Australian citizenship by conferral.
Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in January 2025.
From date of application to decision:
- 24% of applications were processed in under 7 months.
- 25% of applications were processed between 7 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 4 months.
- 25% of applications were processed between 4 months and 4 months.
- 25% of applications were processed between 4 months 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:
- 24% of applications were processed in under 10 months.
- 25% of applications were processed between 10 and 11 months.
- 25% of applications were processed between 11 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 73 days.
- 25% of applications were processed between 73 days and 80 days.
- 25% of applications were processed between 80 days 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 4 days.
- 25% of applications were processed between 4 days and 9 days.
- 25% of applications were processed between 9 and 16 days.
- 15% of applications were processed between 16 and 27 days.
- 11% of applications were processed in 27 days or more.
A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).
Australian Citizenship Applications in January 2025.
19,445 citizenship by conferral applications were received during January 2025.
There were 138,920 citizenship by conferral applications waiting to be processed at the end of January 2025.
This is an increase of 7,568 from the 131,352 Australian citizenship by conferral applications that were waiting to be processed at the end of December 2024.
It appears that 11,877 citizenship by conferral applications were finalised in January 2025.