Australian citizenship by conferral Processing Times.
The following processing times relate to Citizenship application stages that reached a decision in April 2021.
From date of application to decision: 75% took under 14 months and 10% took over 16 months.
From date of approval to ceremony: 75% took under 6 months and 10% took over 7 months.
From date of application to ceremony: 75% took under 19 months and 10% took over 22 months.
A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).
There were 13,011 applications for Australian citizenship by conferral
received between 1 April 2021 and 30 April 2021.
There were 140,798 applications for Australian citizenship by conferral waiting in the pipeline at 30th April 2021.