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Citizenship bill fails in Senate
By Liana Allan MARN 0104178
We are back to the old citizenship rules.
The bill which failed to be accepted, had tried to impose a university-level English language requirement plus four years of living in Australia as a permanent resident prior to an application being made for Australian citizenship.
That proposed package is now dead.
As I understand it, there are over 80,000 applications in the pipeline and these will now continue to be processed under the old rules.
More information on this can be found here.
Anyone who needs further information or advice on Australian Citizenship can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
My advice to people wanting Australian citizenship is to apply now if you qualify now, before the government makes amendments to the bill, and starts re-negotiations in the Senate. Delaying a citizenship application may result in a new bill with higher standards and new rules, when a new bill is put before the Senate again, and if it is successful.
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Wednesday, 08 November 2017If a genuine person wants a Australian citizenship why can't he wait for 4 more years?
LOL, is the sky going to fall if waits for 4 more years...
Just meaning less to fight against that condition. -
Thursday, 07 December 2017
Hi Thanks for you're in formation I am pleased this bill was defeated.
I have lodge my citizenship application in 06/03/2016 which almost 20 months now, and i received citizenship test on 15th jun 2016 after 3 weeks i received another Email from Australian citizenship says that your test has been cancelled .i contact them many times i asked them for any reason or need any documents to provide you they said no we don't need anything all good and we don't no why ... i m hopeless now
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I am pleased this bill was defeated.
I could see no reason why time spent in Australia on a Temporary Visa should be discounted or ignored. The proposed changes meant that a person on a Partner Visa needed to remain in Australia a minimum of 6-7 years before they could apply for Citizenship. (Delays in processing Permanent Visa applications adding to the time required) - An applicant who first came to Australia as a student potentially 10 years of more.
We campaigned to oppose these changes as we felt they lacked validity or justification. We wrote to all Victorian Senators and the Nick Xenophon Team urging them to reject the proposed bill.
We are pleased that the bill was rejected.
If the Government wants to make Citizenship harder then they should consider increasing the years of residency to five year but not discounting temporary residency in meeting the residency requirement.
Special Thanks to Senator Kimberly Kitchens who actively opposed this bill
We also urge all our clients who are eligible to apply for citizenship as soon as possible.