I got a letter a few days ago stating that my Australian Citizenship Application has been approved.

After passing my Australian Citizenship test last month it only took about a month for my citizenship application to be approved.

My Australian Citizenship won’t be final until I have completed my citizenship oath. That probably won’t happen until after the local council election later this month as the citizenship ceremonies are organised by the local council.

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This morning I went for my Australian Citizenship Interview and Test.

The interview wasn’t anything more than taking my photo and scanning my documents. I was told to budget 30-minutes for the interview, but it probably only took about 5-minutes.

I was escorted to the back room of the Australian Centrelink office where they had a room set-up with two computers for the citizenship test. They set me up on the computer where I had to answer 20 multiple-choice questions in a 45-minute time frame.

The topics covered by the Australian Citizenship Test were:

• A story of Australia (Australian History)
• Australian Values
• Governing the Country (Australian Government)
• Our Land, Our Nation
• Responsibilities and Privileges of Australian Citizenship

The three questions in the Responsibilities and Privileges of Australian Citizenship were mandatory questions, so I had to get those three correct. The pass mark for the test was 60%.

There were a few questions that I was only 90% sure I got right, but overall I was pretty confident. When I got the results I scored 100% on the Australian Citizenship test!

I was glad that I had read through the Becoming and Australian Citizen booklet two times, and also gone through a bunch of the Australian Citizenship example tests. Some of the controversy over the test is the Australian sports questions. There were only two sports questions on the test, and since I have lived here for almost ten years already, they were pretty easy ones.

My interview was due to start at 11:30. I had arrived 15-minutes early just because I was too scared to be late. They got me into the interview early and I was done the interview and the test by 11:30. I was pleasantly surprised.

Now the next step will be to send in my application form, wait until it’s been approved and then attend an Australian Citizenship Ceremony.

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