rasha.hanna1

Hello

I have a Syrian passport and I am Australian Permanent Resident ( visa 176 ).
i have a problem with the Syrian embassy, they refuse to renew my passport.
Do you know if i can apply to any kind of Australian Travel Document so i can use it for traveling, Knowing than i live now in Netherlands.

Thank you

Bermudashorts

Don't think so. I also think that your query is a bit too unusual for a BritishExpats forum. Are you in Australia now? How far off citizenship are you?

rasha.hanna1

i live now in Netherlands, i will be back to Australia after 4 months. i still need too much time to be an Australian citizen ( i became a permanent resident in 2012, i lived there for few months then i moved to Europe to study )

Bermudashorts

is your passport expired?

rasha.hanna1

It is valid now, but will expire soon, i have to prepare everything before it expires. My problem is not traveling to Australia as my passport will be valid after 4 months, but i have to come back to Europe later and my passport will be expired.

Pollyana

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/164.pdf as far as I can see this is the only thing that DIBP issue, which is just proof of your PR status in Australia. However in order to travel you will need a passport, and Aus will not issue you that until you become a citizen.
No airline will let you board a flight to leave Australia without proof that you will be accepted by the country you are flying to - and proof of your PR status in Australia will only help you to get back into Aus - and even then you'd have problems proving you could board an inbound flight.

Its an issue you need to take up with your home country I think.

lesleys

This might help you

https://www.passports.gov.au/web/tra...documents.aspx

rasha.hanna1

Thank you
This is very helpful. i hope i can get this (Certificate of Identity). I will check with the embassy.

Pollyana

Good luck Let us know if you are successful, its an unusual question and feedback could help others in the future

JAJ

With all the problems in Syria, and that there may be some political reason for a refusal to renew your passport, shouldn't your first priority be to establish residence (and ultimately citizenship) in Australia?

rasha.hanna1

Yes you are right,
Actually i will be in Australia soon, but as a part of my job and study i have to travel from time to time.

JAJ

If you haven't got a valid passport that you can rely on you may need to consider changing your work/study plans to stay Australia-based.

Bermudashorts

I was thinking earlier that you might just need to get to Australia and stay put until you get citizenship. I didn't say it because I thought someone like JAJ might know more. But seems that staying put is what you might need to do unless you can get a passport from Syria.