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Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Or maybe he doesn't come out!!!
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Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by The Bloke
What, no he doesn't understand the situation by inflamming it or no he doesn't say anything stupid?
You also said, "Lately everytime he opens he comes out with some stupid or racist-sounding comment", he doesn't. |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by nick72
When did it change from 2 to 3 years ?
I thought it was still 2 ?? Nick It is STILL 2 years |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
It's a four-year wait for citizenship in the UK as well, unless you marry a local (in which case it drops to 2 years).
Three years if you're married to a British citizen. |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by JAJ
Five years in the UK actually (and for many people it's 6 years because of how the immigration laws work).
Three years if you're married to a British citizen. Nicky |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
It's a four-year wait for citizenship in the UK as well, unless you marry a local (in which case it drops to 2 years).
We're all trying to get Australian citizenship. |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by JAJ
Five years in the UK actually (and for many people it's 6 years because of how the immigration laws work).
Three years if you're married to a British citizen. |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by alkristensen
so how long do you have to wait then please to get citizenship in aus and when will it change and will it change?
thats a bit of a stupid question, thats like asking how long a piece of string is, no-one knows at the moment !! we are all waiting and wondering the same thing. |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by rebabaros
thats a bit of a stupid question, thats like asking how long a piece of string is, no-one knows at the moment !!
we are all waiting and wondering the same thing. Maybe they'll make it 3, maybe they'll make it 4, who knows? Personally not bothered as I already have it. |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Nine msn has its daily poll on the subject 15,000 voters say yes make them wait the 4 years, only 3,000 say no. Predictable, say what the public wants to hear, whens the election ;)
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Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
After checking the citizenship website it looks like it will be retrospective so we will have to wait at least 3 years for citizenship. The reasoning is typically poor though
The requirement was last year raised from two to three years in an attempt to contain the home-grown terror threat. At that time, then citizenship minister John Cobb said the longer migrants spent in Australian society before gaining citizenship, the less vulnerable they were to "falling in with extreme groups". He said the extra time would allow migrants to "get a job, make mates and go to the pub". Maybe we can apply for a waiver as we have arrived here with a job, have made some mates and have been to the pub several times so we have met the required goals of becomming a citizen :rolleyes: Nicky |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Trying to clear up the misunderdstanding - John Howard proposed raising the time to 4 years, he never said what it was at the moment. Some of the press have presumably remembered they were talking about making it 3 and put 2 and 2 together (or should that be 3 and 1 together) and come up with the wrong answer.
I suspect that for frequent travellers etc there may be a work around to get citizenship sooner (prove you have white skin perhaps?) |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by NickyP
After checking the citizenship website it looks like it will be retrospective so we will have to wait at least 3 years for citizenship. The reasoning is typically poor though
The requirement was last year raised from two to three years in an attempt to contain the home-grown terror threat. At that time, then citizenship minister John Cobb said the longer migrants spent in Australian society before gaining citizenship, the less vulnerable they were to "falling in with extreme groups". He said the extra time would allow migrants to "get a job, make mates and go to the pub". Maybe we can apply for a waiver as we have arrived here with a job, have made some mates and have been to the pub several times so we have met the required goals of becomming a citizen :rolleyes: Nicky |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Originally Posted by Amazulu
The 3 year wait for existing PRs has not been decided yet. I'm sure that when it is decided it will be posted on here with 30 seconds.:)
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/law-an...iew/timing.htm I am hoping that it will not affect current PR holders but it is looking unlikely. Nicky |
Re: 4 Years for Citizenship
Quote from John Howard
""Certainly we are going to lift the waiting period to four years, there will be a fairly firm English language requirement and the paper itself ... will contain quite a number of issues," http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...2-1702,00.html Citizenship act amendments due to go to parliament Jan 2007. So maybe that's when it will become 4 years instead of 2 (as it is now) and instead also of 3 (original proposed change). |
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