Calculating date for citizenship
Apr 19th 2009, 4:04 am
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Calculating date for citizenship
I expect this has been covered somewhere in another post but anyway...
I am trying to calculate the date when we would be eligible for Oz Citizenship.
We first entered Oz in June 04 on a 457 visa and stayed until Nov 2005 after which we were in the UK.
Until, July 07 when we came back to OZ on a different 457 visa.
We were granted PR in March 2009.
I know that the 20 months on our 457 visa between July 07 & Mar 09 can be counted towards the 4 year residence requirement and also that we need a year on our permanent visas, but what I don't know is if I can count 12 months of the time that we were in the UK (without an OZ visa) as the 12 months we are allowed to be outside Oz under the 4 year rule?
If we can then we will be eligible in Aug 2010, if we can't include this time then it will be a year later - Aug 2011.
The calculator on the IMMI website doesn't really help much as the result depends on which date I enter for our lawful residence date, the first 457 or the second one.
I am trying to calculate the date when we would be eligible for Oz Citizenship.
We first entered Oz in June 04 on a 457 visa and stayed until Nov 2005 after which we were in the UK.
Until, July 07 when we came back to OZ on a different 457 visa.
We were granted PR in March 2009.
I know that the 20 months on our 457 visa between July 07 & Mar 09 can be counted towards the 4 year residence requirement and also that we need a year on our permanent visas, but what I don't know is if I can count 12 months of the time that we were in the UK (without an OZ visa) as the 12 months we are allowed to be outside Oz under the 4 year rule?
If we can then we will be eligible in Aug 2010, if we can't include this time then it will be a year later - Aug 2011.
The calculator on the IMMI website doesn't really help much as the result depends on which date I enter for our lawful residence date, the first 457 or the second one.
Apr 19th 2009, 3:44 pm
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Re: Calculating date for citizenship
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/applyi...ligibility.htm
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People who became permanent residents on or after 1 July 2007 must have been lawfully resident in Australia for four years immediately before applying including:
* 12 months as a permanent resident
and
* absences from Australia of no more than 12 months, including no more than ninety (90) days in the 12 months before applying.
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Looks to me like you could apply in August 2010. Have you done the Citizenship Test?
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People who became permanent residents on or after 1 July 2007 must have been lawfully resident in Australia for four years immediately before applying including:
* 12 months as a permanent resident
and
* absences from Australia of no more than 12 months, including no more than ninety (90) days in the 12 months before applying.
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Looks to me like you could apply in August 2010. Have you done the Citizenship Test?
Apr 19th 2009, 11:41 pm
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Re: Calculating date for citizenship
If you enter the lawful residence date as the date you entered Australia on your first 457, but also correctly enter all the dates you were absent from Australia the calculator should still give you the correct result.
Apr 20th 2009, 5:29 am
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Re: Calculating date for citizenship
sounds like the right option to me!
Apr 21st 2009, 6:54 am
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Re: Calculating date for citizenship
I expect this has been covered somewhere in another post but anyway...
I am trying to calculate the date when we would be eligible for Oz Citizenship.
We first entered Oz in June 04 on a 457 visa and stayed until Nov 2005 after which we were in the UK.
Until, July 07 when we came back to OZ on a different 457 visa.
We were granted PR in March 2009.
I know that the 20 months on our 457 visa between July 07 & Mar 09 can be counted towards the 4 year residence requirement and also that we need a year on our permanent visas, but what I don't know is if I can count 12 months of the time that we were in the UK (without an OZ visa) as the 12 months we are allowed to be outside Oz under the 4 year rule?
If we can then we will be eligible in Aug 2010, if we can't include this time then it will be a year later - Aug 2011.
The calculator on the IMMI website doesn't really help much as the result depends on which date I enter for our lawful residence date, the first 457 or the second one.
I am trying to calculate the date when we would be eligible for Oz Citizenship.
We first entered Oz in June 04 on a 457 visa and stayed until Nov 2005 after which we were in the UK.
Until, July 07 when we came back to OZ on a different 457 visa.
We were granted PR in March 2009.
I know that the 20 months on our 457 visa between July 07 & Mar 09 can be counted towards the 4 year residence requirement and also that we need a year on our permanent visas, but what I don't know is if I can count 12 months of the time that we were in the UK (without an OZ visa) as the 12 months we are allowed to be outside Oz under the 4 year rule?
If we can then we will be eligible in Aug 2010, if we can't include this time then it will be a year later - Aug 2011.
The calculator on the IMMI website doesn't really help much as the result depends on which date I enter for our lawful residence date, the first 457 or the second one.
I went to the immigration office in perth and asked, they calculated the time and how long you do have till you qualify.
