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Australian citizenship test guides
Every guide answers one question people type before this test, with the rules taken from the Department of Home Affairs and marked as reported where only vendors or the press give them. No sign-up, no email wall.
Before the appointment
Who sits it, what the appointment is like, and the booklet
The 18-to-59 rule and the interview for everyone else, the appointment from application to ceremony with the Department's processing times, and the four testable parts of Our Common Bond.
Who needs to take the Australian citizenship test?Most conferral applicants aged 18 to 59 sit the test; under 18, 60 or over, or with an incapacity, you may have an interview instead. The rules, explained.Read the guide →
The Australian citizenship test appointment, from application to ceremonyYou do not book the test; Home Affairs invites you after you apply. What ID to bring, how the 45 minutes run, what happens after, and processing times.Read the guide →
Our Common Bond: the testable section, part by partEvery citizenship test question comes from four parts of one free booklet. What each part covers, where the questions cluster, and what is not tested.Read the guide →
The test itself
Questions, pass mark and the values condition
Twenty questions in 45 minutes with a worked example, what 15 out of 20 plus five out of five means in practice, and the seven pages behind the values questions.
How many questions are in the Australian citizenship test?Twenty multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes, on a computer, in English. Five are values questions you must all get right. With a worked example.Read the guide →
What is the pass mark for the Australian citizenship test?The pass mark is 15 out of 20 (75%) plus all five values questions right, so 19 out of 20 can still fail. How the marking works and what margin to build.Read the guide →
The Australian values questions, explainedFive of the 20 questions are on Australian values and all five must be right. Where they come from in Our Common Bond and how to study them.Read the guide →
Preparing, and after
How to pass, and what to do if you don't
A plan that reads the booklet in the order the marking rewards and ends with timed mocks, and the honest version of what a fail means and how to make the second attempt the last.
How to pass the Australian citizenship testA study plan built on Our Common Bond's four testable parts: values first, then the long government part, then timed 20-question mocks until 85% is normal.Read the guide →
Failed the Australian citizenship test? What happens nextA fail does not end your application or touch your visa. What the Department says about sitting again, what is only reported, and how to pass next time.Read the guide →
Australian Citizenship is free to start on the App Store: the values chapter and a mock test a day, with all four parts and unlimited 20-question mocks in Premium.
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