Citizenship
Jun 25th 2003, 7:59 pm
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Citizenship
Can anyone tell me how many days out of the 2 years you need to stay in oz before applying for this?
Daughter is validating visa then coming back to finish college for the next year.
Mandy
Daughter is validating visa then coming back to finish college for the next year.
Mandy
Jun 26th 2003, 10:36 am
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Re: Citizenship
You've got it wrong.
What you need is a total of 730 days physically in Australia in the 5
years before you apply for citizenship. Including 365 days in the 2
years before application.
So if you spend time outside Australia you normally just make up the
missing days when you get back. If you leave for too long of course,
the clock is reset (and you also risk losing your PR, of course - a
different story).
Have a look at the residence calculator at
http://www.citizenship.gov.au
Jeremy
>On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:59:04 +0000, scrawni wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how many days out of the 2 years you need to stay in
>oz before applying for this?
>Daughter is validating visa then coming back to finish college for the
>next year.
>Mandy
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What you need is a total of 730 days physically in Australia in the 5
years before you apply for citizenship. Including 365 days in the 2
years before application.
So if you spend time outside Australia you normally just make up the
missing days when you get back. If you leave for too long of course,
the clock is reset (and you also risk losing your PR, of course - a
different story).
Have a look at the residence calculator at
http://www.citizenship.gov.au
Jeremy
>On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:59:04 +0000, scrawni wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how many days out of the 2 years you need to stay in
>oz before applying for this?
>Daughter is validating visa then coming back to finish college for the
>next year.
>Mandy
>--
>Posted via http://britishexpats.com
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
Jun 26th 2003, 10:03 pm
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Re: Citizenship
The 365 day rule in the last 2 years generally forces people to be
settled in Australia when they apply. There are some other
requirements that make it very difficult to apply from offshore.
If you live in Australia for less than 2 years in the first 5, you are
not only going to be ineligible for citizenship, but your PR will be
ar risk too as you will have problems getting a resident return visa.
Jeremy
>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:04:09 +0000, badgersmount wrote:
>Originally posted by scrawni
>> Thanks for that.
>> I hope I don't sound silly but does this mean once she has validated
>> her visa she can come and go for the next couple of years but as long
>> as she spends 2 years before the 5 years are up she qualifies for
>> citizenship?
>> Mandy
>yes providing she has spent 365 days..of the last 2...!
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This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
settled in Australia when they apply. There are some other
requirements that make it very difficult to apply from offshore.
If you live in Australia for less than 2 years in the first 5, you are
not only going to be ineligible for citizenship, but your PR will be
ar risk too as you will have problems getting a resident return visa.
Jeremy
>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:04:09 +0000, badgersmount wrote:
>Originally posted by scrawni
>> Thanks for that.
>> I hope I don't sound silly but does this mean once she has validated
>> her visa she can come and go for the next couple of years but as long
>> as she spends 2 years before the 5 years are up she qualifies for
>> citizenship?
>> Mandy
>yes providing she has spent 365 days..of the last 2...!
>--
>Posted via http://britishexpats.com
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
Jun 27th 2003, 5:59 pm
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Thanks for that.
I hope I don't sound silly but does this mean once she has validated her visa she can come and go for the next couple of years but as long as she spends 2 years before the 5 years are up she qualifies for citizenship?
Mandy
I hope I don't sound silly but does this mean once she has validated her visa she can come and go for the next couple of years but as long as she spends 2 years before the 5 years are up she qualifies for citizenship?
Mandy
Jun 27th 2003, 9:04 pm
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Originally posted by scrawni
Thanks for that.
I hope I don't sound silly but does this mean once she has validated her visa she can come and go for the next couple of years but as long as she spends 2 years before the 5 years are up she qualifies for citizenship?
Mandy
Thanks for that.
I hope I don't sound silly but does this mean once she has validated her visa she can come and go for the next couple of years but as long as she spends 2 years before the 5 years are up she qualifies for citizenship?
Mandy
