Applying for Australian Citizenship on a Resident return visa
Jan 7th 2014, 9:00 pm
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Applying for Australian Citizenship on a Resident return visa
Hi
We have an Australian resident return visa and are living in Aus and can't find any info on applying for citizenship for Australian . Can anyone point me in the right direction or has anyone else applied this way.
Thanks
We have an Australian resident return visa and are living in Aus and can't find any info on applying for citizenship for Australian . Can anyone point me in the right direction or has anyone else applied this way.
Thanks
Jan 7th 2014, 9:43 pm
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Re: Applying for Australian Citizenship on a Resident return visa
You are an Australian PR with RRV for travel. Where are you having problems?
Jan 7th 2014, 10:26 pm
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Re: Applying for Australian Citizenship on a Resident return visa
All the info should be on the immi site - http://www.citizenship.gov.au/
You are an Australian PR with RRV for travel. Where are you having problems?
You are an Australian PR with RRV for travel. Where are you having problems?
I'm struggling to understand the process for us.
In short, we gained PR but never live in Aus for very long appox 6 months. We manged to get a RRV and have now lived in Aus for over a year.
Can we use the time frame of living here on our RRV before applying for citizenship or can we use the time scale of when we originally received our PR?
It's very confusing and I can't find the answers anywhere.
Jan 7th 2014, 10:30 pm
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Re: Applying for Australian Citizenship on a Resident return visa
Thank you old.sparkles
I'm struggling to understand the process for us.
In short, we gained PR but never live in Aus for very long appox 6 months. We manged to get a RRV and have now lived in Aus for over a year.
Can we use the time frame of living here on our RRV before applying for citizenship or can we use the time scale of when we originally received our PR?
It's very confusing and I can't find the answers anywhere.
I'm struggling to understand the process for us.
In short, we gained PR but never live in Aus for very long appox 6 months. We manged to get a RRV and have now lived in Aus for over a year.
Can we use the time frame of living here on our RRV before applying for citizenship or can we use the time scale of when we originally received our PR?
It's very confusing and I can't find the answers anywhere.
You need 4 years of living in Australia. You are allowed up to one year out of the country so you can use the time before your most recent return towards that. But I would still say you have a couple of years to go as a minimum.
Jan 7th 2014, 10:33 pm
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Re: Applying for Australian Citizenship on a Resident return visa
Whether it was a RRV or the original PR visa doesn't really come into it.
You need 4 years of living in Australia. You are allowed up to one year out of the country so you can use the time before your most recent return towards that. But I would still say you have a couple of years to go as a minimum.
You need 4 years of living in Australia. You are allowed up to one year out of the country so you can use the time before your most recent return towards that. But I would still say you have a couple of years to go as a minimum.
That's what I thought. I'll stay put until then!
