Child Born in Australia
Feb 15th 2008, 5:54 am
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Child Born in Australia
Hi everyone,
can any one advise, if a couple is on student visa and give a birth to a child, so does the child gets Australian citizenship or not.
thanks
can any one advise, if a couple is on student visa and give a birth to a child, so does the child gets Australian citizenship or not.
thanks
Feb 15th 2008, 6:15 am
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Re: Child Born in Australia
I'm fairly certain the answer is no. MY colleague is on a 457 visa and recently had a wee one. She's not considered a citizen.
Feb 15th 2008, 6:37 am
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Re: Child Born in Australia
AFAIK one parent has to be a PR or citizen and child born in Oz to be Australian (our son, born here (& we are PRs), is the only citizen at the moment in the family)
Feb 15th 2008, 6:39 am
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Re: Child Born in Australia
For Australian citizenship at least one parent must be an Australian PR or Citizen (unless the child would be otherwise stateless)
