The Citizenship by Conferral Application Process

After your citizenship test/interview:

You can expect us to:

• decide 95 per cent of applications for citizenship by conferral within 90 calendar days of lodgement

• liaise with your local council to arrange conferral of your citizenship at the next available ceremony

• explain any decision to refuse an application and tell you how to apply for review

We expect you to:

• provide any documents or information we request within the specified time or such other time agreed with you

• quote your file number or other reference number when you contact us or send us documents

• make sure we are able to contact you by telling us if you change your address or other contact details.
  See: Form 929 Change of Address (105KB PDF file)

• understand that it may take some months after approval of your application for you to be conferred citizenship, depending on demand in your location