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Application type | Period counted | Timeframe for 75% of applications | Timeframe for 90% of applications | |||||||||
Australian citizenship by conferral (general eligibility and other situations)** |
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Australian citizenship by descent | From date of application to decision. | 6 months | 8 months | |||||||||
Evidence of Australian citizenship | From date of application to decision. | 6 days | 18 days |
You can become a citizen, if you are the following people:
The requirements for Australian citizenship are different for different people. You need to meet all the requirements to apply Australian citizenship.
If you are Permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens, the general eligibility requirements are:
1. Meet residence requirement, or you can access the requirement exemption.
2. Meet good character requirement. You must not have any significant crime convictions in Australia and any overseas countries you have spent more than 12 months. Applicants need to submit overseas penal clearance certificate documents to their citizenship applications with Department of Home Affairs.
3. You are not a threat to the national security of Australia.
4. Meet sound knowledge of Australia requirement. You can meet this requirement if you achieve a score of 75% or more on your citizenship test and answer all 5 questions on Australian values correctly.
5. Meet the Language requirement. You meet this requirement if you have passed the Australian citizenship test and the citizenship interviews. If you and your family unit member cannot speak English at all, we suggest that you/they undertake the free Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) to improve their English skills first.
6. Meet the close and continuing connection to Australia requirement. You must show you have had a continuing association with Australia in the past and be able to maintain a close continuing connection in future. Department of Home Affairs will consider your following circumstances:
Please contact EZOZ Migration for a free assessment on your eligibility to apply for Australian citizenship, you can have a 30-minutes personalized consultation with us at no cost.
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The Australian citizenship application has seven steps, you will learn how to become Australian citizen here.
Applicant should pay attention to the residence requirements, make sure you and your family have stayed enough time in Australia before applying. The Department of Home Affairs has developed a residence calculator to help you estimate the number of days you have lived in Australia. Click here to use calculator.
Australia citizenship applications document checklist (guide only):
All documents that are not in English must be translated to English. The translation documents must be conducted by National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) accredited translators only.
Applicants are expected to lodge online applications if possible, an immiAccount must be created prior to application.
Once you lodged the online application for citizenship, the Department of Home Affairs will put your application into the queue and wait for case officer to be assigned to you.
If your assigned case officer starts looking at your case and determine you meet the eligibility requirements, then you will receive a letter indicating your appointment date and time. You will conduct both citizenship interview and citizenship test in this appointment.
Please be aware you need to bring all the original documents for the copies that you lodged with your application. If you forget to bring any of the required documents, your interview will be cancelled and put to a later date.
After the citizenship interview, you will be required to conduct the Citizenship test on the same day and at the same location. You pass this test if you achieve score 75% or more on your citizenship test and answer all 5 questions on Australian values correctly.
After you have attended the citizenship interview and test, a final decision on your application will be made. If required, you might be asked to provide additional documents.
Please also remember to update Department of Home Affairs with any personal circumstances changes, such as travel outside Australia, name changes, or address changes.
If your application is approved, the department of home affairs will send you an approval letter. On this letter, you will be given the location and date to attend a citizenship ceremony and make a pledge of commitment to Australia.
If your application is refused, you will receive a refusal letter with reasons for decision. You can apply for a review on the refusal decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The time limits for requesting a review are strict, always lodge a review on time.
A citizenship ceremony is where you make the Australian citizenship pledge. For most people, this is the last step to becoming an Australian. The ceremony is usually held within 6 months after your citizenship applications approval.
On the ceremony, you can expect the following proceedings:
EZOZ Migration is specialized at Australian citizenship application assistance, with our help you have no longer need to search’ Australian citizenship how to apply’ on google, we got your back! We can guide you through every of the seven steps and give you a most successful final destination on your migration journey in Australia.
There are certain privileges you can have when you become an Australian citizen, and you are also expected to take additional responsibilities as a citizen. It is important to know what those responsibilities and privileges are before you decide to become an citizen, as it is a life-time commitment.
