This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Citizenship applicants and pending ceremonies from Hume City Council'.



FOI Request FA 22/05/01062 
1. Current number of citizenship applicants from Hume City Council Victoria.
2. Number of applicants whose citizenship has been approved by 31/03/2022 but stil  waiting for citizenship Ceremony in Hume City Council.
3. Average citizenship ceremony waiting period for applicants from Hume City Council.
4. Number of applicants from Hume City Council who have been granted citizenship from 01/03/2020 to 31/03/2022.
Response: 
1. As at 27 May 2022, there were 4,263 applications on-hand for Australian citizenship by conferral where the applicant had selected Hume City
Council (VIC) as their local council.
2. As at 27 May 2022, there were 2,518 people whose applications for Australian citizenship by conferral had been approved and were waiting to
attend an Australian citizenship ceremony at Hume City Council (VIC). Of these, 1,412 had their applications approved on, or before, 31 March
2022.
3. For the six months from November 2021 to April 2022, the average waiting time, from approval to ceremony, for people who attended a ceremony 
at Hume City Council (VIC) was 200 days.
4. During the period 1 March 2020 to 31 March 2022, 2,327 people acquired Australian Citizenship at a ceremony conducted by Hume City Council 
(VIC).