Australian Citizenship Processing Times August 2024.

Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in August 2024.

From date of application to decision:

49% of applications were processed in under 7 months.
25% of applications were processed between 7 and 8 months.
15% of applications were processed between 8 and 10 months.
11% of applications were processed in over 10 months.

From date of approval to ceremony:

24% of applications were processed in under 64 days .
25% of applications were processed between 64 days and 4 months.
25% of applications were processed between 4 and 5 months.
15% of applications were processed between 5 and 8 months.
11% of applications were processed in over 8 months.

From date of application to ceremony:

24% of applications were processed in under 8 months.
25% of applications were processed between 8 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 55 days.
25% of applications were processed between 55 days and 66 days.
25% of applications were processed between 66 days and 4 months.
15% of applications were processed between 4 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 2 days.
25% of applications were processed between 2 days and 4 days.
25% of applications were processed between 5 and 11 days.
15% of applications were processed between 12 and 20 days.
11% of applications were processed in 21 days or more.

A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).

Last updated: 26 September 2024.

Australian Citizenship Applications in August 2024.

17,500 citizenship by conferral applications were received during August 2024.

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There were 127,505 citizenship by conferral applications waiting to be processed at 31 August 2024.

This is an increase of almost 10,000 from the 117,789 Australian citizenship by conferral applications that were waiting to be processed at 30 June 2024.