Australian Citizenship Processing Times April 2025

Australian citizenship by conferral.

Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in April 2025.

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From date of application to decision:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 8 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 8 and 8 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 8 and 9 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 9 and 12 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in over 12 months.

From date of approval to ceremony:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 46 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 47 days and 62 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 62 days and 4 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 4 and 6 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in over 6 months.

From date of application to ceremony:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 9 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 9 and 10 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 10 and 12 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 12 and 14 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in over 14 months.

Australian citizenship by descent:

From date of application to decision:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 81 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 81 days and 3 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 3 months and 4 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 4 months and 5 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in 5 months or more.

Evidence of Australian citizenship:

From date of application to decision:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 3 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 3 days and 7 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 7 and 13 days.
• 15% of applications were processed between 13 and 20 days.
• 11% of applications were processed in 20 days or more.

A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).

Australian Citizenship Applications in April 2025.

17,816 citizenship by conferral applications were received during April 2025.

There were 153,034 citizenship by conferral applications waiting to be processed at the end of April 2025.

This is an increase of 5,488 from the 147,546 Australian citizenship by conferral applications that were waiting to be processed at the end of March 2025.

It appears that 12,328 citizenship by conferral applications were finalised in April 2025.

Last updated: 12 May 2025

Citizenship by Conferral 2025.