Australian Citizenship Application Question

PogingNoypi

<blockquote rel="vhoythoy"><blockquote rel="rpdimapilis">Meron pong residence requirement calculator ang immi.

eto ung link: https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/citz/startIntervalCalc.do

To satisfy the residence requirements you must have:

4 years lawful residence in Australia. This period must include 12 months as a permanent resident immediately before making an application for Australian citizenship

and

absences from Australia of no more than 12 months in total in the 4 years prior to application, including not more than 90 days in the 12 months immediately prior to application.</blockquote>

Tama ba, nag entry kami July 26 2014 umalis ng 2 Aug 2014 and babalik ng May 2015 (less than a year). Ang lawful residence namin will start at 26 July 2014?</blockquote>

Opo, tama po.

PogingNoypi

<blockquote rel="sydneysider">i applied for citizenship June this year. i was never out of Australia since 2010. we were not asked to submit a nbi clearance. tama sila...

You need penal clearance certificates from overseas countries if:

you lived or travelled overseas since the age of 18 years or over, and

the total time spent overseas added up to 12 months or more, and

the time spent in any one country was more than 90 days, or

you are requested to do so by the department.

Provide a penal clearance certificate from every country that you spent more than 90 days in.</blockquote>

Kelan po na-grant yung visa mo po at kelan mo po napa-activate?

IslanderndCity

If after INitial entry you stayed outside Au for more than 12 months bago ka bumalik sa Au, ano consequence po sa australian citizenship application mo soon?

fgs

@anne9 you can still stay in Au with an expired PR visa.If you intend to leave Au and be back, you need to apply for a Resident Return visa

Lizzie

@IslanderndCity

Then your eligibility to apply for Australian citizenship will be delayed by 12 months

IslanderndCity

why 12 months? why not the excess of 12 months only? @Lizzie

IslanderndCity

so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

if hindi tutuloy sa Feb 2016 BIG move, so more than 1 year na nasa labas ng Au after initial entry last Feb 2015, no problem sa citizenship application soon dahil Aug 2019 pa naman mag-expire ang visa. Correct?

JCsantos

<blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

The residency requirement is counted on the days you reside in AU not the days after you enter AU, it means if you Enter by 2015 then left, then came back again on 2016 to settle down in AU then you count the days after it, inde po counted yung out of the country ka

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="JCsantos"><blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

@JCsantos - believe you are wrong in stating that residency requirement is counted on the days you reside on in AU and not the days after you enter AU... Take a look at the below lifted out from the citizenship website especially #2:

The residence requirement is based on the time you have lived in Australia and the time you have spent outside Australia.

You must:

(1) have been living in Australia on a valid Australian visa for four years immediately before applying which must include the last 12 months as a permanent resident, and

(2) not have been absent from Australia for more than one year in total, in the 4 year period, including no more than 90 days in the year before applying.

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

Suggest you use the residence calculator and plug in your hypothetical scenarios...

https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Ente/Retu/residence-calculator

JCsantos

<blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="JCsantos"><blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

The residence requirement is based on the time you have lived in Australia and the time you have spent outside Australia.

You must:

(1) have been living in Australia on a valid Australian visa for four years immediately before applying which must include the last 12 months as a permanent resident, and

(2) not have been absent from Australia for more than one year in total, in the 4 year period, including no more than 90 days in the year before applying.</blockquote>

Enter and Lived is two different word

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="JCsantos"><blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="JCsantos"><blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

The residence requirement is based on the time you have lived in Australia and the time you have spent outside Australia.

You must:

(1) have been living in Australia on a valid Australian visa for four years immediately before applying which must include the last 12 months as a permanent resident, and

(2) not have been absent from Australia for more than one year in total, in the 4 year period, including no more than 90 days in the year before applying.</blockquote>

Enter and Lived is two different word

</blockquote>

@JCsantos - alam ko iyan; spelling pa lang iba na... 🙂

Use the residence calculator and you will see that you are wrong...

appledeuce

<blockquote rel="JCsantos"><blockquote rel="IslanderndCity">so for example:

Aug 2014 - visa granted

Feb 2015 - initial entry (4-year residency will start counting from Feb 2015. Correct?)

Feb 2016 - babalik sa Au for BIG move

so mag 4th year in total na by Feb 2019. It means, after this, pwede na mag-apply for citizenship. Correct?

I believe counted naman po yung period that you are out of the country (after initial entry) for as long as that period is not more than year in total, as posted by @tasburrfoot above. So if you entered entered, say Feb 14 2015 (initial entry), then left, you need to come back on or before Feb 14 2016 (say Feb 14 2016 ka bumalik), para macount yung time from Feb 14 2015 to Feb 14 2016 (you're outside australia) towards the 4-year residency requirement. So pag hindi tutuloy sa Feb 2016 Big Move, madadagdagan yung time na kailangan mong bunuin para masatisfy yung 4-year residency requirement.

JCsantos

IslanderndCity

@TasBurrfoot @appledeuce I did use the calculator before, glad to know that my understanding is correct as per your comments here.

So kahit May 2016 ang BIG move, so more than 1 year na nasa labas ng Au after initial entry last Feb 2015, no problem sa citizenship application soon dahil Aug 2019 pa naman mag-expire ang visa. This means the 4-yr residency is from May 2015 to May 2019. And still have few allowance (months) before the Aug 2019 visa expiry. Correct also?

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