Journey on our Australian Citizenship Year 2020 - please share your status in this thread here

agrande · October 2020

@wizardofOz congrats! Buti di hiningi sayo yung PCC. Kailan ka nga pala nagsubmiy ng application mo?

wizardofOz · October 2020

@agrande said:
@wizardofOz congrats! Buti di hiningi sayo yung PCC. Kailan ka nga pala nagsubmiy ng application mo?

@agrande thanks po... Feb 2020 ako naglodge ng citizenship application.. then 1st week of October ko na-receive yung invitation for interview/exam this Oct 20..

sana nga hindi nako hingan... medyo matagal at magastos kasi kumuha ng Thailand PCC kung hindi ako mismo doon mag-aapply in person..

AvatarIan · October 2020

Date of arrival to Australia on 457 Visa: March 2015
Date of Permanent Residency: February 2019
Date and year of Citizenship Eligibility: Feb 2020
Date of Citizenship application: March 2020
Number of dependents for application: (2) Child 14, 7

Still waiting for Exam and Interview invitation.

Sa mga na invite na for exam and interview, paano kayo na invite? Thru email, snail mail or mobile?

wizardofOz · October 2020

@AvatarIan said:
Date of arrival to Australia on 457 Visa: March 2015
Date of Permanent Residency: February 2019
Date and year of Citizenship Eligibility: Feb 2020
Date of Citizenship application: March 2020
Number of dependents for application: (2) Child 14, 7

Still waiting for Exam and Interview invitation.

Sa mga na invite na for exam and interview, paano kayo na invite? Thru email, snail mail or mobile?

Thru email na ini-specify ko sa application when I lodged sa Immi Acct

AvatarIan · October 2020

@wizardofOz said:

@AvatarIan said:
Date of arrival to Australia on 457 Visa: March 2015
Date of Permanent Residency: February 2019
Date and year of Citizenship Eligibility: Feb 2020
Date of Citizenship application: March 2020
Number of dependents for application: (2) Child 14, 7

Still waiting for Exam and Interview invitation.

Sa mga na invite na for exam and interview, paano kayo na invite? Thru email, snail mail or mobile?

Thru email na ini-specify ko sa application when I lodged sa Immi Acct

Thanks

jedh_g · October 2020

Guys, there’s a portion in the citizenship application saying there should be someone to attest your residency by signature needed. Could you share whom you went to? I think ito yun tao na magpapatunay na nandito tayo Sa Australia at matagal na rin sya na citizen...

agrande · October 2020

@wizardofOz goodluck sa interview at exam. Balitaan mo kami sa outcome ha.

Captain_A · October 2020

@jedh_g said:
Guys, there’s a portion in the citizenship application saying there should be someone to attest your residency by signature needed. Could you share whom you went to? I think ito yun tao na magpapatunay na nandito tayo Sa Australia at matagal na rin sya na citizen...

i think GP nila na citizen or kawork na citizen.. yan madalas nababasa ko na nag sign

wizardofOz · October 2020

@agrande said:
@wizardofOz goodluck sa interview at exam. Balitaan mo kami sa outcome ha.

Thanks po.. yes will update you guys

Abby_ · October 2020

Hello po. I have a question. My husband and I with our 2 kids will be applying for citizenship now. Do I have to lodge a separate application for myself? Thank you po sa sasagot

wizardofOz · October 2020

@jedh_g said:
Guys, there’s a portion in the citizenship application saying there should be someone to attest your residency by signature needed. Could you share whom you went to? I think ito yun tao na magpapatunay na nandito tayo Sa Australia at matagal na rin sya na citizen...

Form 1195 ata yan... I went sa former colleague ko na andito na sa Oz na member ng Engineers Australia... I think you can even go to your GP (na matagal ka nang kilala) to ask for his endorsement.. andun yung listahan sa form kung sino pwede mag-sign... he needs to sign the form 1195 and the back of the photo you are submitting in your application...

Captain_A · October 2020

@Abby_ said:

Hello po. I have a question. My husband and I with our 2 kids will be applying for citizenship now. Do I have to lodge a separate application for myself? Thank you po sa sasagot

yes separate app, kids can be included in either applications

wizardofOz · October 2020

Done with my citizenship interview and exam...

Hiningan pa din ako ng Thai PCC.. buti na lang pinag-exam pa din ako..

Kahit to follow na lang daw yung PCC, pero hindi nila ip-finalise yung application until masubmit ko yun

Captain_A · October 2020

@wizardofOz said:
Done with my citizenship interview and exam...

Hiningan pa din ako ng Thai PCC.. buti na lang pinag-exam pa din ako..

Kahit to follow na lang daw yung PCC, pero hindi nila ip-finalise yung application until masubmit ko yun

all the best

jmban33 · October 2020

@wizardofOz bro ask ko lang bat ka hinignan ng Thai PCC is it because more than 3 months ka nagstay sa thailand?

wizardofOz · October 2020

@jmban33 said:
@wizardofOz bro ask ko lang bat ka hinignan ng Thai PCC is it because more than 3 months ka nagstay sa thailand?

Yep.. bale after PR Grant, nag Initial Entry lang ako and stayed in Oz for a week... then bumalik muna ako sa Thailand (where I was working that time)... and worked for almost 12 months pa para mag-ipon before the big move.

Captain_A · October 2020

@wizardofOz said:

@jmban33 said:
@wizardofOz bro ask ko lang bat ka hinignan ng Thai PCC is it because more than 3 months ka nagstay sa thailand?

Yep.. bale after PR Grant, nag Initial Entry lang ako and stayed in Oz for a week... then bumalik muna ako sa Thailand (where I was working that time)... and worked for almost 12 months pa para mag-ipon before the big move.

12months from initial entry date? or from pr visa grant date?

agrande · October 2020

@wizardofOz kamusta interview bro?

wizardofOz · October 2020

@Captain_A said:

@wizardofOz said:

@jmban33 said:
@wizardofOz bro ask ko lang bat ka hinignan ng Thai PCC is it because more than 3 months ka nagstay sa thailand?

Yep.. bale after PR Grant, nag Initial Entry lang ako and stayed in Oz for a week... then bumalik muna ako sa Thailand (where I was working that time)... and worked for almost 12 months pa para mag-ipon before the big move.

12months from initial entry date? or from pr visa grant date?

It's about the same period... 1 week after kasi ng PR Grant ko nag Initial Entry na ko agad..

Hndi naman ako hiningan ng ANY PCC during may Immi Account application ko.. pero during the citizenship interview, yun yung unang binanggit nung officer sakin na need ko daw i-submit...

Actually nung una hindi nga nya inispecify na 'Thailand' sabi nya... 'I think the only thing we'll be needing from you is an overseas penal clearance for any country you stayed for over 90 days..."

Captain_A · October 2020

@wizardofOz said:

dahil dito nakita ko sa site

Penal clearance certificates
If you have spent a total of 12 months or more outside Australia since we granted you a permanent visa , you need to give us overseas police certificates from every country, including your home country, where you have spent a total of more than 90 days since you turned 18.

Ask the country's government or law enforcement authority for a certificate.

We might ask you to provide a penal clearance certificate in other circumstances.

agrande · October 2020

@wizardofOz . PCC nalang need mo and good to go ka na? Nagtanong ako sa Consulate kung gaano katagal ang processing sabi nila di daw sure Next week palang kami magsusubmit ng application di kasi namin masyadong naasikaso dahil busy. Baka submit na namin application namin then start na namin iprocess ang PCL din namin. Pwede naman atang to follow nalang sya kahit nakalodge na yung application?

wizardofOz · October 2020

@Captain_A said:

@wizardofOz said:

dahil dito nakita ko sa site

Penal clearance certificates
If you have spent a total of 12 months or more outside Australia since we granted you a permanent visa , you need to give us overseas police certificates from every country, including your home country, where you have spent a total of more than 90 days since you turned 18.

Ask the country's government or law enforcement authority for a certificate.

We might ask you to provide a penal clearance certificate in other circumstances.

yun kayang 'a total of more than 90 days'.. 90 days continuous stay kaya yun or cumulative?

kasi if cumulative, then I will need to submit NBI clearance also

wizardofOz · October 2020

@agrande said:
@wizardofOz . PCC nalang need mo and good to go ka na? Nagtanong ako sa Consulate kung gaano katagal ang processing sabi nila di daw sure Next week palang kami magsusubmit ng application di kasi namin masyadong naasikaso dahil busy. Baka submit na namin application namin then start na namin iprocess ang PCL din namin. Pwede naman atang to follow nalang sya kahit nakalodge na yung application?

Yup PCC na lang daw kulang ko para ma-finalise nila application ko

Captain_A · October 2020

@wizardofOz said:

ang unawa ko is

example
visa grant date is Jan 2015
initial entry Feb 2015
stayed in SG (10months)
stayed in Thai (2months)
stayed in PH ( 1month)
big move April 2016

first condition is, from date of PR grant until big move mo, kapag more than 12 months.
---- then automatic you need PCC pero sa example s taas, SG PCC lng need mo ipasa since yun lng ang more than 90 days

pero kapag ang big move mo is before 12 months from PR grant date, then no need for PCC.

correct me if im wrong.

wizardofOz · October 2020

@Captain_A said:

@wizardofOz said:

ang unawa ko is

example
visa grant date is Jan 2015
initial entry Feb 2015
stayed in SG (10months)
stayed in Thai (2months)
stayed in PH ( 1month)
big move April 2016

first condition is, from date of PR grant until big move mo, kapag more than 12 months.
---- then automatic you need PCC pero sa example s taas, SG PCC lng need mo ipasa since yun lng ang more than 90 days

pero kapag ang big move mo is before 12 months from PR grant date, then no need for PCC.

correct me if im wrong.

Mine is:

PR Grant: Dec 2014
Initial Entry: Dec 2014 (1 week)
Stayed in Thailand: Jan 2015 to Dec 2015 (kulang kulang 12 months lang)
Stayed in Philippines: Dec 2015 to Feb 2016 (less than 3mos)
Big Move: Feb 2016

agrande · October 2020

@wizardofOz Hope makuha mo agad yung PCC mo. Unti nalang bro citizen kana.

Meron po ba dito kumuha lately ng NBI? Kamusta ang application at gaano po katagal ang processing?

Thank you.

agrande · October 2020

If ito yung timeline niyo:
PR Grant: April 2016
Initial Entry: Oct 2016
Big move: Dec 2016

Need pa ba ng PCC based sa requirements?

The applicant is required to provide penal clearance certificates from overseas countries if:
The applicant has resided or travelled overseas since the age of 18 years or over, and
the total time spent overseas added up to 12 months or more, and
the time spent in any country was more than 90 consecutive days, or
the applicant is requested to do so by the department.

Captain_A · October 2020

@agrande said:
If ito yung timeline niyo:
PR Grant: April 2016
Initial Entry: Oct 2016
Big move: Dec 2016

Need pa ba ng PCC based sa requirements?

The applicant is required to provide penal clearance certificates from overseas countries if:
The applicant has resided or travelled overseas since the age of 18 years or over, and
the total time spent overseas added up to 12 months or more, and
the time spent in any country was more than 90 consecutive days, or
the applicant is requested to do so by the department.

if na-satisfy yung 3 since puro AND nakalagay, then you have to.

tapos may OR , yang last part ay discretion na ng case officer

parang hndi mo na need ng PCC, in my understanding

all the best

Hendro · October 2020

Question lng po, will you receive any docs to show that they are requiring you for COC during the citizenship application?

Naisip ko lng sa SG kasi during the appeal, I think need ng proof na hnihingi sya? possible kaya na humingi na in advance ?

Cassey · October 2020

@jedh_g said:
@Cassey hope you're safe at home as you read this. Just wanted to inquire what documents will I prepare in lodging our citizenship application (checklist)? Appreciate your feedback thanks in advance!

Kumusta na? Nakalodge ka na ba ng application mo?