Do I need to stay in Australia after immigrating to Australia?

The conditions in Australia are relatively clear. To become an Australian citizen, you must live for two years within five years. If you can't meet them, you must meet one of the following two conditions to keep your immigration status:

1. Prove that you have the necessary economic, cultural and employment relationship with Australia, and this relationship is beneficial to Australia;

2. One of the family members holds a valid re-entry visa. To become a citizen, you must meet the residence requirements.

In addition, according to the latest news from the Australian Immigration Bureau, if new Australian immigrants want to be naturalized from next year, they may have to spend four years in the immigration prison and may not leave the country for more than three months in the year before applying. This was put forward by Australian Deputy Minister of Immigration Robbie when he presided over the ceremony in Melbourne in September this year, and has been submitted to the National Assembly for consideration. The increase in the number of years of naturalization in Australia has created new problems for China people to immigrate to Australia. Especially for some successful people with limited time, it is even more difficult to meet this naturalization requirement. Therefore, if you want to immigrate to Australia, you must be prepared to sit in an immigration prison for a long time.

Australia can be exempted from immigration supervision under eight circumstances.

In most cases, the applicant must be in Australia and have lived in Australia as a permanent resident for two years in the past five years, including 65,438+02 months in the two years before applying for naturalization. However, this residence requirement may be waived under special circumstances, including:

1. Australian Defence Force servicemen: Those who have served in the Australian Defence Force for at least 3 months, or who have retired for health reasons after serving in the Australian Defence Force for 3 months, will not need to meet the residence requirements.

2. Serving in the Australian Reserve Force: If you have served in the Australian Reserve Force for at least 6 months, or have been forced to retire for less than 6 months due to health reasons, you can also give up the requirement of living in Australia.

3. Former Australian citizens or people born in Australia: people who are already Australian citizens or born in Australia only need to have lived in Australia as permanent residents for 65,438+02 months in the two years before applying for naturalization; But for former Australian citizens, it takes a year to regain their citizenship after they lose it.

4. Australian citizen's spouse, widow or widower: Australian citizen's legal spouse (not applicable to cohabitation), widow or widower will be exempted from residence requirements; However, before submitting the naturalization application, the applicant must have been an Australian permanent resident 12 months or more, and can prove that he will suffer special difficulties or inconvenience if he does not obtain Australian citizenship; In addition, if the Australian spouse has met the English requirements and understands the rights and obligations of Australian citizens, the applicant will be exempted from these two requirements.

5. Those who live outside Australia but engage in activities beneficial to Australia at the same time: having permanent resident status but not living in Australia within 5 years before submitting the application for naturalization, but engaging in activities beneficial to Australia may be equivalent to living in Australia; If the applicant believes that his/her situation applies to this exemption, he/she must attach a statement to his/her naturalization application, which should clearly explain why he/she does not live in Australia and what kind of contact (family, finance, business, etc.). ) His/her relationship with Australia, the exact time when he/she left Australia, the time when he/she contributed to Australia, what he/she did specifically, and why his/her work was beneficial to Australia. You should also provide letters of recommendation from overseas employers or authoritative organizations to prove the value of your overseas activities to Australia.

6. Residents before the five-year deadline for submitting applications: Those who have lived in Australia as permanent residents for any period before the five-year deadline for submitting naturalization applications will be counted to meet the requirement of living for two years within five years; However, this cannot meet the requirement of accumulated residence 12 months in the two years before submitting the application. This exemption generally applies only to those who would suffer special difficulties or inconveniences if they did not acquire Australian citizenship.

7. Temporary residents in Australia: they have legally lived in Australia as temporary residents or can meet the residence requirements within five years before submitting the naturalization application. To calculate this time, it is necessary to prove that the applicant will suffer special difficulties or inconvenience if he does not obtain Australian citizenship; This exemption generally only applies to the following situations: the applicant has been an Australian permanent resident 12 months or more before submitting the naturalization application, and has legally lived in Australia as a temporary resident for a long time before that; Time spent in Australia as an illegal resident does not count.

8. Children under 16: Children under16 can be naturalized with their parents without living in Australia.