Australian Citizenship Processing Times December 2024.

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

From date of application to decision:

24% of applications were processed in under 6 months.
25% of applications were processed between 6 and 7 months.
25% of applications were processed between 7 and 9 months.
15% of applications were processed between 9 and 11 months.
11% of applications were processed in over 11 months.

From date of approval to ceremony:

24% of applications were processed in under 55 days .
25% of applications were processed between 55 days and 79 days.
25% of applications were processed between 79 days and 5 months.
15% of applications were processed between 5 and 6 months.
11% of applications were processed in over 6 months.

From date of application to ceremony:

49% of applications were processed in under 9 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 50 days.
25% of applications were processed between 50 days and 77 days.
25% of applications were processed between 77 days and 4 months.
15% of applications were processed between 4 months and 6 months.
11% of applications were processed in 6 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 6 days.
25% of applications were processed between 6 and 13 days.
15% of applications were processed between 13 and 24 days.
11% of applications were processed in 24 days or more.

A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).

Australian Citizenship Applications in December 2024.

15,419 citizenship by conferral applications were received during December 2024.

There were 131,352 citizenship by conferral applications waiting to be processed at the end of December 2024.

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This is an increase of 5,160 from the 126,192 Australian citizenship by conferral applications that were waiting to be processed at the end of November 2024.

It appears that 10,259 citizenship by conferral applications were finalised in December 2024.