2020
Virtual ceremony: 22 June 2020
Received note from Aus Post to collect letter from post office: 26 June 2020 (didn't know what it was initially)
Citizenship certificate collected from Aus Post: 29 June 2020

Next step, passport! Pero saka na, pag pwede na uli bumyahe

@seestra congratulations!

Captain_A · July 2020

@J_Oz

may i ask for documents you submitted? for reference. Thanks

J_Oz · July 2020

@Captain_A said:
may i ask for documents you submitted? for reference. Thanks

Document submitted base sa naalala ko:

copy of our birth certificate, and marriage certificate for my wife (name change)
copy of passport: details page and page kung saan natatakan ka ng first entry
copy of AU driver license
copy of utility bill (i provided internet, pero di naman chineck)

Additional to be submitted:

kelangan fill upan yong Identity declaration form 1195 ata yon, tas required magprovide ng photo with signature sa likod ng Aus citizen under sa occupation na required dun sa form... link sa baba
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/1195.pdf

NBI clearance di na kami kumuha di narin kami hiningan, depende ito kung gano ka katagal sa Pinas from the day na nagrant ka ng PR visa...

Yan lang maalala ko. You need to bring all original documents on interview/test appointment mo.

Sana makatulong