Passports & Citizenship
Oct 4th 2007, 6:32 am
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ah-beng
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Passports & Citizenship
Just applying for citizenship [ damn missed getting in before the test ! ]
For those lucky new Aussies already through this - do you know when you apply and get citizenship do you get a passport at the same time or do you have to apply afterwards?
For those lucky new Aussies already through this - do you know when you apply and get citizenship do you get a passport at the same time or do you have to apply afterwards?
Oct 4th 2007, 6:37 am
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Re: Passports & Citizenship
afterwards...probably with more fees..
Oct 4th 2007, 6:38 am
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Re: Passports & Citizenship
You apply afterwards and it costs another $200.
Oct 4th 2007, 8:14 am
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Re: Passports & Citizenship
Do you have to get a passport in a certain time frame or can you carry on using your UK one, just a thought as I have 7 years on mine.
Oct 4th 2007, 8:18 am
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ah-beng
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Re: Passports & Citizenship
Thanks - Im out of pages in my UK one so Ive applied for citizenship more to get a passport without having to send mine off to canberra for 2 weeks. I travel too much to do without it and its full [ and more than a little dog eared]
Oct 4th 2007, 8:39 am
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Re: Passports & Citizenship
Once you gain citizenship you are Australian and your PR visa is cancelled. This would of course make coming back into Australia very difficult. So thats probably the best reason to get one.
