Latest Citizenship Timeline - adults only

[SprySpring0776]

Just share my citizenship timeline here.

April 4th, online application;
April 23rd, asking for more details;
May 4th, approval;

I am waiting for the ceremony invite at the moment.

For context, the online presence calculator keeps saying I am ineligible throughout the application process. I have wrote up another thread about how to find your detailed response through online presence here(https://www.enz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57369)

Good luck to you all.

[nzgeek]

My Full NZ Timeline and waiting for NZ Passport

05/03/16 - Came NZ as student
05/11/16 - Finished Studies
21/11/16 - Got Job
04/03/17 - Booked IELTS Academics
24/06/17 - IELTS Exam
07/07/17 - IELTS Result
12/07/17 - EOI Submitted
19/07/17 - EOI Selected
22/07/17 - Invitation to Apply Received (Asked NZQA Assessment by INZ)
08/09/17 - NZQA Application Submitted (Fast Track - For my Full NZQA timeline Click Here )
05/10/17 - NZQA Report Received
07/10/17 - Application Sent (Prepared my file already was just waiting for NZQA)
10/10/17 - Application lodged by INZ
30/10/17 - Fee Deducted
31/10/17 - Got my original documents back
16/11/17 - Case officer assigned (I got here mail, just asked my IRD)
16/11/17 - Employer received questionnaire
17/11/17 - IRD sent to CO
26/11/17 - Employer replied (He was travelling and replied late after the deadline date. Deadline was 21/11/17)
06/01/18 - Contacted my CO about Status of my application (got her reply that she is working on my application and ask if she need anything)
05/02/18 - I was very nervous so ask JandM about my application and sent him my Employer Questionnaire and he was quite sure here that I'am going to receive an interview soon.
19/03/18 - Got Interview / 40 minutes (Unable to Answer 1 question) (Asked JandM again and he advised to email CO about it)
19/03/18 - Emailed my CO (Apology email that I know that answer which I missed in the interview) Got her email same day and she asked me to sent answers via email. Sent her elaborated email next day.
20/04/18 - Emailed my CO again and she told me that my application has been already Approved and going to receive AIP soon.
24/04/18 - AIP
25/04/18 - Passport Sent
27/04/18 - PP Delivered
26/05/2020 – PR Application sent
03/06/2020 – Money Deducted and email received from INZ
01/07/2020 – Got PR Approval Email
26/01/2023 - Applied for citizenship
22/02/2023 - Received approval
4/04/2023 - Received ceremony email
4/05/2023 - Ceremony completed and applied for NZ passport

Hope this will help someone

[JandM]

Congratulations - good news.

[Wrightwoo]

Applied on Dec 2022, no news since then. It's terrible.

[Kamalnadala]

Few things there. No error code while I check the presence calculator.
May be my travel movements as I stuck in high risk country during pandemic and NZ were not allowing to enter there PR visa holder directly and also MIQ was really hard to get.
Secondly when I submitted application on 27th February 2023 it automatically get canceled due to system error which is confirmed by the DIA. So I lodge another application after they advise me to do so.
Still waiting for 1st applications refund and they are not helping on anything. But finally yesterday senior staff asked me to email all the details once again.

Hi
Does the the presence calculated say you eligible ?

[Jainiss91]

Yes

[johnotbc]

Hello everyone,
Has any one in Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Wellington or Porirua recently received an invitation for citizenship ceremony since February 2023?
Please if you have, could you indicate
1. the date your citizenship was approved
2. when you got the invitation and the date of the ceremony.
3. what city council you live in and what city council played the host for your ceremony.

The reason I am asking is because it is nearing 2 months since we were approved and no invitation has been sent for our ceremony.

Thank you all for your help with the required information.

[Kelerei]

Hello everyone,
Has any one in Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Wellington or Porirua recently received an invitation for citizenship ceremony since February 2023?
Please if you have, could you indicate
1. the date your citizenship was approved
2. when you got the invitation and the date of the ceremony.
3. what city council you live in and what city council played the host for your ceremony.

The reason I am asking is because it is nearing 2 months since we were approved and no invitation has been sent for our ceremony.

Thank you all for your help with the required information.

It matters which of the four city councils you reside in: they are each responsible for their own citizenship ceremonies. You cannot attend the citizenship ceremony of a different council (unless you move house).

The Wellington City Council has 7 ceremonies scheduled in 2023 (with dates published), but notably had no citizenship ceremonies in 2023 before the ceremony on May 15th. If you reside in this council area, you are almost certainly waiting for the August or September ceremonies; invitations for the ceremony on June 13th have almost certainly gone out by now.

Porirua has scheduled 8 ceremonies in 2023 and has published their dates. The next is on June 6th (which you almost certainly won't get invited to by now), and then monthly until November.

Lower Hutt has scheduled 6 ceremonies in 2023 and has also published their dates. Invitations for the June 29th ceremony should go out next week: if you live in Lower Hutt and do not receive an invitation by the end of next week, it is more likely than not that you will be waiting for the ceremony on August 24th.

Upper Hutt, with its relatively smaller population, has extremely volatile scheduling. They only hold citizenship ceremonies approximately every four months, and then only on an as-needed basis (so no dates are published; a date will only be set when enough people in the council area are waiting for a ceremony). If you live in Upper Hutt (like me!), expect a potentially long wait for the next ceremony, but also expect to be invited to the next one whenever it takes place.

All I can suggest is to show patience. You will be invited to a ceremony when it's your turn.

[allune]

I know someone who requested to have their oath in another city…

[johnotbc]

I know someone who requested to have their oath in another city…

Hi,
Was that request granted? What council was the person residing in and what other council did the person get approval to attend in?
If so has the person attended the ceremony?

Thank you.