Australian Citizenship Application Question

TasBurrfoot

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?

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

@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.

Enter and Lived is two different word

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

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

appledeuce

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?

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

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

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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?