"John Smith" wrote:
> > I've met a few PRs here from non-Commonwealth countries
> > that have said they were refused [Australian] citizenship
> > because they weren't prepared to give up their original
> > citizenship.
"JAJ" replied:
> That is not true. No restrictions on dual citizenship since
> 4 April 2002. And even before then it was allowed in many
> different situations.
Does Australia's citizenship law allow discretion on the part of
officials to reject an application for citizenship even when the
applicant has satisfied all specific legal requirements?
If so, perhaps John's report referred to the use (or abuse) of
such discretion. Otherwise, I'd tend to assume John's report is
a garbled account of people who were unwilling to obtain Aussie
citizenship because their old countries would have insisted on
revoking their previous citizenship.
Australia's naturalization oath used to require new citizens to
state that they were "renouncing all other allegiances", but I
understand this portion of the oath was removed in 1986.
Rich Wales richw@richw.org http://www.richw.org/dualcit/
*DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant,
or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and
are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice.
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