Australian Citizenship Processing Times April 2023.

The following processing times relate to Citizenship applications, by conferral, that reached a decision in April 2023.

From Date of application to decision.

25% took under 5 months.
25% between 5 months and 6 months.
25% between 6 months and 8 months.
15% between 8 months and 11 months.
10% took over 11 months.

From Date of approval to ceremony.

25% took under 68 days.
25% between 68 days and 4 months.
25% between 4 months and 6 months.
15% between 6 months and 8 months.
10% took over 8 months.

From Date of application to ceremony.

25% took under 9 months.
25% between 9 months and 11 months.
25% between 11 months and 15 months.
15% between 15 months and 20 months.
10% took over 20 months.

These times do NOT include those applications that are still in progress, and some of those might take longer than the longest times shown above.

12,398 citizenship by conferral applications were received during the month of April 2023.
There were 90,838 citizenship by conferral applications on hand at the end of April 2023.
That is 5,688 (5.9%) less than the 96,526 citizenship by conferral applications on hand at the end of December 2022.

Last updated: 26 May 2023 (for month ending April 2023).

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Australian Citizenship by Descent Processing Times April 2023.

25% took under 44 days.
25% between 44 days and 54 days.
25% between 54 days and 76 days.
15% between 76 days and 4 months.
10% took over 4 months.

There were 3,847 citizenship by descent applications on hand at the end of April 2023. That is a small increase from the 3,424 citizenship by descent applications on hand at the end of December 2022.

There were 1,427 citizenship by descent applications received during April 2023.