Renew UK passport in Australia or UK

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Sep 29th 2013, 9:37 pm

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Re: Renew UK passport in Australia or UK

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Originally Posted by BritInParis

Australian citizenship law didn't allow for Australian citizens to actively acquiring another citizenship before April 2002. If you did so you would automatically lose your Australian citizenship. However if you acquired it passively, for example if you were born in Australia to British parents, then you could hold both. Since 2002 however there's no restriction on Australians having multiple citizenship.

..and those who lost their citizenship before April 2002 by obtaining a different citizenship are able to apply to resume their Australian citizenship.