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@alexoir, @a4anudeep, congrats guys! Enjoy becoming True Blue Aussies! Just out of curiosity, did you guys have physical conferral ceremonies, or virtual ones?

Hey mate, Once you log into your Immi Account, you can click on New Application and select 'Citizenship' and then select 'Citizenship by Conferral'. You will be directed to your application portal and there you will see the list of documents you need to provide on your submission. It's pretty easy and straightforward. Basically the same set of documents that were required for 887. plus some new photographs. Good luck with that!

Thanks mate. With this, the last step is done and dusted! I wish you all well. It's been quite a ride!

I think that's what it says, but for me it was rather pretty short. I applied on 06/12/2019, and then received a notification to sit for the test in mid-Feb, but I kept trying to reschedule and got my test date changed to 28/02/2020. Got it approved that day itself, and virtual ceremony on 05/05. So altogether it was about 5 months it took for me. Not sure how that's going to pan out given the times.

Thanks much alexoir! After my application approval, they did not contact me at any point until two days ago (04/05), where they called me to confirm if I am okay for a virtual conferral the next day (05/05). It was very short notice They called me to confirm if I prefer a virtual ceremony, and then sent me over the instructions email It was just one day, no real preparation was required. They held it via WebEx. We dressed up well but the presiding officer though was in casual clothing with a coat of arms as her backdrop. It was pretty quick, didn't even take 10 mins. We took the oath. Had some trouble initially connecting audio with WebEx, but they called on the phone for voice, and connected video with WebEx Hope you all who are waiting will get contacted pretty soon. We will be missing the photographs and dressing up nicely, but the certificate will come much quicker in these unprecedented times. Good luck to you all!

Hi All, Pretty excited to post here that I had my virtual conferral held today. Finally became a True Blue Aussie after 4 1/2 years! Good luck to all who are waiting. I think they are planning to roll out the virtual conferral ceremonies during the Covid-19 period. Cheers!

Can I know which state you are located mate? For me, apparently since in ACT it's not handled by local council rather through the local Government's community services directorate via DHS, not sure whether that has any impact from elections... Any idea anyone?

Hi All, Just sharing my timeline as well: Application submitted: 6 Dec 2019 Test date allocation received on: 7 Feb 2020 Initial Test date: 3 Apr 2020 Rescheduled to: 28 Feb 2020 Approval: 28 Feb 2020 (same date) Ceremony: <<waiting>>

Hey, congrats on becoming a True Blue Aussie!!! How does the approval work? Did you have to face anything else after sitting for the test/interview? If I may, could I ask which state were you applying from? Just for me to get an idea on whether the processing time has any relevance with the state that you are applying from.. Cheers!

@Skaur Fines are usually State Government affairs. It's NOT a debt to the Commonwealth. The application asks whether you have any debt to the Commonwealth. Not advising to dodge fines, but no one will have problems with their application by having outstanding fines

You are one absolutely lucky man! Congrats mate! I'm quite concerned how my timeline will go for a number of reasons. Did you have your conferral yet?

If you are on 489 State Nominated visa, then you are bound to condition 8539 where you cannot live or work in ACT. It was there in the page before, no idea why it is not now

Also a light-question to start with, have you any idea whether the processing time for a citizenship application would depend on the state that you are applying from? For instance, could an application from someone in NT take shorter to process from applying until the conferral than someone from, say NSW?

subscribing to keep up-to-date with the forum Glad to see familiar names around....

VICToRY At LaST!!! Hope you've already recovered from hangover from Friday haha You know what @Russki, this is the most awaited post in this forum and literally the only reason I kept coming back to read the forum after I received my grant few moons back. I don't know you personally, never met you, but I think you deserve this over everyone else because of the great character you showed in this forum through thick and thin and you kept the light very much alive. Despite your frustration, you managed to cheer everyone up with a kind word or two, kept the peace and calm amongst thousands of participants from different backgrounds. I wish you nothing but all the very best on your journey as a 'fully fledged' resident (as I would like to call it ) and may whatever your dreams do come true in this great land of opportunity. ::Good Luck!