Australian Citizenship Processing Times November 2024.

Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in November 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 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 58 days .
25% of applications were processed between 58 days and 81 days.
25% of applications were processed between 81 days and 4 months.
15% of applications were processed between 4 and 5 months.
11% of applications were processed in over 5 months.

From date of application to ceremony:

49% of applications were processed in under 9 months.
25% of applications were processed between 9 and 11 months.
15% of applications were processed between 11 and 13 months.
11% of applications were processed in over 13 months.

Australian citizenship by descent:

From date of application to decision:

24% of applications were processed in under 48 days.
25% of applications were processed between 48 days and 61 days.
25% of applications were processed between 61 days and 86 days.
15% of applications were processed between 86 days and 4 months.
11% of applications were processed in 4 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 7 days.
25% of applications were processed between 7 and 12 days.
15% of applications were processed between 12 and 22 days.
11% of applications were processed in 22 days or more.

A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).

Australian Citizenship Applications in November 2024.

17,313 citizenship by conferral applications were received during November 2024.

There were 126,192 citizenship by conferral applications waiting to be processed at the end of November 2024.

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This is an reduction of 4,516 from the 130,708 Australian citizenship by conferral applications that were waiting to be processed at the end of September 2024.