Gee thanks Gill.
That's a piece of good news for me. In which case, I think I should
make my move before things start working against me.
Cheers
Johnny
Gill Palmer wrote:
> HellBoy wrote:
> > Hi Guys:
> >
> > I became an Australian PR in July 2005. I would like to find out about
> > how long a person holding an Australian PR is required to be physically
> > present in Australia to apply for citizenship. I've read in the DIMA
> > website that the Australian government is considering implementing a 4
> > year residency requirements but am not sure if this has come to pass. I
> > think the current requirement is 2 years.
> >
> > Does the 4 years apply to people who are newly applying for pernanent
> > residency or does it apply to people who are currently permanent
> > residents and who are living overseas and yet to move to Australia?
> >
> > Would be glad if someone could throw some light on this.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Hello Hellboy
>
> JAJ is the expert on Citizenship and he might answer your question.
> If not, this thread might do so:
>
> http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396979
>
> The latest on this is that the Bill recently had a Second reading or
> something ad has been put back until the Autumn Sittings before it will
> be considered again. Those won't start till March/April/May sometime,
> I guess, so the pundits are now predicting 1 July 2007 a the best guess
> for when the new provisions might start to apply.
>
> Cheers
>
> Gill
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