Alternative Pathways to becoming an Australian Citizen
The ever-growing anxiety over imminent changes to the Australian Citizenship laws is forcing migrants to investigate alternative ways of becoming an Australian Citizen. Most migrants become eligible for Australian Citizenship by way of conferral, there are however other ways of becoming an Australian citizen as outlined below.
Citizenship by descent
To acquire Australian citizenship by descent under the current Citizenship Act a person must satisfy one of the two sets of eligibility requirements set out in s16 of the Act, if born outside Australia on or after 26 January 1949 (the day that the old Act came into effect), the person is required to satisfy section 16 (2) which states that a person born outside Australia on or after 26 January 1949 is eligible to become an Australian citizen if:
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