A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
Jul 18th 2007, 2:20 pm
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A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
I've noticed that quite a few posters advise ping-pongers to wait xxx number of years for citizenship, so they can "pong" if the ping doesn't work
My question to these posters is - if you had to give up UK citizenship to get OZ citizenship, would you give the same advice to wait a couple of years, or would you say "forget it, get out now"?
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My question to these posters is - if you had to give up UK citizenship to get OZ citizenship, would you give the same advice to wait a couple of years, or would you say "forget it, get out now"?
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Jul 18th 2007, 5:14 pm
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
Trick question or what?? 
Jul 18th 2007, 5:55 pm
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
I've noticed that quite a few posters advise ping-pongers to wait xxx number of years for citizenship, so they can "pong" if the ping doesn't work
My question to these posters is - if you had to give up UK citizenship to get OZ citizenship, would you give the same advice to wait a couple of years, or would you say "forget it, get out now"?
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My question to these posters is - if you had to give up UK citizenship to get OZ citizenship, would you give the same advice to wait a couple of years, or would you say "forget it, get out now"?
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Jul 18th 2007, 11:38 pm
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
No I would never have taken Australian Citizenship if I had to have given up my UK citizenship.
The UK citizenship has the added benefit of access to Europe and for me the desire to stay only in Australia for the rest of my life is not strong.
There are other European countries who may force you to give up nationality to accept Australian citizenship, I think Germany is one as I know of one couple where the husband has taken Oz and wife has not. Bit of a prediciment if they split up but they are working on the basis that one will always sponsor the other if they move between the countries.
The UK citizenship has the added benefit of access to Europe and for me the desire to stay only in Australia for the rest of my life is not strong.
There are other European countries who may force you to give up nationality to accept Australian citizenship, I think Germany is one as I know of one couple where the husband has taken Oz and wife has not. Bit of a prediciment if they split up but they are working on the basis that one will always sponsor the other if they move between the countries.
Jul 19th 2007, 12:58 am
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
I've noticed that quite a few posters advise ping-pongers to wait xxx number of years for citizenship, so they can "pong" if the ping doesn't work
My question to these posters is - if you had to give up UK citizenship to get OZ citizenship, would you give the same advice to wait a couple of years, or would you say "forget it, get out now"?
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My question to these posters is - if you had to give up UK citizenship to get OZ citizenship, would you give the same advice to wait a couple of years, or would you say "forget it, get out now"?
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Often wondered that myself though.
Someone inclined to ping pong is in most cases a person who for various reasons cannot settle.
In that case I would suggest they stay on not for the citizenship qualification but to satisfy themselves if this is the place for them or not.
I think that only by toughing it out for a while will you really know the answer to that question.
To me citizenship is a different subject and if I decide to apply for it the reason will be my committment to this country.
If I had to relinquish British citizenship that would not make any difference to the decision as it would be a decision based on positives rather than negatives.
For me it would not be about burning bridges but building a new one.
Jul 19th 2007, 4:07 am
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law
Jul 19th 2007, 4:51 am
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
Nope - I wouldn't have given up UK citizenship for the simple reason that my son is a UK citizen and I wouldn't/couldn't force him to give up citizenship of a country he may choose to live in later in life.
Jul 19th 2007, 11:38 am
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
Some countries do revoke the citizenship of children whose parents lose or renounce citizenship (including Australia, in some circumstances) but not the United Kingdom.
Jul 19th 2007, 11:53 am
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Re: A question for ping-pongers and others that advise
There is absolutely no way for parents to cancel the British citizenship of a child, irrespective of any other country's law.
Some countries do revoke the citizenship of children whose parents lose or renounce citizenship (including Australia, in some circumstances) but not the United Kingdom.
Some countries do revoke the citizenship of children whose parents lose or renounce citizenship (including Australia, in some circumstances) but not the United Kingdom.
Jul 19th 2007, 12:09 pm
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