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Becoming a citizen
The role of the Department of Home Affairs
- All citizenship applications are made through the Department of Home Affairs.
- You will receive an approval letter from the Department of Home Affairs and then be allocated to the next available scheduled ceremony with the City of Rockingham. These lists are emailed to the City six weeks prior to the scheduled ceremony date.
- To see the application processing wait times for the Department of Home Affairs, please see the citizenship processing times.
The role of the City of Rockingham
The role of the City of Rockingham is to host the Australian Citizenship Ceremonies for the conferees to make the Pledge of Commitment in front of the Presiding Officer.
- The City of Rockingham receives the ‘Ceremony Invitation List’ six weeks prior to the ceremony date.
- Invitations will be emailed to conferees immediately.
- The City is not able to make changes to your ceremony date, this must be done through the Department of Home Affairs.
- Conferees must attend a ceremony within 12 months of their approval date.
About the ceremony
- Ceremonies are hosted at the Gary Holland Community Centre
- Please ensure you abide by the following requirements as entry may be refused to any additional guests:
• All individual conferees are able to bring one guest only plus conferee dependant children (16 years and below).
• All family conferees are able to bring one guest per family plus conferee dependant children (16 years and below). - Our January ceremony is held on 26 January 2026.
- The wait time to attend a ceremony is between three to six months
- All invitations are emailed to conferees six weeks prior to their ceremony date. The Department of Home Affairs provides the e-mail address for the invitation, ensure this is up to date.
- The invitation will include important information, so please read it carefully.
- Anyone over the age of 16 at the time of application must bring photo ID to their ceremony.
- Dependants (under the age of 16 at the time of application) are not required to attend the ceremony but it is encouraged.
- The Presiding Officer for a majority of our citizenship ceremonies is the Mayor of Rockingham.
- The dress code is smart. This is stated on the invitation.
Ceremony dates
2026
- Monday 26 January
- Monday 2 February
- Monday 9 March
- Monday 13 April
- Monday 11 May
- Monday 8 June
- Monday 6 July
- Monday 13 July
- Monday 3 August
- Monday 31 August
- Monday 5 October
- Monday 2 November
FAQ and contact information
Please contact the Department of Home Affairs on ceremony.wa@homeaffairs.gov.au or 131 880. This can also be done on your ImmiAccount.
The City receives the invitation lists six weeks prior to the scheduled ceremony date. If you have not received your invitation after six months, please contact the Department of Home Affairs on ceremony.wa@homeaffairs.gov.au or 131 880.
All invitations are emailed to conferees. Families will be included on the one invitation. It is important that you read the information carefully and confirm your attendance by the RSVP date.
Please email the Department of Home Affairs on Perth.Citizenship@homeaffairs.gov.au.
If you have already received the invitation from the City of Rockingham but cannot attend the ceremony, please contact us on citizenship@rockingham.wa.gov.au or 9528 0333.
Your name will be removed from the City’s list and the Department of Home Affairs will allocate you to the next available ceremony. You are not able to ‘book-in’ to a scheduled ceremony date.
If you cannot attend due to exception, such as FIFO, please inform us and then make an application to the Department of Home Affairs. You will need to include evidence in your application. The application can be made by emailing ceremony.wa@homeaffairs.gov.au.
Yes, you must say the Pledge of Commitment in front of the Presiding Officer to become a citizen.
It is recommended that you wait 10 working days after your citizenship ceremony before applying for an Australian Passport. For more information on passports, please see the Australian Passport Office or 131 232.
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