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Citizenship Ceremony - Blacktown City Council

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Hi all, Has anyone who attended citizenship test during January 2022 from Blacktown City council received their ceremony invite ?? Please let me know. Thanks.

Just starting this thread to understand the timelines.
 
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Blacktown has only 491 pending ceremonies as of January 28, whereas Parramatta's number was 2727 (as of Jan 28).


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Blacktown has only 491 pending ceremonies as of January 28, whereas Parramatta's number was 2727 (as of Jan 28).


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What does this mean? will they wait for more people to make a ceremony?
 
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Any such data available for VIC also?
Cheers
 
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Cool :) , I also got the invite for the Citizenship Ceremony on 1st May @ 12:30 pm , Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope
 
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Here is mine

Date of application - 29/06/2021
Test - 20/01/2022
Test center - Parramatta, NSW
Council - Blacktown City Council
Application Approved - 14/02/2022 (approval was delayed due to the additional time taken for overseas PCC)
Ceremony invite for May 1st, 2022 on 05/04/2022
 
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If your citizenship ceremony date is before the Federal election date, then you are eligible to vote. Just follow the instructions in the below link.

There are special arrangements in place for people who will become Australian citizens after the announcement of the federal election which allows them to become provisional electors.

 
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I think you might get it in next ceremony. Mine was approved on 14th Feb and got ceremony for May 1st.
 
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That’s helpful. May I know when did u receive your approval? My test and approval was done on 22nd Feb and still waiting. Hoping to be included in upcoming ceremony whenever it happens.
 
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Does anyone know how often Blacktown City Council holds online ceremonies ? I’ve gotten my approval 21/4/22 and still waiting, was hoping to catch the 1/5/22 ceremony but oh well. Any information would be of help. Blacktown City Council website only shows just 1 May as the dates for 2022 surely there can’t only be 1 day out of the whole year they hold a ceremony.
 
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We got our citizenship approval on 22/02/2022, in Blacktown council, still waiting for ceremony invite.
 
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We also got our citizenship approval on 22nd Feb 2022, in Blacktown council, still waiting for ceremony invite. Apparently no date has been announced yet by the Blacktown council due to non-availability of venue. How pathetic specially considering that these ceremonies are a regular thing and they could have manage these in a better way.
 
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I got a reply today , they’ve said they haven’t been able to confirm but they are looking to hold a ceremony early July. List hasn’t been confirmed yet so they can’t confirm if you’ve been allocated that ceremony but we will see.
 
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usually Councils wont say any thing about the list I guess as it is the responsibility of DHA :)
 
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Its such a mismanaged process.
I wonder why don’t they get an oath signed by the Applicants as part of the application docs rather than having to attend a ceremony. Just a waste of time and resources.
 
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Someone mentioned above that their friend received an invite for 23rd June from Blacktown Council, and he appeared for his test in 3rd week of Feb. I appeared for my test on 22nd Feb but still haven’t received the invite. Next Ceremony date is also not yet updated on Blacktown Council website.
 
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Thanks for the update. Hoping to be invited in this round.
 
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Curious to know why does it matter after you attend the ceremony and get the citizenship certificate?