AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE

franchelle1001 · October 2022

Hello sa lahat, just sharing my citizenship journey:

April 3 2022- submitted AU citizenship application
August 18 - received appointment email for Oct 18 exam (rebooked to 1st Sept)
Sept 1- passed the Australian Citizenship Test (same day approval)
Oct 14 - received Citizenship Ceremony email
Nov 7 - Citizenship Ceremony (Parramatta)

xiaolico · November 2022

Finally tapos na lahat. Sharing my timeline here, one last time. Nasa signature ko din. Wala pa yung passport ng wife ko, pero dumating na yung akin. Since ako naman member dito, will share my complete timeline na. Journey is complete. Salamat sa lahat ng tumulong at nakiramay sa pag antay.

Computer Network and Systems Engineer - 263111
Age 33-39- 25points
English superior- 20points
Bachelor's Degree- 15points
Work Experience- 10pts
Total- 70pts

July 25, 2016- Lodged ACS
August 2, 2016- Favorable letter from ACS
January 10, 2017- Took PTE
January 12, 2017- PTE exam results (L90 R86 S90 W79)
January 12, 2017- EOI
January 18, 2017- ITA received
January 19, 2017- NBI (hit)
January 23, 2017- Visa Lodge 189
January 24, 2017- Medical bgc
January 27, 2017- NBI clearance received
February 2, 2017- Medical cleared (no action required)
February 15, 2017- Grant
October 26, 2017- Flight to Melbourne
October 27, 2017- Landed in Melbourne
July 14, 2018- Moved to Sydney
October 11, 2019- Wife gave birth to a baby boy
October 20, 2019- Applied for baby's birth certificate online
October 23, 2019- Baby boy's birth certificate received
October 25, 2019- Applied for baby's medicare
October 31, 2019- Baby's medicare activated
October 31, 2019- Applied for baby's citizenship certificate
November 7, 2019- Received baby's citizenship certificate
November 13, 2019- Applied for baby's passport
November 20, 2019- Baby's AU passport received
November 2, 2021- Submitted AU citizenship application for myself and my wife
April 14, 2022- Received Interview with Standard Test letter. May 25 schedule.
May 25, 2022- Passed the Australian Citizenship Test
May 25, 2022- Citizenship Approval Received
September 15, 2022- Invitation to Citizenship Ceremony Received
October 6, 2022- Citizenship Ceremony
October 18, 2022- AU passport application lodged
November 7, 2022- Passport received

Good luck sa mga hindi pa tapos ang journey. Good luck sa mga nag sisimula pa lang or mag sisimula pa lang. Parang lumipas lang 5yrs. Anyway baka eventually hindi na ko maging active dito. So eto mga nangyari sa amin the past 5yrs. Si misis naka apat na trabaho. Yung una niya, 2 weeks lang, pero sinama ko na sa bilang hehe. Retail siya nun, pero eventually naka kuha ng corporate job kaya umalis din agad. ako naka tatlo. sa limang taon, nagka anak kami. private hospital naman pinanganak kasi may private insurance kami on top of yung medicare. naka bili kami ng brand new na kotse na fully paid na. May property na din kami, na-approve kami ng mortgage na yung amount malabo na makuha namin sa pinas. Masaya naman kami. Ngayon we are working on another baby . Salamat ulit sa lahat at good luck din sa lagat.

patpapat · November 2022

Hi everyone!

Just a question. Sorry, this is already 46 page long and not sure if this was already asked before. After the citizenship ceremony, can I still use my old PH passport to travel to PH with a valid PR visa? Kasi technically, you are an Australian citizen na, but you'll still be using your PH passport. And anong citizenship ilalagay sa mga declaration forms?

xiaolico · November 2022

@patpapat said:
Hi everyone!

Just a question. Sorry, this is already 46 page long and not sure if this was already asked before. After the citizenship ceremony, can I still use my old PH passport to travel to PH with a valid PR visa? Kasi technically, you are an Australian citizen na, but you'll still be using your PH passport. And anong citizenship ilalagay sa mga declaration forms?

If you check yung letter of citizenship approval mo, eto nakalagay dun.
"Once you have attended your ceremony and become an Australian citizen, your permanent
visa will cease and must not be used for re-entry into Australia. If you intend to travel outside
Australia, you will need to apply for an Australian passport"

I think hindi ka makakabalik if PH passport gamit mo at wala kang visa. Kasi technically, hindi na active yung visa mo. I think sa citizenship declaration forms, au na dapat ilagay mo. Not unless nag dual citizenship ka na. After ng au ceremony mo, di ka na pinoy. Kailangan mo ire-claim yun

patpapat · November 2022

Hello @xiaolico. Thanks for your quick reply! I'm still in the process of applying for citizenship. I'll have my interview and test in December. I have a scheduled travel in March next year. You can move/delay naman your ceremony po diba in case the timelines don't match?

Thank you!

@xiaolico said:

@patpapat said:
Hi everyone!

Just a question. Sorry, this is already 46 page long and not sure if this was already asked before. After the citizenship ceremony, can I still use my old PH passport to travel to PH with a valid PR visa? Kasi technically, you are an Australian citizen na, but you'll still be using your PH passport. And anong citizenship ilalagay sa mga declaration forms?

If you check yung letter of citizenship approval mo, eto nakalagay dun.
"Once you have attended your ceremony and become an Australian citizen, your permanent
visa will cease and must not be used for re-entry into Australia. If you intend to travel outside
Australia, you will need to apply for an Australian passport"

I think hindi ka makakabalik if PH passport gamit mo at wala kang visa. Kasi technically, hindi na active yung visa mo. I think sa citizenship declaration forms, au na dapat ilagay mo. Not unless nag dual citizenship ka na. After ng au ceremony mo, di ka na pinoy. Kailangan mo ire-claim yun

xiaolico · November 2022

@patpapat said:
Hello @xiaolico. Thanks for your quick reply! I'm still in the process of applying for citizenship. I'll have my interview and test in December. I have a scheduled travel in March next year. You can move/delay naman your ceremony po diba in case the timelines don't match?

Thank you!

@xiaolico said:

@patpapat said:
Hi everyone!

Just a question. Sorry, this is already 46 page long and not sure if this was already asked before. After the citizenship ceremony, can I still use my old PH passport to travel to PH with a valid PR visa? Kasi technically, you are an Australian citizen na, but you'll still be using your PH passport. And anong citizenship ilalagay sa mga declaration forms?

If you check yung letter of citizenship approval mo, eto nakalagay dun.
"Once you have attended your ceremony and become an Australian citizen, your permanent
visa will cease and must not be used for re-entry into Australia. If you intend to travel outside
Australia, you will need to apply for an Australian passport"

I think hindi ka makakabalik if PH passport gamit mo at wala kang visa. Kasi technically, hindi na active yung visa mo. I think sa citizenship declaration forms, au na dapat ilagay mo. Not unless nag dual citizenship ka na. After ng au ceremony mo, di ka na pinoy. Kailangan mo ire-claim yun

Yes, alam ko puwede. And before ng test, yung Case Officer will ask you if you have any travel plans. Puwede mo din sabihin dun para they can schedule your ceremony invite after ng trip mo.

ArchLab1 · November 2022

Hi Everyone, just new here po and nasa process kme to start applying for our citizenship. Question lang po we had a free consultation sa Agent and they said we will need to get some Police clearance sa mga Country na pinagstayan nmen for a year in the last 10 years is that right ba ? kce before I think may nabasa ako na once you received your Resident visa if you stay somewhere outside australia for for more than 90 days thats when they require you for a police clearance sa country na yun. It just doesn’t make sense na we have to get new Police clearance sa ibang country when we already submit that police clearance nung nagapply kme for residence visa and since we had a Residence visa approve we went straight sa Australia without staying in any other country for more than 90days. If anyone can Advice me po. Salamat.

cheesyfiona · November 2022

@ArchLab1 said:
Hi Everyone, just new here po and nasa process kme to start applying for our citizenship. Question lang po we had a free consultation sa Agent and they said we will need to get some Police clearance sa mga Country na pinagstayan nmen for a year in the last 10 years is that right ba ? kce before I think may nabasa ako na once you received your Resident visa if you stay somewhere outside australia for for more than 90 days thats when they require you for a police clearance sa country na yun. It just doesn’t make sense na we have to get new Police clearance sa ibang country when we already submit that police clearance nung nagapply kme for residence visa and since we had a Residence visa approve we went straight sa Australia without staying in any other country for more than 90days. If anyone can Advice me po. Salamat.

According to the documents requirement online you only need it with below condition:
"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."

From your post sabi nyo po hindi naman kayo nag stay elsewhere since visa grant. How long did it take you po to move from your base country to Australia after the visa grant? Moved to Australia within 12 months of visa grant?

Another condition where it will be required is if you are holidng a subclass 444 visa.

ArchLab1 · November 2022

@>; @cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:
Hi Everyone, just new here po and nasa process kme to start applying for our citizenship. Question lang po we had a free consultation sa Agent and they said we will need to get some Police clearance sa mga Country na pinagstayan nmen for a year in the last 10 years is that right ba ? kce before I think may nabasa ako na once you received your Resident visa if you stay somewhere outside australia for for more than 90 days thats when they require you for a police clearance sa country na yun. It just doesn’t make sense na we have to get new Police clearance sa ibang country when we already submit that police clearance nung nagapply kme for residence visa and since we had a Residence visa approve we went straight sa Australia without staying in any other country for more than 90days. If anyone can Advice me po. Salamat.

According to the documents requirement online you only need it with below condition:
"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."

From your post sabi nyo po hindi naman kayo nag stay elsewhere since visa grant. How long did it take you po to move from your base country to Australia after the visa grant? Moved to Australia within 12 months of visa grant?

Another condition where it will be required is if you are holidng a subclass 444 visa.

Hi po, Thank you sa pagreply, un dn nga nakita ko before if you stay somewhere more than 12months you will need to provide the police clearance from that country.

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

xiaolico · November 2022

@ArchLab1 said:
@>; @cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:
Hi Everyone, just new here po and nasa process kme to start applying for our citizenship. Question lang po we had a free consultation sa Agent and they said we will need to get some Police clearance sa mga Country na pinagstayan nmen for a year in the last 10 years is that right ba ? kce before I think may nabasa ako na once you received your Resident visa if you stay somewhere outside australia for for more than 90 days thats when they require you for a police clearance sa country na yun. It just doesn’t make sense na we have to get new Police clearance sa ibang country when we already submit that police clearance nung nagapply kme for residence visa and since we had a Residence visa approve we went straight sa Australia without staying in any other country for more than 90days. If anyone can Advice me po. Salamat.

According to the documents requirement online you only need it with below condition:
"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."

From your post sabi nyo po hindi naman kayo nag stay elsewhere since visa grant. How long did it take you po to move from your base country to Australia after the visa grant? Moved to Australia within 12 months of visa grant?

Another condition where it will be required is if you are holidng a subclass 444 visa.

Hi po, Thank you sa pagreply, un dn nga nakita ko before if you stay somewhere more than 12months you will need to provide the police clearance from that country.

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

Ask ko lang, registered yung agent na yan? Kasi if you check yung DOHA, suggested to use an agent pag immigration assistance lang. Hindi citizenship application. I did mine this year, hindi ako nag agent. hindi din ako hiningan ng NBI clearance. pag kulang naman kasi yung documents, hihingin naman nila sa yo yung kulang. I am not sure sa agent, but just check if registered sila. eto yung site to check if registered yung agent. pero pang immigration lang ata to. not sure eh.

https://portal.mara.gov.au/search-the-register-of-migration-agents/

cheesyfiona · November 2022

@ArchLab1 said:

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

As far as I know for police clearances, there might be a validity period so baka po kung ginamit nyo for PR visa before e hindi na valid? Highly possible that the agents are just trying to cover all the bases, pero baka nga po hindi nyo na kailangan.

I can't really comment on agency kasi I think this is a matter of preference. My partner and I always apply by ourselves po kasi (visitor visa, PR visa, and now citizenship). Mas kampante lang ako na I know all the requirements, fields that have been answered, and the documents I have uploaded in relation to what is required.

If you ever want to do it by yourself, this forum has been really helpful. Aside from that, all information are online and are itemised almost always very clearly.

ArchLab1 · November 2022

@xiaolico said:

@ArchLab1 said:
@>; @cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:
Hi Everyone, just new here po and nasa process kme to start applying for our citizenship. Question lang po we had a free consultation sa Agent and they said we will need to get some Police clearance sa mga Country na pinagstayan nmen for a year in the last 10 years is that right ba ? kce before I think may nabasa ako na once you received your Resident visa if you stay somewhere outside australia for for more than 90 days thats when they require you for a police clearance sa country na yun. It just doesn’t make sense na we have to get new Police clearance sa ibang country when we already submit that police clearance nung nagapply kme for residence visa and since we had a Residence visa approve we went straight sa Australia without staying in any other country for more than 90days. If anyone can Advice me po. Salamat.

According to the documents requirement online you only need it with below condition:
"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."

From your post sabi nyo po hindi naman kayo nag stay elsewhere since visa grant. How long did it take you po to move from your base country to Australia after the visa grant? Moved to Australia within 12 months of visa grant?

Another condition where it will be required is if you are holidng a subclass 444 visa.

Hi po, Thank you sa pagreply, un dn nga nakita ko before if you stay somewhere more than 12months you will need to provide the police clearance from that country.

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

Ask ko lang, registered yung agent na yan? Kasi if you check yung DOHA, suggested to use an agent pag immigration assistance lang. Hindi citizenship application. I did mine this year, hindi ako nag agent. hindi din ako hiningan ng NBI clearance. pag kulang naman kasi yung documents, hihingin naman nila sa yo yung kulang. I am not sure sa agent, but just check if registered sila. eto yung site to check if registered yung agent. pero pang immigration lang ata to. not sure eh.

https://portal.mara.gov.au/search-the-register-of-migration-agents/

@xiaolico said:

@ArchLab1 said:
@>; @cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:
Hi Everyone, just new here po and nasa process kme to start applying for our citizenship. Question lang po we had a free consultation sa Agent and they said we will need to get some Police clearance sa mga Country na pinagstayan nmen for a year in the last 10 years is that right ba ? kce before I think may nabasa ako na once you received your Resident visa if you stay somewhere outside australia for for more than 90 days thats when they require you for a police clearance sa country na yun. It just doesn’t make sense na we have to get new Police clearance sa ibang country when we already submit that police clearance nung nagapply kme for residence visa and since we had a Residence visa approve we went straight sa Australia without staying in any other country for more than 90days. If anyone can Advice me po. Salamat.

According to the documents requirement online you only need it with below condition:
"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."

From your post sabi nyo po hindi naman kayo nag stay elsewhere since visa grant. How long did it take you po to move from your base country to Australia after the visa grant? Moved to Australia within 12 months of visa grant?

Another condition where it will be required is if you are holidng a subclass 444 visa.

Hi po, Thank you sa pagreply, un dn nga nakita ko before if you stay somewhere more than 12months you will need to provide the police clearance from that country.

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

Ask ko lang, registered yung agent na yan? Kasi if you check yung DOHA, suggested to use an agent pag immigration assistance lang. Hindi citizenship application. I did mine this year, hindi ako nag agent. hindi din ako hiningan ng NBI clearance. pag kulang naman kasi yung documents, hihingin naman nila sa yo yung kulang. I am not sure sa agent, but just check if registered sila. eto yung site to check if registered yung agent. pero pang immigration lang ata to. not sure eh.

https://portal.mara.gov.au/search-the-register-of-migration-agents/

Not sure if registered ung agent but will surely check. Salmat sa Advice.

ArchLab1 · November 2022

@cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

As far as I know for police clearances, there might be a validity period so baka po kung ginamit nyo for PR visa before e hindi na valid? Highly possible that the agents are just trying to cover all the bases, pero baka nga po hindi nyo na kailangan.

I can't really comment on agency kasi I think this is a matter of preference. My partner and I always apply by ourselves po kasi (visitor visa, PR visa, and now citizenship). Mas kampante lang ako na I know all the requirements, fields that have been answered, and the documents I have uploaded in relation to what is required.

If you ever want to do it by yourself, this forum has been really helpful. Aside from that, all information are online and are itemised almost always very clearly.

Un lang for sure d na rin sya valid. Un nga dn iniisip nmen if they just want to be sure or they don’t actually have an idea 😅 But will probably try and do it ourselves is it true ba na its much easier than applying for PR and Requirements na need sa Citizenship is less ?

Heard a lot of good things about this forum and will probably asked for much needed help and guidance on our citizenship. Salamat ulet 😊

xiaolico · November 2022

@ArchLab1 said:

@cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

As far as I know for police clearances, there might be a validity period so baka po kung ginamit nyo for PR visa before e hindi na valid? Highly possible that the agents are just trying to cover all the bases, pero baka nga po hindi nyo na kailangan.

I can't really comment on agency kasi I think this is a matter of preference. My partner and I always apply by ourselves po kasi (visitor visa, PR visa, and now citizenship). Mas kampante lang ako na I know all the requirements, fields that have been answered, and the documents I have uploaded in relation to what is required.

If you ever want to do it by yourself, this forum has been really helpful. Aside from that, all information are online and are itemised almost always very clearly.

Un lang for sure d na rin sya valid. Un nga dn iniisip nmen if they just want to be sure or they don’t actually have an idea 😅 But will probably try and do it ourselves is it true ba na its much easier than applying for PR and Requirements na need sa Citizenship is less ?

Heard a lot of good things about this forum and will probably asked for much needed help and guidance on our citizenship. Salamat ulet 😊

True yan. PR visa lang mahirap. Basically lahat ng docs mo sa PR visa, yun lang din yung sa citizenship. Mas kaunti pa. Mas straight forward din yung citizenship applicationn

ArchLab1 · November 2022

@xiaolico said:

@ArchLab1 said:

@cheesyfiona said:

@ArchLab1 said:

Actually when we received our visa grant sa base country nmen we stayed there less than 90 days kce nagvisit kme sa UK for 2weeks then we returned sa base country nmen for 3 weeks tas pumnta na kme sa Australia. Kaya I’m not sure why the Agent is requiring us to get a pcc sa base country nmen before and other countries na we stayed in for the last 10yrs before we even received our grant. Is it because the Agents are just making sure that we have it incase irequire but getting a police clearance sa ibang country can take up to 3months. Do you think po we can just provide our old police clearance na we submitted nung nagaapply kme for residence visa just for reference? Not sure nga if worth it ba mag Agent kce they are quoting us $1800 and seems like here sa forum everyone is doing it by themselves. Salamat po ulet

As far as I know for police clearances, there might be a validity period so baka po kung ginamit nyo for PR visa before e hindi na valid? Highly possible that the agents are just trying to cover all the bases, pero baka nga po hindi nyo na kailangan.

I can't really comment on agency kasi I think this is a matter of preference. My partner and I always apply by ourselves po kasi (visitor visa, PR visa, and now citizenship). Mas kampante lang ako na I know all the requirements, fields that have been answered, and the documents I have uploaded in relation to what is required.

If you ever want to do it by yourself, this forum has been really helpful. Aside from that, all information are online and are itemised almost always very clearly.

Un lang for sure d na rin sya valid. Un nga dn iniisip nmen if they just want to be sure or they don’t actually have an idea 😅 But will probably try and do it ourselves is it true ba na its much easier than applying for PR and Requirements na need sa Citizenship is less ?

Heard a lot of good things about this forum and will probably asked for much needed help and guidance on our citizenship. Salamat ulet 😊

True yan. PR visa lang mahirap. Basically lahat ng docs mo sa PR visa, yun lang din yung sa citizenship. Mas kaunti pa. Mas straight forward din yung citizenship applicationn

Glad to hear that 😊

ArchLab1 · November 2022

Hi po Good morning, tanong lang po ulet incase someone knows po kce we are now doubting if we are eligible to actually apply for citizenship now. Case po kce nmen we visited Aus nung 2018 Nov with 1yr validity and then we got our PR grant while we have our tourist visa still valid. Would that count po ba as initial entry nung pumasok kme nung 2018 Nov with Tourist Visa or should we start on the Initial entry nmen with PR visa? Maraming salamat po sa mkakasagot

cheesyfiona · November 2022

@ArchLab1 Maybe kailangan po ng more info to gauge your residency.

Date of entry on visitor visa =
Visitor visa valid until =
Conditions of stay of visitor visa =
PR grant date =
Date you exited Australia =
Date of entry PR visa =
Other exits after date of entry using PR visa =

ArchLab1 · November 2022

@cheesyfiona said:
@ArchLab1 Maybe kailangan po ng more info to gauge your residency.

Date of entry on visitor visa =

Visitor visa valid until =

Conditions of stay of visitor visa =

PR grant date =

Date you exited Australia =

Date of entry PR visa =

Other exits after date of entry using PR visa =

Hi,
*Date of entry on visitor visa = Nov 5 2018
* Visitor visa valid until = Nov 1 2019
* Conditions of stay of visitor visa = Multiple entry
* PR grant date = Feb 1 2019
* Date you exited Australia = exited for visitors visa ( Nov 19 2018)
* Date of entry PR visa = May 2019
* Other exits after date of entry using PR visa = Exit only once for 2 weeks

May idea ka ba on how we will able to compute it right to know if eligible na tlagah kme magapply ? Salamat

cheesyfiona · December 2022

@ArchLab1 Hindi ma-count yung visitor visa entry nyo sa residency because the PR visa was granted when you are not in Australia. So yung count for residency requirement will start on your May 2019 entry.

Eto po yung residence calculator. Para ma-meet yung 4 years residency you should apply on May 2023. Your permanent residence date and your lawful residence date parehas po na May 2019.

ArchLab1 · December 2022

@cheesyfiona said:
@ArchLab1 Hindi ma-count yung visitor visa entry nyo sa residency because the PR visa was granted when you are not in Australia. So yung count for residency requirement will start on your May 2019 entry.

Eto po yung residence calculator. Para ma-meet yung 4 years residency you should apply on May 2023. Your permanent residence date and your lawful residence date parehas po na May 2019.
Ahh makes sense now 😅 kala ko pa nman puede na kme magapply but all good atleast more time to prepare. Salamt ulet sa help 😊

cucci · December 2022

@ArchLab1 said:

@cheesyfiona said:
@ArchLab1 Maybe kailangan po ng more info to gauge your residency.

Date of entry on visitor visa =

Visitor visa valid until =

Conditions of stay of visitor visa =

PR grant date =

Date you exited Australia =

Date of entry PR visa =

Other exits after date of entry using PR visa =

Hi,
*Date of entry on visitor visa = Nov 5 2018
* Visitor visa valid until = Nov 1 2019
* Conditions of stay of visitor visa = Multiple entry
* PR grant date = Feb 1 2019
* Date you exited Australia = exited for visitors visa ( Nov 19 2018)
* Date of entry PR visa = May 2019
* Other exits after date of entry using PR visa = Exit only once for 2 weeks

May idea ka ba on how we will able to compute it right to know if eligible na tlagah kme magapply ? Salamat

Sometimes di rin sure ang residency calculator. Pwede rin naman mag try ng application sa immi website. Kung pwede na, the process will push through otherwise first 2 or 3 pages pa lang sasabihin naman ng website na kulang pa ang residency unless seeking exemptions as stated din doon sa page na yun. At least makikita mo na rin ang mga required documents to be uploaded.

ArchLab1 · December 2022

@cucci said:

@ArchLab1 said:

@cheesyfiona said:
@ArchLab1 Maybe kailangan po ng more info to gauge your residency.

Date of entry on visitor visa =

Visitor visa valid until =

Conditions of stay of visitor visa =

PR grant date =

Date you exited Australia =

Date of entry PR visa =

Other exits after date of entry using PR visa =

Hi,
*Date of entry on visitor visa = Nov 5 2018
* Visitor visa valid until = Nov 1 2019
* Conditions of stay of visitor visa = Multiple entry
* PR grant date = Feb 1 2019
* Date you exited Australia = exited for visitors visa ( Nov 19 2018)
* Date of entry PR visa = May 2019
* Other exits after date of entry using PR visa = Exit only once for 2 weeks

May idea ka ba on how we will able to compute it right to know if eligible na tlagah kme magapply ? Salamat

Sometimes di rin sure ang residency calculator. Pwede rin naman mag try ng application sa immi website. Kung pwede na, the process will push through otherwise first 2 or 3 pages pa lang sasabihin naman ng website na kulang pa ang residency unless seeking exemptions as stated din doon sa page na yun. At least makikita mo na rin ang mga required documents to be uploaded.

Baka try din nmen un to be sure 😊 ung agency kce na inask nmen if applicable na kme said we are pero knowing na they are not really for citizenship made me really doubt them hahah tho we checked na registered agent sila mainly for other visa related. Salamat sa suggestion 🙂

xiaolico · December 2022

@ArchLab1 said:

@cucci said:

@ArchLab1 said:

@cheesyfiona said:
@ArchLab1 Maybe kailangan po ng more info to gauge your residency.

Date of entry on visitor visa =

Visitor visa valid until =

Conditions of stay of visitor visa =

PR grant date =

Date you exited Australia =

Date of entry PR visa =

Other exits after date of entry using PR visa =

Hi,
*Date of entry on visitor visa = Nov 5 2018
* Visitor visa valid until = Nov 1 2019
* Conditions of stay of visitor visa = Multiple entry
* PR grant date = Feb 1 2019
* Date you exited Australia = exited for visitors visa ( Nov 19 2018)
* Date of entry PR visa = May 2019
* Other exits after date of entry using PR visa = Exit only once for 2 weeks

May idea ka ba on how we will able to compute it right to know if eligible na tlagah kme magapply ? Salamat

Sometimes di rin sure ang residency calculator. Pwede rin naman mag try ng application sa immi website. Kung pwede na, the process will push through otherwise first 2 or 3 pages pa lang sasabihin naman ng website na kulang pa ang residency unless seeking exemptions as stated din doon sa page na yun. At least makikita mo na rin ang mga required documents to be uploaded.

Baka try din nmen un to be sure 😊 ung agency kce na inask nmen if applicable na kme said we are pero knowing na they are not really for citizenship made me really doubt them hahah tho we checked na registered agent sila mainly for other visa related. Salamat sa suggestion 🙂

Tama yan, hindi naman tutuloy yung application if hindi ka pa qualified. I remember nung kami, maaga namin ginawa para sana pag eligible na kami, puwede na namin submit na lang. naka upload nalahat ng docs. Hindi tumuloy yung application. So ang ginawa ko, inusog ko yung date hehe. Tumuloy na yung application pero hindi ko sinubmit. Nung umabot na sa date na eligible kami, inedit ko na lang yung date na nilagay ko as dummy. Dun ko na pinasa yun application. Heavy din kasi talaga sa documentation ang AU. Time consuming talaga siya.

Megger · December 2022

Tama yan, hindi naman tutuloy yung application if hindi ka pa qualified. I remember nung kami, maaga namin ginawa para sana pag eligible na kami, puwede na namin submit na lang. naka upload nalahat ng docs. Hindi tumuloy yung application. So ang ginawa ko, inusog ko yung date hehe. Tumuloy na yung application pero hindi ko sinubmit. Nung umabot na sa date na eligible kami, inedit ko na lang yung date na nilagay ko as dummy. Dun ko na pinasa yun application. Heavy din kasi talaga sa documentation ang AU. Time consuming talaga siya.

Agree. Base sa experience ko though the calculator is most of the time accurate, pero ang application parin ang last checker, kasi di nga mag proceed kung di pa satisfied ang years of residence.

Megger · December 2022

Baka may same case dito. Tinatanong ang wife ko kung she want her middle name included during interview. She chooses no, kasi ang immiaccount walang middle name. May impact ba to sa oath taking, hahanapan ba ng ID na walang middle name? TIA sa reply.

Megger · December 2022

Hello po sa lahat. Tanong lang po, ano ba gagawin para maibalik yong middlename sa details before mabigay yong Citizenship Certificate. TIA.

Hunter_08 · December 2022

Hi guys, question alam nyo ba kung ilang beses pwede mag reschedule ng test invites? kasi na invite ako while i'm on overseas maski inindicate ko yung travel dates ko. nung nag try kasi ako mag reschedule wala pa din yung return date ko sa Aus doon. natandaan ko kasi nung tumawag ako before sabi twice pwede mag pa reschedule ng test invites.

Cerberus13 · December 2022

Hi, sorry not related sa citizenship but I guess you're the right people to ask. May successfully nakapag mortgage and nakabili ng bahay sa AU habang PR pa lang? How was your experience? Thanks!

xiaolico · December 2022

@Cerberus13 said:
Hi, sorry not related sa citizenship but I guess you're the right people to ask. May successfully nakapag mortgage and nakabili ng bahay sa AU habang PR pa lang? How was your experience? Thanks!

Kami, well citizen na kami now. Pero nag start mortgage namin, PR pa lang kami. Wala ata difference if PR or citizen. I think same lang, license, passport (PH or AU), pag PR ka, of course visa. Based sa experience ko, wala talaga difference PR sa citizen. Yung right to vote lang.

eujin · January 2023

Happy new year guys!

Nakapagsubmit na din kame ng partner ko ng application after almost 2 months process na pagkuha lang ng sg coc, from when we scheduled our fingerprints here in our local police to receiving the certificates today from SPF .. hindi na ko makakahintay ng another day para lang ma-attach uli lahat ng docs namen and ma-submit.. We're hoping na magkaron ng movement within the next 9-12 months ang application. Anyone na kakasubmit lang or about to submit anytime soon?