Umlaut2000

I was born in Australia in 1976, my mother and father were both
british nationals at that time.
I left Australia for Britain with my mother in 1978.
My father (with whom i have had little contact with since 1978) is
still resident in Australia and may have acquired citizenship.
I acquired a UK passport in 1992 and renewed it in 2002.

I want to know if I am able to claim citizenship of Australia without
fulfulling the various residence criteria.

I am a career academic and I intend to move to Australia in the next
few years, so attaining citizenship and passport would help a lot.

If you need more information then just ask.

Ailsa_lauren

(Umlaut2000) wrote in message news:<>...
    > I was born in Australia in 1976, my mother and father were both
    > british nationals at that time.
    > I left Australia for Britain with my mother in 1978.
    > My father (with whom i have had little contact with since 1978) is
    > still resident in Australia and may have acquired citizenship.
    > I acquired a UK passport in 1992 and renewed it in 2002.
    >
    > I want to know if I am able to claim citizenship of Australia without
    > fulfulling the various residence criteria.
    >
    > I am a career academic and I intend to move to Australia in the next
    > few years, so attaining citizenship and passport would help a lot.
    >
    > If you need more information then just ask.

Hi there... just wondering if you had any assistance yet with this?
If you would like to contact me I can give you some specific advice...
I'm a regisered migration agent.

Regards

Jaj

This is quite simple.
- You acquired Australian citizenship automatically at birth.
- The fact you left Australia in 1978 doesn't matter.
- As you were British by birth automatically, your acquisition of a UK
passport did not cause loss of Australian citizenship under the pre
2002 law.
- I presume neither you nor your mother has naturalised in another
country prior to 4 April 2002

Just apply for an Australian passport - http://www.australia.org.uk

Also look at http://www.citizenship.gov.au

If you have children born in the UK or outside Australia, you should
register them as Australian citizens by descent.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/118.pdf

One final point. Despite the fact you have lived most of your life in
the UK, you are a British citizen by descent. This cannot be changed.
What that means is that any children born to you in Australia (or
elsewhere outside the UK) will not automatically be British citizens
(unless their mother is British otherwise than by descent).

You may be able to register such children as British citizens (by
descent) within the first 12 months of their life under s3(2) of the
British Nationality Act if certain requirements are met:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/default.asp?PageId=148
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/def...sp?PageId=1197

The UK law is complex, so I would spend some time getting familiar
with it, if you are planning to have any children born overseas and
want them to have British passports.

Jeremy


    >On 28 Sep 2003 15:48:08 -0700, (Umlaut2000) wrote:
    >I was born in Australia in 1976, my mother and father were both
    >british nationals at that time.
    >I left Australia for Britain with my mother in 1978.
    >My father (with whom i have had little contact with since 1978) is
    >still resident in Australia and may have acquired citizenship.
    >I acquired a UK passport in 1992 and renewed it in 2002.
    >I want to know if I am able to claim citizenship of Australia without
    >fulfulling the various residence criteria.
    >I am a career academic and I intend to move to Australia in the next
    >few years, so attaining citizenship and passport would help a lot.
    >If you need more information then just ask.

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Ptlabs

Originally posted by Ailsa_lauren

    > If you would like to contact me I can give you some specific advice...

    > I'm a regisered migration agent.

    >



Hi Ailsa,



Out of pure curiosity, do you have a website?



Peter